| Autor: |
Crowley BZ; Curry School of Education., Datta P; Curry School of Education., Stohlman S; Curry School of Education., Cornell D; Curry School of Education., Konold T; Curry School of Education. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
School psychology (Washington, D.C.) [Sch Psychol] 2019 Sep; Vol. 34 (5), pp. 469-478. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 27. |
| DOI: |
10.1037/spq0000303 |
| Abstrakt: |
School sexual harassment (SH) is defined as unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with a student's ability to learn. There is an important need for schools to assess the prevalence of SH and its relation to school climate to guide intervention efforts. This study investigated 3 research questions: (a) Is there psychometric support for a 4-item multilevel measure of SH? (b) What is the prevalence of SH in a statewide high school sample, and how does SH vary across gender, grade level, race-ethnicity, and socioeconomic status? (c) Is an authoritative school climate-characterized by strict but fair discipline and supportive teacher-student relationships-associated with lower levels of SH for students? A statewide sample of high school students ( N = 62,679) completed a school climate survey that included a new 4-item measure of SH. Results of a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis indicated good fit for a single SH factor at both student and school levels. A multiway analysis of variance demonstrated the high prevalence of SH and variations across demographic groups. Multilevel hierarchical regression analyses indicated that an authoritative school climate accounted for 5.7% of the student-level variance and 38.3% of the school-level variance in SH scores. Routine assessment of SH can help school psychologists bring attention to this underrecognized problem. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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