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Peer Sexual Harassment

The Peer Sexual Harassment scale is a 11-item measure of sexual harassment among adolescent populations. It measures two constructs of sexual harassment: Visual/verbal sexual harassment and Sexual harassment with physical contact.

Categories

Geographies Tested: Italy,Spain

Populations Included: Female

Age Range: Adolescents

Items:

1. Made sexual comments, jokes, movements, or looks at you.
2. Brushed up against you in a sexual way on purpose.
3. Spread sexual rumours about you.
4. Called you “fag,” “dyke,” “lezzie,” or “queer".
5. Flashed or “mooned” you.
6. Blocked someone’s way or cornered them in a sexual way.
7. Forced someone to do something sexual other than kissing.
8. Forced someone to kiss you.
9. Touched, grabbed, or pinched in a sexual way.
10. Showed, gave, or left someone sexual pictures, photographs, messages, or notes.
11. Wrote sexual messages or graffiti (e.g., on bathroom walls, in locker rooms, in a note or book) about someone.

Response options
5 point scale ranging from 0 (Never) to 4 (Daily)

Scoring Procedures

Scores were summed.

Original Citation

Ortega, R., Sánchez, V., Ortega-Rivera, J., Nocentini, A., & Menesini, E. (2010). Peer sexual harassment in adolescent girls: A cross-national study (Spain-Italy). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 10(2), 245-264.


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Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

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