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Sexual Harassment Severity: Assessing Situational and Personal Determinants and Outcomes1

2005; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02156.x

1559-1816

Regina Day Langhout, Mindy E. Bergman, Lilia M. Cortina, Louise F. Fitzgerald, Fritz Drasgow, Jill Hunter Williams,

Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Journal of Applied Social PsychologyVolume 35, Issue 5 p. 975-1007 Sexual Harassment Severity: Assessing Situational and Personal Determinants and Outcomes1 Regina Day Langhout, Corresponding Author Regina Day Langhout Wesleyan University Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Regina Day Langhout, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMindy E. Bergman, Mindy E. Bergman Texas A & M UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorLilia M. Cortina, Lilia M. Cortina University of MichiganSearch for more papers by this authorLouise F. Fitzgerald, Louise F. Fitzgerald University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this authorFritz Drasgow, Fritz Drasgow University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this authorJill Hunter Williams, Jill Hunter Williams Association for the Study and Development of CommunitySearch for more papers by this author Regina Day Langhout, Corresponding Author Regina Day Langhout Wesleyan University Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Regina Day Langhout, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMindy E. Bergman, Mindy E. Bergman Texas A & M UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorLilia M. Cortina, Lilia M. Cortina University of MichiganSearch for more papers by this authorLouise F. Fitzgerald, Louise F. Fitzgerald University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this authorFritz Drasgow, Fritz Drasgow University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this authorJill Hunter Williams, Jill Hunter Williams Association for the Study and Development of CommunitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 31 July 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02156.xCitations: 58 1 Portions of this paper were presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Atlanta, Georgia, May 1999. The authors thank Suzanne Mazzeo and NiCole T. Buchanan for their invaluable assistance with this research. The research was supported, in part, by the United States Defense Manpower Data Center and by a Shannon Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, Grant #1 RO1 MH50791-01A2. Parts of the manuscript were completed while all authors were at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract The current study bridges literatures on sexual harassment, person-environment systems, and stress and appraisal processes. Conventional wisdom equates severity of sexual harassment with type of harassment. We test this notion empirically and posit a more comprehensive model that examines both person- and situation-level variables. Data came from 13,743 U.S. Armed Forces women responding to survey questions about a significant experience of sexual harassment. 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