Incidence and Severity of Sexual Harassment, and its Impact on Mental Health in a Cohort of International Humanitarian Field-Workers
Incidence and Severity of Sexual Harassment, and its Impact on Mental Health in a Cohort of International Humanitarian Field-Workers
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DOI：
10.1177/08862605221145954
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发表时间：
2023-02-07
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Kleber, Rolf J.
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作者：
Martinmaki, Saara E.;de Jong, Kaz;Kleber, Rolf J.
迄今为止，还没有对人道主义外地工作人员的性骚扰发生率及其与心理健康的关系进行队列研究。对许多职业的研究表明，工作场所性骚扰与一些健康投诉之间存在关联。本研究探讨了性骚扰的发生率和严重程度及其与国际人道主义援助现场工作人员（iHAWs）的心理健康变化的关系。478名iHAW填写了关于性骚扰、抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的问卷，作为一项更大的健康和福祉研究的一部分。6%的男性和18%的女性iHAW报告在最近的实地任务中经历过性骚扰，大多数人报告的非身体形式的性骚扰水平较低。对于女性，性骚扰预测了分配之前和之后抑郁和焦虑症状严重程度的负面变化;对于男性，它预测了PTSD症状严重程度的负面变化。性骚扰并不能预测在任务结束后2个月内对精神卫生服务的利用。目前的调查结果是从具有代表性的iHAW样本中得出的关于外地任务期间性骚扰发生率的第一批数字，表明性骚扰是一个相对普遍和存在的问题。调查结果与现有文献基本一致，并强调了在人道主义部门处理性骚扰问题的重要性。
To date, there have been no cohort studies of sexual harassment incidence and its relation to mental health within humanitarian field-workers. Research among numerous occupations suggests an association between workplace sexual harassment and several health complaints. This study examined the incidence and severity of sexual harassment and its association with changes in mental health in a cohort of international humanitarian aid field-workers (iHAWs). Four hundred and seventy-eight iHAWs filled in questionnaires about sexual harassment, depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as part of a larger study on health and well-being. Six percent of male and 18% of female iHAWs reported experiencing sexual harassment during their latest field assignment, with most reporting low levels of nonphysical forms of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment was predictive of negative changes in both depression and anxiety symptom severity between before and after an assignment for females; for males, it predicted negative changes in PTSD symptom severity. Sexual harassment did not predict utilization of mental healthcare services within 2 months after the end of assignment. The current findings are the first figures derived from a representative sample of iHAWs on the incidence of sexual harassment during a field assignment and show sexual harassment to be a relatively common and present issue. The findings are mostly in line with the extant literature and underscore the importance of attending to the issue of sexual harassment in the humanitarian sector.