• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.385-391
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• 2020

This study aimed to identify gender differences in sexual harassment awareness, sexual attitude, and correlation between them among college students. Data were collected in a 4-year university in Jeollanam-do and a total of 127 female and 93 male college students participated in this study in April, 2018. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. Male students' level of sexual harassment awareness were lower than femal's (p<.001). Male's sexual attitude was more conservative, but difference of sexual attitude between male and female was not statistically significant (p=.073). This study presented that the more conservative sexual attitude was related to the higher level of sexual harassment awareness in male group. On the contrary, the more conservative sexual attitude was related to the lower level of sexual harassment awareness in female group. It is necessary to develop a gender-specific sexual harassment prevention education program.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.39-44
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• 2020

This study was to investigate the awareness and convergence factors of sexual harassment of 418 dental hygiene students in Jeollanam-do area. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 program. Descriptive statistics of sexual harassment was 4.18, there were significantly different means with gender, grade and experience of sexual harassment. Descriptive statistics of self-esteem was 3.62. Awareness of sexual harassment and self-esteem was positive correlated. The convergence factors influencing awareness of sexual harassment were self-esteem, grade. gender and experience of sexual harassment. The explanatory power of the study was 12.1%. This study, expect to improve sexual harassment awareness levels, develop sexual harassment prevention and treatment, and use them as basics date to develop a program for education programs above.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.352-362
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygiene students on sexual harrassment in an effort to provide some information on the prevention of sexual harrassment. The subjects in this study were 738 dental hygiene students at colleges located in four different large regions. As for the concept of sexual harrassment, the students got 4.33 out of a possible five in that regard, which was a high score. But they got a relatively lower score of 3.42 in awareness of the causes of sexual harrassment. They got the highest score of 4.42 in physical sexual harrassment among different types of sexual harrassment. Regarding the offender of sexual harrassment, they got 2.81 out of a possible five, which was lowest among their scores in the items of sexual harrassment awareness. There were statistically significant differences in sexual harrassment awareness according to gender, age, grade and religion. The above-mentioned findings of the study illustrated that the dental hygiene students were well aware of sexual harrassment in general, but that the way they coped with it was quite passive. The development of educational programs on how to prevent sexual harrassment and cope with it is required to spread better awareness of sexual harrassment among college students and to encourage them to properly cope with it.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.955-962
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of sexual harassment and investigate on the factors influencing of the sexual harassment among nursing college students. This study used a descriptive research design. The participants of this study were 366 nursing college students at 2 universities in the J area. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS/WIN 22.0 program as follows. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Average score were 3.45 for awareness of sexual harassment. Awareness of sexual harassment was significantly affected by gender, age. The awareness of sexual harassment of nursing college students showed a significant correlation with self-esteem and gender role stereotypes. The gender and gender role stereotypes and self-esteem was an important predictor for the awareness of sexual harassment among nursing college students with the explanatory power was 13.4%.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4679-4688
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing sexual consciousness, gender egalitarianism and awareness levels of sexual harassment among college students. Methods: As a descriptive, correlative study, the data was collected from 274 college students. The copies of the questionnaire were collected from April 23 to 30, 2015. The data was analyzed using a t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression. Results: Sexual consciousness, gender egalitarianism and sexual harassment awareness levels averaged 3.00 (range of score 1-5), 1.97(1-4) and 4.09 (1-5), respectively. Awareness levels of sexual harassment had a positive correlation with sexual consciousness, and a negative correlation with gender, major field of study, living patterns, and gender egalitarianism. Conclusion: This study has identified sexual consciousness and gender egalitarianism, as well as the associated influencing factors, among college students. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for developing strategies and programs for the prevention of sexual harassment among college students.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1003-1012
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to contribute to the provision of a safe practice environment and practical sexual harassment prevention education for dental hygiene students who practice clinically. Methods: A total of 260 students with experience in clinical practice at dental hygiene colleges and universities in Gwangju and Jeonnam was included in this study. From May 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018, subjects were surveyed about sexual harassment experience, sexual harassment related information, self-esteem, and self-assertiveness. Statistical analysis was performed by frequency analysis, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney test, one way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Results: In the sexual harassment survey revealed that 64.3% of offenders were patients and 50.0% of the offenders were in their 40s. A total of 78.6% of the offenders reported harassment in hospital type "dental clinics." Most respondents disclosed that "I did not do anything" (60.7%). Psychologically, 75.0% felt "shame and insult." Self-esteem was high in the fourth grade (3.68). Self-esteem and self-assertiveness were higher among those with no sexual harassment experiences (131.77 and 132.81, respectively; p<0.05). Correlation analysis indicated that self-esteem and self-assertiveness were correlated (r=0.509, p<0.01). Factors influencing the perception of sexual harassment include: three to four months of clinical practice (${\beta}=0.361$), experience of sexual harassment (${\beta}=-0.551$), and self-esteem (${\beta}=0.503$). Conclusions: It is necessary to provide systematic and diverse information to address sexual harassment. A proper perception of what constitute sexual harassment in clinical practice is also relevant. Furthermore, practical sexual harassment prevention education program should be developed and implemented.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.41-56
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to find the general trends of sexual harassment at workplace and to investigate the differences of related variables. The data were obtained through 880 employee living in Chonbuk-Province. The major findings were as follows-1) 70.3% of respondent reported that they had experienced the victimization of sexual harassment at workplace at least once. But most respondents reacted passively to the sexual harassment. 2) Most respondents perceived broadly the definition of sexual harassment and attributed sexual harassment to the social structure. The level of perception about the existence of the institution and the law for the sexual harassment problem was low. 3) The most important variable in the experience of sexual harassment was the ideology of sex-role division. 4) The more respondents experienced sexual harassment, the more they demanded the preventive education of sexual harassment .

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.76-83
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the awareness of sexual harassment and the coping behavior of recipients of sexual harassment. This study also assesses the factors that influence the coping behavior of nursing students during clinical practice. Methods: For this descriptive study, data were collected from November 15 to December 15, 2017. Participants included 221 nursing students recruited from nursing colleges located in three different areas. Results: 22% of the participants answered that they had experienced sexual harassment. Regarding the type of attacker, the majority of attacker was patient (83.7%). The sexual harassment awareness level was $4.22{\pm}0.40$, the degree of coping for those who experienced sexual harassment was $2.99{\pm}0.38$. Among the coping behaviors, mitigation ($3.48{\pm}0.39$) was the highest. The factors influencing the coping behavior of recipients of sexual harassment were sexual harassment awareness (${\beta}=0.24$, p=.016) and satisfaction with preventive education (${\beta}=0.45$, p<.001). Conclusion: In order to make a safe clinical practice environment, it is necessary to develop a practical sexual harassment prevention program, as well as a reporting and support system for the nursing students. Such a program will help students clearly recognize the sexual harassment situation and increase their abilities to cope with sexual harassment appropriately.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.419-429
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine dental hygienists' recognition and experiences about sexual harassment in the workplace and to provide the basic data for their perception improvement, prevention and coping plan about sexual harassment. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 307 dental hygienists who work at dental hospitals and clinics in Jeollabuk-do area, a questionnaire survey was conducted from December 1 to 31, 2016. Results: The 40.7% of study subjects had the experience of sexual harassment. They were identified to have the experiences of verbal sexual harassment (29.6%), physical sexual harassment (27.0%) and visual sexual harassment (22.5%) in order. The factors affecting the experiences of sexual harassment were experience of sexual-harassment education and concept of sexual harassment. Conclusions: A customized sexual prevention education program for dental hygienists will need to be produced, not the universalized sexual prevention education. In addition, it is considered to be necessary to prepare for a program available for being sympathized and understood by all members in the workplace.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.40-50
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify awareness levels and influencing factors of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among college students. Methods: This study was based on a questionnaire survey with a total of 1,244 college students. The copies of the questionnaire were collected from November 2 to December 20, 2011. Results: The average level of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among students from the Youngnam province was higher than those of other province. The average level of the sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among those students who were majoring in healthcare sciences was higher than that among those who were majoring in other subjects than arts and sports sciences. The influencing factors on the recognition of gender egalitarianism were genders and sexual experiences. The influencing factors on the recognition of sexual harassment were genders and ages. Conclusion: This study identified college students' awareness of sexual harassment, gender egalitarianism and influencing factors associated with them. It is expected that this study will be helpful for developing strategies for the prevention of sexual harassment for college students.