Faculty of Medicine Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Science, Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Nord J Psychiatry. 2021 Jul;75(5):330-335. doi: 10.1080/08039488.2020.1856924. Epub 2020 Dec 21.
The aims of this study were to study the prevalence of sexual harassment online and offline, to analyse the associations between subjection to sexual harassment and adolescents' mental health and analyse if there are any significant differences between girls and boys. We also examine if good peer-relationships interact with the associations between sexual harassment and mental health complaints.
This cross-sectional study included 594 adolescents, age 12-20. Participants responded to a web survey including the self-assessment scales Revised Children´s Anxiety and Depression Scale and Beck Youth Inventories as well as subjection to online and offline sexual harassment and peer-relational quality. Linear regression analysis was used to study whether symptoms of anxiety and depression correlated to subjection to online and offline sexual harassment and peer-relational quality.
We found that 48.50% of girls and 28.19% of boys reported sexual harassment victimization. Offline was the most frequently reported site of victimization. Online harassment correlated significantly with increased anxiety and depressive symptoms in girls but not boys. Offline harassment as well as online offline harassment correlated significantly with increasing symptoms for both genders. Participants who reported good peer-relationships had significantly less symptoms.
This study shows that sexual harassment remains a common plague for adolescents, especially for girls. Offline sexual harassment is the most common form of harassment for both genders. For girls, but not for boys, online sexual harassment correlated significantly with anxiety and depressive symptoms. A strong negative correlation between satisfaction to peer-relationships and mental health symptoms was found.
本研究旨在调查网络和线下性骚扰的普遍程度，分析青少年遭受性骚扰与心理健康之间的关联，并探讨这些关联在男女生之间是否存在显著差异。同时，我们还研究了良好的同伴关系是否会影响性骚扰与心理健康问题之间的关联。
本横断面研究共纳入 594 名 12-20 岁的青少年。参与者通过网络调查回答了包括修订版儿童焦虑抑郁量表和贝克青年问卷在内的自评量表，以及网络和线下性骚扰经历和同伴关系质量。我们采用线性回归分析来研究焦虑和抑郁症状是否与网络和线下性骚扰经历以及同伴关系质量有关。
我们发现，48.50%的女生和 28.19%的男生报告遭受过性骚扰。线下是最常报告的受害场所。网络性骚扰与女生的焦虑和抑郁症状显著相关，但与男生无关。线下性骚扰以及网络和线下双重性骚扰与两性的症状增加均显著相关。报告有良好同伴关系的参与者症状明显较少。
本研究表明，性骚扰仍然是青少年面临的普遍问题，尤其是女生。线下性骚扰是两性最常见的骚扰形式。网络性骚扰与女生的焦虑和抑郁症状显著相关，但与男生无关。我们还发现，同伴关系满意度与心理健康症状之间呈强烈的负相关。
