Apell Sara, Marttunen Mauri, Fröjd Sari, Kaltiala Riittakerttu
a Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University , Tampere , Finland.
b Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUS) , Helsinki , Finland.
Nord J Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;73(6):365-371. doi: 10.1080/08039488.2019.1640790. Epub 2019 Jul 16.
Subjection to sexual harassment among adolescents have been associated with negative mental health outcomes, such as depression and social anxiety. Self-esteem and social support may modify these associations. The Adolescent Mental Health Cohort 10-year replication data were used. It is a cross-sectional classroom survey involving 656 girls and 636 boys aged (mean (sd)) 15.6 (0.4) years and 15.7 (0.4) years, respectively. Subjection to sexual harassment was elicited with five questions. Depression was measured by the Beck's 13-item Depression Inventory, social anxiety by the SPIN-Fin Inventory, self-esteem by Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and social support by the PSSS-R scale. The data were analysed using cross-tabulations with chi-square statistics and logistic regressions. Among girls, social anxiety and higher self-esteem were positively associated with experiencing subjection to sexual harassment in multivariate models. No statistically significant associations were detected among boys between experiences of sexual harassment and any of the four variables. Experiences of being sexually harassed correlate among adolescents with high social anxiety but also with high self-esteem. Sexual harassment among adolescents may partly be explained as inept ways of showing interest, but it may nevertheless have detrimental effects on the well-being of the those subjected to it.
青少年遭受性骚扰与负面心理健康结果相关，如抑郁和社交焦虑。自尊和社会支持可能会改变这些关联。本研究使用了青少年心理健康队列10年的重复数据。这是一项横断面课堂调查，分别涉及656名女孩和636名男孩，年龄（均值（标准差））分别为15.6（0.4）岁和15.7（0.4）岁。通过五个问题来引出遭受性骚扰的情况。抑郁通过贝克13项抑郁量表进行测量，社交焦虑通过SPIN-Fin量表进行测量，自尊通过罗森伯格自尊量表进行测量，社会支持通过PSSS-R量表进行测量。数据使用卡方统计的交叉表和逻辑回归进行分析。在多变量模型中，女孩的社交焦虑和较高的自尊与遭受性骚扰呈正相关。在男孩中，未检测到性骚扰经历与这四个变量中的任何一个之间存在统计学上的显著关联。青少年遭受性骚扰的经历与高社交焦虑相关，但也与高自尊相关。青少年中的性骚扰部分可能被解释为表达兴趣的不恰当方式，但它仍然可能对遭受性骚扰者的幸福感产生有害影响。
