ABSTRACT. International studies have concluded that sexual harassment among adolescents is more frequent than expected. However, estimations of sexual harassment vary according to different studies. Some of these differences can be explained in terms of the different dimensions and explicative models used. This descriptive study tried to contribute to this area of investigation testing different models of sexual harassment in a sample of 318 female adolescents (mean age 17.05 years old) of two European countries, Spain and Italy. Using confirmatory analyses and multiple group models in order to assess the measurement invariance across countries, results confirmed that a bi-dimensional model comprising a verbal/visual dimension and sexual harassment with physical contact fitted well. Fitzgerald’s model was also tested but fit indices failed to reach acceptable values. Results are discussed in relation to previous studies on this object and in terms of the implications for prevention and intervention programs on sexual harassment and courtship during adolescence.

Peer sexual harassment in adolescents' girls: A cross-national study (Spain-Italy) / Rosario Ortega; Virginia Sanchez; Javier Ortega-Rivera; Annalaura Nocentini; Ersilia Menesini. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1697-2600. - STAMPA. - 10(2):(2010), pp. 245-264.

Peer sexual harassment in adolescents' girls: A cross-national study (Spain-Italy)

NOCENTINI, ANNALAURA;MENESINI, ERSILIA
2010

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ABSTRACT. International studies have concluded that sexual harassment among adolescents is more frequent than expected. However, estimations of sexual harassment vary according to different studies. Some of these differences can be explained in terms of the different dimensions and explicative models used. This descriptive study tried to contribute to this area of investigation testing different models of sexual harassment in a sample of 318 female adolescents (mean age 17.05 years old) of two European countries, Spain and Italy. Using confirmatory analyses and multiple group models in order to assess the measurement invariance across countries, results confirmed that a bi-dimensional model comprising a verbal/visual dimension and sexual harassment with physical contact fitted well. Fitzgerald’s model was also tested but fit indices failed to reach acceptable values. Results are discussed in relation to previous studies on this object and in terms of the implications for prevention and intervention programs on sexual harassment and courtship during adolescence.
2010
10(2)
245
264
Rosario Ortega; Virginia Sanchez; Javier Ortega-Rivera; Annalaura Nocentini; Ersilia Menesini
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