Psychosocial maladjustment arising from workplace sexual behavior directed at adolescent workers

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

Dennis R. Papini¹  Karen L. Sears² 

[1] University of Illinois at Springfield;Western Illinois University;

关键词: sexual harassment;    adolescents;    coping;    gender role strain;    maladjustment;   

DOI  :  10.1080/21642850.2019.1653188

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective: The objective of the current study was to examine psychosocial maladjustment related to adolescents’ appraisals of workplace sexual behavior. Method: High school aged adolescents with formal work experience completed a survey containing a battery of scales. Results: Descriptive statistics addressing frequency of exposure showed that 45% of adolescent men reported at least one incident of sexual behavior directed at them personally, and 24% of adolescent women reported the same. Results further indicated that adolescent men reporting a positive experience after being targeted by direct sexual behavior at work also showed signs of internal maladjustment, such as depression and anxiety. Conclusions: Gender role strain model, which suggests that the male adolescents experienced trauma when conforming to hyper-masculine norms that call for acceptance of sexual behavior, was offered to explain why male adolescents differed from female adolescents in associations between sexual behavior appraisal and maladjustment.

【 授权许可】

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