%0 Journal Article
%T Psychosocial maladjustment arising from workplace sexual behavior directed at adolescent workers
%A Dennis R. Papini
%A Karen L. Sears
%J Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2019.1653188
%X ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of the current study was to examine psychosocial maladjustment related to adolescents¡¯ appraisals of workplace sexual behavior. Method: High school aged adolescents with formal work experience completed a survey containing a battery of scales. Results: Descriptive statistics addressing frequency of exposure showed that 45% of adolescent men reported at least one incident of sexual behavior directed at them personally, and 24% of adolescent women reported the same. Results further indicated that adolescent men reporting a positive experience after being targeted by direct sexual behavior at work also showed signs of internal maladjustment, such as depression and anxiety. Conclusions: Gender role strain model, which suggests that the male adolescents experienced trauma when conforming to hyper-masculine norms that call for acceptance of sexual behavior, was offered to explain why male adolescents differed from female adolescents in associations between sexual behavior appraisal and maladjustment
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21642850.2019.1653188