Witnessing Sexual Harassment and Associated Substance Use and Poor Mental Health Outcomes among Adolescent Girls in the US

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E. Reed, M. Salazar, Alma I. Behar, N. Agah, Alice L. Wong, J. Silverman, M. Rusch, A. Raj
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Direct experiences of sexual harassment have been found to be associated with substance use and poor mental health among girls. Indirect experiences, such as witnessing the sexual harassment of others, may be indicative of a climate supportive of sexual harassment against girls and elicit similar adverse outcomes. The current study sought to assess reports of witnessing sexual harassment and associations with substance use and mental heath outcomes among adolescent girls. The data were from questionnaires among girls (n = 152) ages 15–19 recruited from a health clinic serving a low-resource community in San Diego County. Using crude and adjusted regression models, we assessed witnessing the sexual harassment of girls (past year) as well as the frequency of witnessing such acts in relation to substance use, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. The adjusted models included demographics and direct experiences of sexual harassment (past 6 months) as covariates. The participants had an average age of 17, and 76% were Latina. The majority (70%) reported witnessing sexual harassment (past year); 65% reported directly experiencing sexual harassment (past 6 months). Among those reporting witnessing, most witnessed sexual harassment at school (69%), at a party (45%), in their neighborhood (34%), or on public transport (33%). In adjusted logistic regression models, witnessing sexual harassment was significantly associated with past 30-day alcohol use, ever using drugs, feeling depressed (past 30 days), feeling anxious (past 30 days), and past-year suicidal ideation (ORs range 2.9–18.2). The findings suggest that, in addition to direct experiences of sexual harassment, indirect experiences of witnessing the sexual harassment of others may also be associated with negative outcomes regarding girls’ health and well-being.
目睹美国少女性骚扰和相关药物使用与不良心理健康结果
研究发现,性骚扰的直接经历与女孩使用药物和心理健康状况不佳有关。间接经历,如目睹他人遭受性骚扰,可能表明存在支持对女孩进行性骚扰的氛围,并引发类似的不良后果。目前的研究试图评估少女中目睹性骚扰的报告以及与药物使用和心理健康结果的关系。数据来自圣地亚哥县一家为低资源社区服务的健康诊所招募的15-19岁女孩(n=152)的问卷调查。使用粗略和调整后的回归模型,我们评估了目睹女孩性骚扰(过去一年)的情况,以及目睹此类行为与药物使用、焦虑、抑郁和自杀意念有关的频率。调整后的模型包括人口统计学和性骚扰的直接经历(过去6个月)作为协变量。参与者的平均年龄为17岁,76%是拉丁裔。大多数人(70%)报告目睹了性骚扰(过去一年);65%的人报告直接经历过性骚扰(过去6个月)。在报告目击者中,大多数人在学校(69%)、聚会(45%)、社区(34%)或公共交通工具(33%)目睹了性骚扰。在调整后的逻辑回归模型中,目睹性骚扰与过去30天的饮酒、曾经使用过药物、感到抑郁(过去30天)、感到焦虑(过去30天后)和过去一年的自杀意念(ORs范围为2.9-18.2)显著相关。研究结果表明,除了直接经历性骚扰外,目睹他人性骚扰的间接经历也可能与女孩健康和福祉方面的负面结果有关。
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