Engage, Ignore, Stand Up: Exploring How (and Why) Early Adolescents Respond to Sexual Harassment

Autor/inn/en	Salomon, Ilyssa; Brown, Christia Spears
Titel	Engage, Ignore, Stand Up: Exploring How (and Why) Early Adolescents Respond to Sexual Harassment
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 36 (2021) 3, S.219-246 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brown, Christia Spears)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558420933224
Schlagwörter	Sexual Harassment; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Victims; Moral Values; Social Influences; Interpersonal Relationship; Intimacy; Sex Stereotypes; Social Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Belästigung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Victim; Opfer; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Sozialer Einfluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Intimität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	Sexual harassment is a common experience among middle and high school students across the United States. Being the target of and even witnessing sexual harassment is associated with a number of negative consequences for adolescents. This study sought to explore early adolescent boys' and girls' reasoning about (a) perpetrating sexual harassment (i.e., making comments about another student's body), (b) confronting sexual harassment when they are the target, and (c) confronting sexual harassment when they are the bystander or witness. Participants were 142 seventh-grade students (46 boys, 96 girls) ranging from 11 to 14 years old (Mage = 12.44 years, SDage = 0.61). Utilizing a quantitative content analysis, this study analyzed themes that emerged from adolescents' open-ended responses to questions about sexual harassment and their perception of the consequences. The results suggest that adolescents' reasoning about sexual harassment is complex, reflecting morality concerns, social pressures, and challenges with interpreting sexual interest within a context of sexually objectifying cultural scripts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01