Social-ecological factors associated with sexual harassment across locations in US college students.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2024.2428412

Jan-Louw Kotzé, Patricia A Frazier, Kayla A Huber

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Abstract

Objective: Using the social-ecological model of violence prevention, we examined the locations in which sexual harassment occurs and whether harassment differed in terms of target, harasser, relationship, and incident characteristics across locations.

Participants: A total of 246 mostly women, straight, White, and cisgender students at a large Midwestern university.

Methods: Students completed an online survey and reported information about sexually-harassing experiences from the last seven days.

Results: Students reported 821 instances of sexual harassment (M = 3.34 per student) over the past seven days; 74% of students reported any harassment. Using multilevel modeling, characteristics of harassers, incident characteristics, and the relationship between harassers and targets distinguished between harassment experienced across locations (i.e., housing, outside, online, public establishments, and academic buildings) more than did target characteristics.

Conclusions: These findings inform harassment prevention efforts at universities by suggesting interventions tailored to specific locations and inform debates about the proper scope of campus sexual harassment policies.

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与美国大学生跨地区性骚扰相关的社会生态因素。

目的：采用预防暴力的社会生态模式，研究性骚扰发生的地点，以及不同地点的骚扰对象、骚扰者、骚扰关系和事件特征是否存在差异：利用预防暴力的社会生态模型，我们研究了性骚扰发生的地点，以及不同地点的骚扰在目标、骚扰者、关系和事件特征方面是否存在差异：方法：学生们完成了一项在线调查，并报告了相关信息：方法：学生们完成了一项在线调查，并报告了过去七天内的性骚扰经历：结果：学生们报告了过去七天中的 821 次性骚扰经历（M = 3.34 次/人）；74% 的学生报告了任何骚扰经历。通过多层次建模，骚扰者特征、事件特征以及骚扰者和目标之间的关系比目标特征更能区分不同地点（即宿舍、室外、网络、公共场所和教学楼）的骚扰经历：这些发现通过建议针对特定地点的干预措施，为大学的骚扰预防工作提供了参考，并为有关校园性骚扰政策的适当范围的辩论提供了信息。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.