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ERIC Number: EJ733119
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-6843
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A Laboratory Analogue for the Study of Peer Sexual Harassment
Mitchell, Damon; Hirschman, Richard; Angelone, D. J.; Lilly, Roy S.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, v28 n3 p194-203 Sep 2004
The purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory analogue for the study of peer sexual harassment, and to examine person and situational factors associated with male on female peer sexual harassment. One hundred twenty-two male participants were given the opportunity to tell jokes to a female confederate from a joke list that included sexually offensive jokes, as well as other types of jokes. Participants were exposed to either a sexist laboratory environment or a neutral laboratory environment during the study. Eighty percent of participants told at least one sexually offensive joke to a female confederate. Higher scores on a measure of adversarial sexual beliefs were associated with telling a greater number of sexually offensive jokes. The results suggest that the joke-telling analogue may be a useful means for laboratory explorations of person and situational factors associated with peer sexual harassment.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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