Divine Discrimination: Gender Harassment and Christian Justification

The present study investigated the relationship between gender harassment, or acts which convey demeaning attitudes about women, and college adjustment. Additionally, we explored whether Christian attribution, or the perception that the perpetrator was motivated by their Christian/Catholic beliefs t...

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Authors: Muldoon, Abigail L. (Author) ; Wilson, Midge (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2017]
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 261-273
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church college / Sex difference / Belästigung / Sexual harassment
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
NCF Sexual ethics
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Summary:The present study investigated the relationship between gender harassment, or acts which convey demeaning attitudes about women, and college adjustment. Additionally, we explored whether Christian attribution, or the perception that the perpetrator was motivated by their Christian/Catholic beliefs to harass, moderated the relationship. Two hundred and twenty-three female-identified students attending a Catholic university in a large city completed the Gender Experiences Questionnaire (Leskinen & Cortina, 2014) and a separate measure of the specific dimension of sexuality policing, indicated whether they made a Christian attribution for experienced harassment, and completed the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (Baker & Siryk, 1989). Christian attribution was not found to moderate the relationship between gender harassment and college adjustment. However, it was found to moderate the relationship between sexuality policing and college adjustment by potentiating its negative effects at lower levels of harassment. Implications and future directions are discussed.
Item Description:Appendix "Items developed for assesing sexuality policing": Seite 273
ISSN:2328-1162
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009164711704500402