Citation

Clear ER, Coker AL, Cook-Craig PG, Bush HM, Garcia LS, Williams CM, Lewis AM, Fisher BS. Violence Against Women 2014; 20(10): 1203-1219.

Affiliation

University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214551287

PMID

25288593

Abstract

This large, population-based study is one of the few to examine prevalence rates of sexual harassment occurring during the past 12 months by victimization and perpetration among adolescents. In this large, cross-sectional survey of students attending 26 high schools, sexual harassment was defined using three questions from the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire. Among 18,090 students completing the survey, 30% disclosed sexual harassment victimization (37% of females, 21% of males) and 8.5% reported perpetration (5% of females, 12% of males). Sexual harassment perpetration was highly correlated with male sex, minority race/ethnicity, same-sex attraction, bullying, alcohol binge drinking, and intraparental partner violence.

Language: en