Peer Sexual Harassment Scale—Child (Valik et al., 2022)

• Populations: Children
• Age ranges: 9-11

Items

Subscales

• Victimization, 6 Items
• Perpetration, 6 Items
• Witnessing, 6 Items

Items by subscale

Victimization

Has any student done any of these things to you, even though you did not want it?

• Touched your private body parts (for example, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts)?
• Kissed or hugged you, or tried to?
• Called you homo, fag, dyke, or the like?
• Called you dick, cunt, slut, or the like?
• Commented on or joked about private body parts (forvexample, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts) or about sex?
• Shown, sent, or given you pictures or messages related to nakedness or sex?

Perpetration

Have you done any of these things to another student, even though they did not want it?

• Touched another student’s private body parts (for example, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts)?
• Kissed or hugged another student, or tried to?
• Called another student homo, gay, lesbian, or the like?
• Called another student dick, cunt, slut, or the like?
• Made comments or jokes about private body parts (for example, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts) or sex?
  Shown, sent, or given another student pictures or messages related to nakedness or sex?

Witnessing

Have you seen or heard that any of this has happened to any other student at the school, even though they did not want it?

•  A student touched another students’ private body parts (for example, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts)?
• A student kissed or hugged another student, or tried to?
• A student called another student homo, gay, lesbian or the like?
• A student called another student dick, cunt, slut, or the like?
• A student made comments or jokes about private body parts (for example, penis, vulva, bottom, or breasts) or sex?
• A student showed, sent, or gave another student pictures or messages related to nakedness or sex?

Responses

Items used a 4 point Likert-type response scale,  1 = never, 2 = once, 3 = a few times, and 4 = several times

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Valik, A., Holmqvist Gattario, K., Lunde, C., & Skoog, T. (2023). PSH‐C: A measure of peer sexual harassment among children. Journal of Social Issues, 79(4), 1123-1146. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12517