Authoritative School Climate and Sexual Harassment: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Analysis of Student Self-Reports

Autor/inn/en	Crowley, Brittany Z.; Datta, Pooja; Stohlman, Shelby; Cornell, Dewey; Konold, Tim
Titel	Authoritative School Climate and Sexual Harassment: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Analysis of Student Self-Reports
Quelle	In: School Psychology, 34 (2019) 5, S.469-478 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-4218
DOI	10.1037/spq0000303
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Authoritarianism; Socioeconomic Status; Gender Differences; Race; Ethnicity; Discipline Policy; Teacher Student Relationship; Sexual Harassment; Factor Analysis; Incidence; High School Students; Instructional Program Divisions; Psychometrics; School Psychologists; Case Studies; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Autoritarismus; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Disziplinarmaßnahme; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Sexuelle Belästigung; Faktorenanalyse; Vorkommen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Psychometry; Psychometrie; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01