title: Sexual harassment victimization and perpetration among high school students.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA Emily.Clear@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Emily R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Clear
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Ann L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Cook-Craig
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bush
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Lisandra S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Corrine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Alysha M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: adolescents; high school; perpetration; sexual harassment; victimization