Wyatt G E, Riederle M
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 90024, USA.
Violence Vict. 1994 Fall;9(3):233-47.
This study examined the relationship between sexual harassment in work, educational, and social settings and sexual abuse in childhood and/or adulthood in a stratified community sample of 248 African-American and white American women. The cumulative impact of sexual victimization on women's sense of general well-being was also examined. Those most likely to be sexually harassed in work and social settings were women with contact sexual abuse histories, regardless of ethnicity. The work status of harassers of women with sexual abuse histories differed significantly by ethnic group. Although women with prior sexual abuse experiences from both ethnic groups most frequently reported a response to sexual harassment at work, they least frequently did so in social settings. A history of childhood sexual abuse was more negatively associated with African- American women's well-being than were repeated experiences of sexual violence. Future research should address the implications of ethnic and cultural issues on the cumulative impact of incidents of sexual violence on women of color.
本研究在一个由248名非裔美国女性和美国白人女性组成的分层社区样本中，考察了工作场所、教育环境和社交场合中的性骚扰与童年期和/或成年期性虐待之间的关系。同时还研究了性侵害对女性总体幸福感的累积影响。在工作场所和社交场合中最容易遭受性骚扰的是那些有接触性性虐待史的女性，无论其种族如何。有性虐待史女性的骚扰者的工作状况在不同种族群体间存在显著差异。尽管来自两个种族群体且有过性虐待经历的女性最常报告她们在工作场所对性骚扰的反应，但在社交场合中她们这样做的频率最低。与多次遭受性暴力相比，童年期性虐待史与非裔美国女性的幸福感的负相关程度更高。未来的研究应该探讨种族和文化问题对性暴力事件对有色人种女性累积影响的意义。
