TY - JOUR
T1 - Situation-specific assessment of sexual harassment
AU - Mazzeo, Suzanne E.
AU - Bergman, Mindy E.
AU - Buchanan, Nicole T.
AU - Drasgow, Fritz
AU - Fitzgerald, Louise F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grant 1 R01 MH50791-01A2 from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Consortium Research Fellow Program, and the Defense Manpower Data Center. Mindy E. Bergman was also supported as a DoD Research Fellow during this project. We are grateful to Chuck Hulin and the members of the SexHarass Research Group for their collaboration and contribution to the research project on which this article is based.
PY - 2001/8
Y1 - 2001/8
N2 - Although empirical investigations into the phenomenon of sexual harassment have increased exponentially over the past decade, many basic questions about the measurement of this construct remain unanswered. Most research has utilized an aggregate-level approach, which assesses the frequency of all offensive sex-related behaviors experienced by an individual within a given time period. However, this approach has several limitations, including obscuring the etiology and impact of separate harassment incidents on a particular individual. Consequently, in the present study, a situation-specific approach to the measurement of sexual harassment experiences, the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire - Specific Experience version (SEQ-SE), was evaluated. Results of confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the measure has adequate construct validity. In addition, the substantive information yielded by this measure indicated that it is an important tool in the investigation of the prevalence and correlates of sexual harassment experiences.
AB - Although empirical investigations into the phenomenon of sexual harassment have increased exponentially over the past decade, many basic questions about the measurement of this construct remain unanswered. Most research has utilized an aggregate-level approach, which assesses the frequency of all offensive sex-related behaviors experienced by an individual within a given time period. However, this approach has several limitations, including obscuring the etiology and impact of separate harassment incidents on a particular individual. Consequently, in the present study, a situation-specific approach to the measurement of sexual harassment experiences, the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire - Specific Experience version (SEQ-SE), was evaluated. Results of confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the measure has adequate construct validity. In addition, the substantive information yielded by this measure indicated that it is an important tool in the investigation of the prevalence and correlates of sexual harassment experiences.
KW - Measurement
KW - Sexual Experiences Questionnaire
KW - Sexual harassment
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U2 - 10.1006/jvbe.2000.1781
DO - 10.1006/jvbe.2000.1781
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009950061
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 59
SP - 120
EP - 131
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 1
ER -