Adolescents' experiences of street harassment: creating a typology and assessing the emotional impact

Betts, LR, Harding, R, Peart, S., Sjölin, C, Wright, D and Newbold, K (2019) Adolescents' experiences of street harassment: creating a typology and assessing the emotional impact. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 11 (1). pp. 38-46. ISSN 1759-6599

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Abstract

Purpose: Research examining young people's experiences of harassment has tended to focus on the school and digital environment. Despite street harassment being identified as a common experience for adult women, very few studies have explored adolescents' experiences of street harassment. Methodology: A person centred analytical approach, based on experienced reporting, was used to create a typology of street harassment. Reports of street harassment were received from 118 (68 female, 43 male, 7 no gender reported) 11- to 15-year-olds over a 6 to 8 week period. Findings: Cluster analysis revealed four distinct groups: "predominately verbal", "non-verbal/non-direct", "other incident", and "all forms". Young women and those in the "all forms" group reported experiencing greater negative emotions following the episode of street harassment. Young men were equally as likely as young women to report experiencing street harassment. Value: The findings uniquely highlight that adolescents experience distinct types of street harassment and some of which are associated with negative emotions.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This item is available from the research repository at Nottingham Trent University.
Depositing User:	Stephen Macdonald
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2019 15:08
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2019 13:42
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/597

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