Development and Validation of the Perceived Tolerance of Sexual Harassment in the Military Scale
Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: We developed and refined a measure of perceived sexual harassment tolerance, the Perceived Tolerance of Sexual Harassment in the Military (PTSH), that examined social norms perceived as emanating from troops’ immediate work unit, immediate supervisor, and senior officer. A 6-item version had 0.88 internal consistency and explained 55% of the variance in participants’ responses. Overall, the 6-item PTSH accounted for 3% of the variance in the severity of sexual harassment men reported and almost 16% of the variance in sexual harassment severity reported by women, after adjustment for other predictors. The PTSH could be a useful tool to identify norms across military units and posts, to identify characteristics associated with exceptionally low or high perceived sexual harassment tolerance, to establish benchmarks of performance, and to target future interventions to reduce sexual harassment.
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4281290979