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ABSTRACT
In Egypt female adolescents are on a daily basis victims of various forms of sexual harassment as young females are unable to justify their feelings, thoughts and behaviors toward such violent and hostile activities. Therefore, this study develops an adolescents’ sexual harassment index (ASHI), which measures female adolescents’ perception of the threat of sexual harassment based on cultural, environmental and societal aspects. A total of 874 adolescents age 17–18 in Egypt participated in a survey consisting of 65 items of 7 variables: threat of SH, exposure, society awareness, child’s characteristics, social engagement, religiosity and the effect of the media. Using factor analysis with oblimn rotation, the analysis explained 42.38 percent of the variation in the study variables, leading to a four-factors solution: society awareness, interpersonal characteristics, personal engagement and sense of self and reality.
Disclosure of Interest
Authors Soliman, Abdelmonrm & Koran have not received any honoraria, financial support or research grants from any institution regarding this study. Additionally, Authors S, A. & K declare that they have no conflicts to report.
Ethical Standards and Informed Consent
The authors declare that all procedures in this study related to this study have followed ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the USA and it is in agreement with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all volunteered participants prior to responded to the study instrument and no names were identified or attached to the data obtained in this study.
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Hussein Hassan Soliman
Hussein Hassan Soliman, MSW, Ph. D. is a professor of social work research, and an international social work consultant, Research focus includes: mass traumatic events and disasters, international social work and practice evaluation.
Amal Abdelmordi Abdelmonem
Amal Abdelmordi Abdelmonem, Ph.D, is an associate professor at Faculty of Social Work, Helwan University, Helwan. Currently teaches social work at Qatar University. Research focus: women study.
Jennifer Koran
Jennifer Koran, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Quantitative Methods at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Research focus: hierarchical linear modeling, structural equation modeling and factor analysis.