Associations between Sexual Harassment Victimization and Mental Health Outcomes – Does It Matter How We Measure Mental Health?

Åsa Svensson (), Heléne Dahlqvist and Katja Gillander Gådin
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Åsa Svensson: Mid Sweden University
Heléne Dahlqvist: Mid Sweden University
Katja Gillander Gådin: Mid Sweden University

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2025, vol. 177, issue 2, No 6, 598 pages

Abstract: Abstract Poor mental health in adolescent boys and girls has been linked to both in-person and online sexual harassment (SH), but studies have typically analyzed the association using a single measure. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of SH victimization using different measures and cut-off values for mental ill health among adolescents. The study used a cross-sectional design with data collected by a web-based questionnaire in 2012. Participants were 1,026 students in grades 7–9 in nine public and one independent school in Sweden. Data were analyzed with logistic regression models for the total sample and separately for girls and boys. In the total sample, all forms of victimization were significantly positively associated with all dependent variables of mental ill health irrespective of the cut-off values used. ORs ranged from 1.54 (95% CI: 1.14, 2.08) for low quality of life using a cut-off value of

Keywords: Adolescent; Cantril’s ladder; Depressive symptoms; Online solicitation; Psychosomatic symptoms; Self-harm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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