School of Social Work/Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
J Adolesc Health. 2013 Dec;53(6):717-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.009. Epub 2013 Jul 26.
Although the receipt of peer sexual harassment in schools has been linked to deliberate self-injury, the direction of association over time has not been tested. Two longitudinal studies examined whether receipt of peer sexual harassment within schools predicts engagement in deliberate self-injury or vice versa. Differences between boys and girls were also tested.
Surveys were conducted in two countries, Canada and Sweden. Measures of sexual harassment and deliberate self-injury were administered yearly in classrooms. Two waves of data were collected in the Canadian study (N = 161, 59.6% girls, mean age = 13.82 years); three waves of data were collected in Sweden (N = 513, 47% girls, mean age = 13.23 years).
In the Canadian study, deliberate self-injury predicted subsequent peer sexual harassment; the converse relationship was not significant. No significant gender differences were found. Across the three waves of the Swedish study, peer sexual harassment predicted self-injury from T1 to T2, and self-injury predicted peer sexual harassment from T2 to T3. However, self-injury did not mediate peer sexual harassment at T1 and T3. Tests of gender differences revealed self-injury predicted sexual harassment from T2 to T3 among Swedish girls but not boys.
Adolescents who deliberately self-injure may be vulnerable to sexual harassment by peers at school. Cultural norms may have a role in whether this process applies primarily to girls or to both genders. Sexual harassment by peers may also increase self-injury, but this is not subsequently linked to increases in receipt of sexual harassment.
尽管学校中收到同伴性骚扰与故意自伤有关，但随着时间的推移，两者之间的关联方向尚未得到检验。两项纵向研究检验了学校内收到同伴性骚扰是否预示着故意自伤，或者反之亦然。同时也检验了男孩和女孩之间的差异。
在加拿大和瑞典进行了两项研究。性骚扰和故意自伤的测量在教室里每年进行一次。在加拿大的研究中收集了两波数据（N=161，59.6%为女孩，平均年龄为 13.82 岁）；在瑞典的研究中收集了三波数据（N=513，47%为女孩，平均年龄为 13.23 岁）。
在加拿大的研究中，故意自伤预测了随后的同伴性骚扰；相反的关系并不显著。未发现显著的性别差异。在瑞典研究的三波数据中，同伴性骚扰预测了从 T1 到 T2 的自我伤害，而自我伤害则预测了从 T2 到 T3 的同伴性骚扰。然而，自我伤害并没有在 T1 和 T3 时中介同伴性骚扰。性别差异的检验表明，在瑞典女孩中，自我伤害从 T2 预测到 T3 时与性骚扰有关，但在男孩中则不然。
故意自伤的青少年可能容易受到学校同伴的性骚扰。文化规范可能在这一过程主要适用于女孩还是适用于两种性别中发挥作用。同伴的性骚扰也可能增加自我伤害，但随后并不会与性骚扰的增加有关。
