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The Factorial Survey: An Approach to Defining Sexual Harassment on Campus
Author(s) -
Reilly Timothy,
Carpenter Sandra,
Dul Valerie,
Bartlett Kim,
Brewer Marilynn B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1982.tb01912.x
Subject(s) - harassment , respondent , psychology , context (archaeology) , social psychology , perception , survey research , factorial analysis , applied psychology , political science , mathematics , geography , statistics , archaeology , neuroscience , law
A factorial survey was used to assess perceptions of sexual harassment in the context of faculty‐student relations in a university setting. Results of a survey of undergraduate students and faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara, revealed a high degree of consensus in defining cases of sexual harassment. Across respondent populations, judgments of harassment were most influenced by the nature of the behaviors and intentions of the male instructor in the situation. Results also indicated that information about any past relationship between instructor and student and about suggestive behaviors on the part of the student tended to modify harassment judgments and to introduce disagreement among respondents as to whether an incident constituted a case of sexual harassment.