Authoritative school climate and sexual harassment: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis of student self-reports
| Autor: | Brittany Z. Crowley, Timothy R. Konold, Shelby Stohlman, Pooja Datta, Dewey G. Cornell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Psychometrics Adolescent Cross-sectional study education Authoritarianism Education Interpersonal relationship Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Students Socioeconomic status Schools Multilevel model School psychology Virginia Confirmatory factor analysis Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Harassment Adolescent Behavior Harassment Multilevel Analysis Female Self Report School Teachers Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | School psychology (Washington, D.C.). 34(5) |
| ISSN: | 2578-4226 |
| Popis: | 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). |
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