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Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students
Young-Ran Lee, Kyung Mi Kim, So-Eun Choi
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2013;24(1):40-50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.1.40
Published online: March 31, 2013

1Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon, Korea.

3Department of Nursing, Mokpo National University, Mokpo, Korea.

• Received: July 1, 2012   • Accepted: March 15, 2013

© 2013 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

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  • Purpose
    This study was conducted to identify awareness levels and influencing factors of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among college students.
  • Methods
    This study was based on a questionnaire survey with a total of 1,244 college students. The copies of the questionnaire were collected from November 2 to December 20, 2011.
  • Results
    The average level of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among students from the Youngnam province was higher than those of other province. The average level of the sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among those students who were majoring in healthcare sciences was higher than that among those who were majoring in other subjects than arts and sports sciences. The influencing factors on the recognition of gender egalitarianism were genders and sexual experiences. The influencing factors on the recognition of sexual harassment were genders and ages.
  • Conclusion
    This study identified college students' awareness of sexual harassment, gender egalitarianism and influencing factors associated with them. It is expected that this study will be helpful for developing strategies for the prevention of sexual harassment for college students.
Table 1
Awareness Level of Sexual Harassment by General Characteristics (N=1,244)
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a~dScheffé test: Means with the same letter are significantly different.

Table 2
Response to Sexual Harassment (N=1,244)
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Multiple select.

Table 3
Gender Egalitarianism by General Characteristics (N=1,244)
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a~dScheffé test: Means with the same letter are significantly different.

Table 4
Influencing Factors for Sexual Harassment Awareness and Gender Egalitarianism (N=1,244)
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SV=sexual visuals.

Gender: Male=0; Intentional experience with sexual visuals: Yes=0; Major: Healthcare science Yes=0; Sexual relationship experience: Yes=0.

Table 5
Correlation of Sexual Harassment Awareness and Gender Egalitarianism (N=1,244)
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    Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students
    Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students
    Table 1 Awareness Level of Sexual Harassment by General Characteristics (N=1,244)

    a~dScheffé test: Means with the same letter are significantly different.

    Table 2 Response to Sexual Harassment (N=1,244)

    Multiple select.

    Table 3 Gender Egalitarianism by General Characteristics (N=1,244)

    a~dScheffé test: Means with the same letter are significantly different.

    Table 4 Influencing Factors for Sexual Harassment Awareness and Gender Egalitarianism (N=1,244)

    SV=sexual visuals.

    Gender: Male=0; Intentional experience with sexual visuals: Yes=0; Major: Healthcare science Yes=0; Sexual relationship experience: Yes=0.

    Table 5 Correlation of Sexual Harassment Awareness and Gender Egalitarianism (N=1,244)


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