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Lee, Kim, and Choi: Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students
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Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2013; 24(1): 40-50.

Published online: 31 March 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.1.40

Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students

Young-Ran Lee1, Kyung Mi Kim2, So-Eun Choi3

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

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

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

Corresponding author: Kim, Kyung Mi. Department of Nursing, Semyung University, 65 Semyung-ro, Jecheon 390-711, Korea. Tel: +82-43-649-1356, Fax: +82-43-649-7082, icpkim@semyung.ac.kr

Received 1 July 2012       Accepted 15 March 2013

© 2013 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Awareness, Students, Sexual harassment

Figures and Tables

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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