The Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ)-Jordan is a 22-item measure of sexual harassment victimization among college-going women in Jordan. The measure covers items related to gender harassment, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual attention, and physical-contact sexual harassment.
Geographies Tested: Jordan
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
Physical sexual harassment
1. Touched you on parts of
your body when you didn't
want it.
2. Bump into or touch you in
a way that makes you feel
uncomfortable.
3. Grabbedpinched you in an
unwanted way.
Unwanted sexual attention
4. Made gestures or used
body language of an
unwanted sexual nature.
5. Referred to you in an
overly familiar way (e.g., as
“my love” or “moon”).
6. Pursued, stalked, or tracked
you.
7. Blocked your way or
cornered you in an
unwanted way.
8. Whistled, made remarks, or
comments of an unwanted
nature at you that made
you uncomfortable.
9. Continued to ask to go out
with you on dates even
after you refused.
10. Looked at you in an
uncomfortable way.
Sexual coercion
11. Made unwelcomed
attempts to draw you
into a discussion of sexual
matters.
12. Displayed or distributed
images or videos with
inappropriate content.
13. Told you a joke or storyline
with unwanted sexual
content or tell it in your
presence.
14. Said crude sexual things to
you or in front of you.
15. Made you feel threatened
with some sort of
retaliation for not being
sexually cooperative.
16. Made you feel like you were
being offered a reward or
better treatment to be
sexually cooperative.
17. Threatened you with
negative consequences
if you didn’t cooperate
sexually.
18. Offered you a reward or
special treatment if you
cooperated sexually.
19. Treated you badly for
refusing to be sexually
cooperative.
Gender harassment
20. Said things to insult your
gendersex in general.
21. Put you down or was
condescending to you
because of your gendersex.
22. Treated you poorly because
of your gendersex (e.g.,
gave you more difficult or
less meaningful tasks or
assignments).
Response Options:
Never
Once
More than once
Response options can be collapses into never/ever if desired. Items are then summed to create the final total score.
Spencer, R. A., Yount, K. M., Essaid, A. A., Cheong, Y. F., Sajdi, J., Taleb, R. A., Bergenfeld, I., Batayeh, B., Sandhu, S., Robbin, Z., Zwooqar, A., & Clark, C. J. (2021). Adapting and validating the Sexual Experience Questionnaire to study sexual harassment among university women in Jordan. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035880
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