The Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Scale—Perpetration Version (ISOS-P) is a 15 item measure of sexual objectification perpetration and is adapted from the Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Scale(Kozee et al, 2007). The ISOS-P measures the following three domains: body gazes, body comments, and unwanted explicit sexual advances
Geographies Tested: United States of America
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adults
How often have you…
1. Whistled at someone while she/he was walking down a street?
2. Stared at someone's breasts/chest when you are talking to them?
3. Evaluated someone's physical appearance?
4. Stared at someone's body?
5. Leered at someone's body?
6. Made a rude, sexual remark about someone's body?
7. Honked at someone when she/he was walking down the street?
8. Stared at one or more of someone's body parts?
9. Made inappropriate sexual comments about someone's body?
10. Gazed at someone's body or a body part, instead of listening to what she/he was saying? 11. Made sexual comments or innuendos when noticing someone's body?
12. Touched or fondled someone against her/his will?
13. Perpetrated sexual harassment (on the job, in school, etc.)?
14. Grabbed or pinched someone's private body areas against her/his will?
15. Made a degrading sexual gesture towards someone?
Response Options:
5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (almost always).
The items are averaged.
Gervais, S. J., Davidson, M. M., Styck, K., Canivez, G., & DiLillo, D. (2018). The development and psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Scale—Perpetration Version. Psychology of Violence, 8(5), 546-559. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000148
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