Critical Climate

Relations Among Sexual Harassment, Climate, and Outcomes for High School Girls and Boys

Bibliographic Data

ID12005243
AuthorsAlayne J Ormerod (0000-0002-7948-8365, Alayne J. Ormerod and Leigh Ann Perry, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Linda L Collinsworth (Millikin University), Leigh Ann Perry (Alayne J. Ormerod and Leigh Ann Perry, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Year2008
Volume32
Issue2
Pages113-125
Publication date2008-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00417.x
OpenAlexW2009434422
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited40

This study examined the relationships among peer-to-peer sexual harassment, school climate, adult-to-student harassment, and outcomes (psychological and physical well-being; school withdrawal and safety) for high school girls ( n = 310) and boys ( n = 259) recruited from seven public high schools in a Midwestern state. More frequent, severe peer harassment was associated with being female; holding climate perceptions that one's school is tolerant of the harassment of girls; and experiencing more frequent, severe harassment by school personnel. The correlates associated with outcomes varied by outcome, with climate exerting a consistent influence on boys’ outcomes. Girls’ outcomes were associated with climate, harassment, or both. Findings suggest that more frequent, severe experiences of sexual harassment in the schools are associated with direct, negative effects on girls and indirect, negative effects on boys and girls through a school climate that tolerates the harassment of girls

Developmental psychology · Harassment · Perception · School climate · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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