Validity Concerns in the Measurement of Women’s and Men’s Report of Intimate Partner Violence

Follingstad, Diane R.; Rogers, M. Jill

doi:10.1007/s11199-013-0264-5

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“…Fisher, Cullen & Turner (2000) found that 45% of rapes victims were unsure or unaware that a crime had been committed. Acts of sexual coercion or forcible sex by a partner in an existing relationship are unlikely to be considered sexual assaults, either by the victims or by others (Edwards et al, 2014;Follingstad & Rogers, 2013), hindering incident reporting. Cleere and Lynne (2013) revealed that fewer than 25% of women who experienced events that constituted rape actually described their experience as rape, despite over 80% reporting that they had cried, screamed, pleaded, or physically struggled during the experience.…”

Section: Victim Status Awarenessmentioning

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Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Substance Use, Victim Status Awareness, and Barriers to Reporting

Schwarz

Gibson

Lewis-Arévalo³

2017

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Background: Despite the high incidence of estimated sexual assault on college campuses, underreporting is substantial and perpetuated by a culture of rape myths that are pervasive across college campuses and society in general. Aim: The aim of this study was to: examine college student awareness of their own sexual assault victimization status, barriers to reporting, and the prevalence of substance use in sexual assault. Method: This was a cross-sectional mixed-method survey sent to a universal sample of college students from two neighboring institutions of higher education (N=2,724). Results:Results from this survey demonstrated a lack of understanding of what constitutes sexual assault, primarily attributed to the normalization of assault and rape myths. Regardless of victim status awareness, those who were victimized were significantly more likely to use higher levels of alcohol than non-victims, and were less likely to identify their victimization as sexual assault, highlighting the need for college students to understand that alcohol-involved sexual assault is still sexual assault. Conclusions: Overwhelmingly, participants cited the potential consequences as far greater than any potential benefits to reporting sexual assault. Confusion about what constitutes sexual assault and uncertainty of available resources were also recognized as contributing factors in underreporting.

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Section: Victim Status Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Substance Use, Victim Status Awareness, and Barriers to Reporting

Schwarz

Gibson

Lewis-Arévalo³

2017

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“…As stated previously, the researcher's conceptualization of violence will affect research results, and consequently may also affect interventions in health care, in a judicial setting, or elsewhere (Follingstad and Rogers, 2013;Woodin et al, 2013).…”

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“…The field of intimate partner violence has struggled with challenges concerning content and construct validity of survey instruments for a long time (Hamby, 2005;Follingstad and Rogers, 2013;Follingstad and Ryan, 2013;Woodin et al, 2013;Hamby, 2014a). One fundamental challenge is what kind of instruments should be used.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Also, the same kind of behavioural checklists that are already limited when used for their original purpose-to measure acts of physical violence-become even more problematic when trying to measure emotional violence (Follingstad and Rogers, 2013). Focusing on perpetrators' behaviours rather than context, intention and/or consequence, as with behavioural checklists, is likely not adequate when trying to capture the complexity of emotional violence.…”

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“…However, violence is a gendered phenomenon and interpersonal violence will be understood differently by victims, perpetrators and bystanders as a consequence of gender (Smith et al, 1999;Anderson, 2005). Gender needs to be considered when asserting the construct validity of an instrument measuring violence (Follingstad and Rogers, 2013). Concerning intimate partner violence, scales used often stem from research on experiences of women subjected to severe forms of intimate partner violence.…”

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Toward an integrated approach in research on interpersonal violence : Conceptual and methodological challenges

Simmons¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: There is a growing understanding that different kinds of interpersonal violence are interrelated. Many victims report experiences of cumulative violence, i.e., being subjected to more than one kind of violent behaviour (sexual, physical, emotional) and/or violence from more than one kind of perpetrator (family members, partners, acquaintances/strangers). To gain a more comprehensive understanding of what violence entails for victims, how victims can be helped and how violence can be prevented, there is a need to learn more about the co-occurrence of violence. Also, despite strong associations repeatedly being found between exposure to violence and the reporting of different kinds of ill-health, only a minority of victims have told health care professionals about their victimization. Less is known about the process of disclosing victimization to health care professionals for men than for women.

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A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

Hines

Douglas

Berger

2014

Aggressive Behavior

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Although experts agree that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a multidimensional phenomenon comprised of both physical and non-physical acts, there is no measure of legal and administrative (LA) forms of IPV. LA aggression is when one partner manipulates the legal and other administrative systems to the detriment of his/her partner. Our measure was developed using the qualitative literature on male IPV victims' experiences. We tested the reliability and validity of our LA aggression measure on two samples of men: 611 men who sustained IPV and sought help, and 1,601 men in a population-based sample. Construct validity of the victimization scale was supported through factor analyses, correlations with other forms of IPV victimization, and comparisons of the rates of LA aggression between the two samples; reliability was established through Cronbach's alpha. Evidence for the validity and reliability of the perpetration scale was mixed and therefore needs further analyses and revisions before we can recommend its use in empirical work. There is initial support for the victimization scale as a valid and reliable measure of LA aggression victimization among men, but work is needed using women's victimization's experiences to establish reliability and validity of this measure for women. An LA aggression measure should be developed using LGBTQ victims' experiences, and for couples who are well into the divorce and child custody legal process. Legal personnel and practitioners should be educated on this form of IPV so that they can appropriately work with clients who have been victimized or perpetrate LA aggression.

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Validity Concerns in the Measurement of Women’s and Men’s Report of Intimate Partner Violence

Cited by 102 publications

References 91 publications

Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Substance Use, Victim Status Awareness, and Barriers to Reporting

Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Substance Use, Victim Status Awareness, and Barriers to Reporting

Toward an integrated approach in research on interpersonal violence : Conceptual and methodological challenges

A self‐report measure of legal and administrative aggression within intimate relationships

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