Coping with sexual harassment: personal, environmental, and cognitive determinants.
A multidimensional coping typology and a process model of coping were used to examine coping strategies in response to sexual harassment, the personal and environmental determinants of these strategies, and the cognitive processes underlying strategy choice. Survey responses of 15,404 military members who reported unwanted sex-related attention were analyzed. Strong support was found for the usefulness of both the typology and the model. Choice of specific coping strategies used in response to sexual harassment varied significantly depending on occupational status, gender, climate, harassment severity, and power differential. Cognitive appraisal mediated the determinant-coping relationship.
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Department of Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. amalamut@psyclesystems.com
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D017406:Sexual Harassment; D012931:Social Environment