Adolescent Girls' Cognitive Appraisals of Coping Responses to Sexual Harassment

Autor/inn/en	Leaper, Campbell; Brown, Christia Spears; Ayres, Melanie M.
Titel	Adolescent Girls' Cognitive Appraisals of Coping Responses to Sexual Harassment
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 50 (2013) 10, S.969-986 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.21727
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Females; Coping; Sexual Harassment; Middle School Students; High School Students; Peer Influence; Parent Influence; Age Differences; Perspective Taking; Ethnicity; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Self Esteem; Identification (Psychology); Feminism; Help Seeking; Regression (Statistics); Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bewältigung; Sexuelle Belästigung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Zukunftsperspektive; Ethnizität; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Feminismus; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation
Abstract	Peer sexual harassment is a stressor for many girls in middle and high school. Prior research indicates that approach strategies (seeking support or confronting) are generally more effective than avoidance strategies in alleviating stress. However, the deployment of effective coping behaviors depends partly on how individuals evaluate different options (i.e., cognitive appraisal). The present study tested sociocultural (ethnicity, parents' education), interpersonal (perceived support from peers, mother, and father), developmental (age, perspective taking), and individual (self-esteem, feminist self-identification) factors as predictors of girls' cognitive appraisals of coping responses to sexual harassment. The sample comprised 304 girls (M age = 15.5 years, range = 14 to 18 years) from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds who reported having previously experienced sexual harassment (e.g., unwanted sexual comments or actions). Cognitive appraisals of coping were based on the reported likelihood of confronting, seeking help, or using avoidance in response to sexual harassment. Regression analyses indicated that feminist identity, self-esteem, perspective taking, perceived support, and parents' education were variously related to appraisals of different responses. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10