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Coping with sexual harassment: reconceptualizing women's resistance.

Vicki J Magley1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. vicki.magley@uconn.edu

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|October 11, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Women employ four main coping strategies for sexual harassment: behavioral engagement, behavioral disengagement, cognitive engagement, and cognitive disengagement. This framework aids understanding and has legal implications.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue affecting women.
  • Understanding women's coping mechanisms is crucial for support and intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the underlying structure of women's coping behaviors in response to sexual harassment.
  • To identify distinct clusters of coping strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Rational-empirical approach utilizing multidimensional scaling, clustering, and confirmatory factor analysis.
  • Analysis conducted across eight diverse datasets to ensure robustness.

Main Results:

  • Four distinct clusters of coping behaviors were identified: behavioral engagement, behavioral disengagement, cognitive engagement, and cognitive disengagement.

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  • These clusters showed minimal variance across datasets, indicating a consistent structure.
  • The identified clusters align with existing theoretical distinctions in coping strategy research.

    • Conclusions:

    • The study provides a validated framework for understanding women's multifaceted coping with sexual harassment.
    • This framework has significant implications for legal contexts, policy development, and therapeutic interventions.