Sexual Harassment Survey (AAUW, 1993)

• Populations: Children & Adolescents
• Age ranges: 12-18
• Languages: English, Spanish, Italian
• Countries: Italy; Spain

Items

All Items

• Made sexual comments, jokes, movements, or looks at you 
• Brushed up against you in a sexual way on purpose 
• Spread sexual rumours about you 
• Called you “fag,” “dyke,” “lezzie,” or “queer” 
• Flashed or “mooned” you 
• Pulled at someone’s clothing in a sexual way 
• Blocked someone’s way or cornered them in a sexual way 
• Forced someone to do something sexual other than kissing 
• Spied on someone as they dressed or showered at school 
• Forced someone to kiss you 
• Touched, grabbed, or pinched in a sexual way 
• Showed, gave, or left someone sexual pictures, photographs, messages, or notes 
• Wrote sexual messages or graffiti (e.g., on bathroom walls,  in locker rooms, in a note or book) about someone 
• Pulled someone’s clothing off or down 

Items as presented by Ortega and colleagues (2010)

Responses

Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale, ranging from 0 - (Never) to 4 (Daily)

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

• Bryant, A. L. (1993). Hostile hallways: The AAUW survey on sexual harassment in america’s schools. american association of university women. The Journal of School Health, 63(8), 355-357.

Spanish 

• Ortega, R., Sánchez, V., Ortega-Rivera, J., Nocentini, A., & Menesini, E. (2010). Peer sexual harassment in adolescent girls: A cross-national study (spain-italy). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 10(2), 245-264.
• Vega-Gea, E., Ortega-Ruiz, R., & Sánchez, V. (2016). Peer sexual harassment in adolescence: Dimensions of the sexual harassment survey in boys and girls. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 16(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.08.002

Team comments

A paper using a  Spanish version of this measure (Ortega et al, 2010) suggested support for two theoretical models,  a one-dimensional model for each subscale, and a two-dimensional model for each subscale, consting of visual-verbal and physical dimensions.  Please see the work by Vega-Gea, Ortega-Ruiz, and Sánchez (2016) for more information on these two models.