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Medical students’ and teachers’ perceptions of sexual misconduct in the student–teacher relationship

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|Oct 2013

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Views on sexual harassment and misconduct

N = 1,194

Low (%)

Neutral (%)

High (%)

Mean (SD)

t (df)

p

ES

Sexist remark

 Misconduct

20

20

60

3.52 (1.09)

35.85 (1,186)

0.000*

0.72

 Sexual harassment

54

28

18

2.47 (1.06)

Embarrassing comment

 Misconduct

52

25

23

2.54 (1.15)

22.38 (1,189)

0.000*

0.54

 Sexual harassment

73

18

9

1.97 (1.01)

Sexual overture

 Misconduct

44

25

31

2.75 (1.24)

16.97 (1,188)

0.000*

0.44

 Sexual harassment

57

26

17

2.33 (1.14)

Stereotypical comment

 Misconduct

5

10

85

4.31 (0.88)

39.82 (1,190)

0.000*

0.76

 Sexual harassment

18

18

64

2.87 (1.25)

Clerk as harasser

 Misconduct

5

8

87

4.25 (0.90)

21.39 (1,187)

0.000*

0.53

 Sexual harassment

42

26

32

3.62 (1.17)

Respondents rated the vignettes on both misconduct and sexual harassment on a scale from 1 = not at all to 5 = very much. Low = percentage of respondents scoring 1 or 2, neutral = percentage of respondents scoring 3, high = percentage of respondents scoring 4 or 5. * Significant at 0.001 level (differences between scores on misconduct and sexual harassment)

Effect size low = 0.10, medium = 0.30 and large = 0.50

Table 2

Relations between misconduct scores and sexually harassing scores, both within and between vignettes

N = 1,194

Sexist remark

Embarrassing comment

Sexual overture

Stereotypical comment

Clerk as harasser

Misc.

Sexu.

Misc.

Sexu.

Misc.

Sexu.

Misc.

Sexu.

Misc.

Sexu.

Sexist remark

 Misconduct

1.00

0.56

0.33

0.26

0.09

0.12

0.26

0.17

0.22

0.18

 Sexual harassment

1.00

0.32

0.46

0.14

0.25

0.12

0.36

0.13

0.23

Embarrassing comment

 Misconduct

1.00

0.68

0.25

0.26

0.13

0.24

0.18

0.15

 Sexual harassment

1.00

0.25

0.33

0.02

0.34

0.10

0.20

Sexual overture

 Misconduct

1.00

0.74

0.15

0.23

0.17

0.21

 Sexual harassment

1.00

0.07

0.33

0.15

0.31

Stereotypical comment

 Misconduct

1.00

0.35

0.30

0.16

 Sexual harassment

1.00

0.16

0.30

Clerk as harasser

 Misconduct

1.00

0.55

 Sexual harassment

1.00

All correlations are significant at 0.01 level. Bold = correlations within vignettes between misconduct and sexual harassment, italic = correlations between vignettes concerning misconduct, underlined = correlations between vignettes concerning sexual harassment

Table 3

Students versus teachers

Students (n = 643)

Mean (SD)

Teachers (n = 551)

Mean (SD)

t (df)

p

ES

Sexist remark

 Misconduct

3.33 (1.09)

3.73 (1.06)

−6.37 (1,170)

0.000*

0.18

 Sexual harassment

2.27 (0.99)

2.70 (1.10)

−7.09 (1,109)

0.000*

0.21

Embarrassing comment

 Misconduct

2.38 (1.09)

2.73 (1.12)

−5.23 (1,122)

0.000*

0.15

 Sexual harassment

1.83 (0.93)

2.13 (1.08)

−5.05 (1,089)

0.000*

0.15

Sexual overture

 Misconduct

2.92 (1.20)

2.56 (1.28)

4.92 (1,133)

0.000*

0.14

 Sexual harassment

2.44 (1.12)

2.20 (1.15)

3.64 (1,187)

0.000*

0.11

Stereotypical comment

 Misconduct

4.26 (0.90)

4.37 (0.49)

−2.18 (1,189)

0.029

0.06

 Sexual harassment

2.89 (1.26)

2.84 (1.25)

0.63 (1,190)

0.527

0.02

Clerk as harasser

Misconduct

4.23 (0.90)

4.27 (0.90)

−0.83 (1,188)

0.406

0.02

Sexual harassment

3.68 (1.11)

3.55 (1.23)

1.88(1,112)

0.059

0.06

Effect size low = 0.10, medium = 0.30 and large = 0.50

* Significant at 0.001 level

Table 4

Male students versus female students

Male (n = 150)

Mean (SD)

Female (n = 492)

Mean (SD)

t (df)

p

ES

Sexist remark

 Misconduct

3.24 (1.09)

3.36 (1.09)

−1.21 (637)

0.226

0.05

 Sexual harassment

2.18 (0.96)

2.30 (0.99)

−1.24 (637)

0.214

0.05

Embarrassing comment

 Misconduct

1.97 (0.96)

2.50 (1.10)

−5.70 (278)

0.000*

0.32

 Sexual harassment

1.59 (0.82)

1.90 (0.95)

−3.61 (637)

0.000*

0.14

Sexual overture

 Misconduct

2.33 (1.08)

3.10 (1.17)

−7.21 (638)

0.000*

0.27

 Sexual harassment

1.87 (1.01)

2.61 (1.10)

−7.84 (270)

0.000*

0.43

Stereotypical comment

 Misconduct

4.01 (1.01)

4.34 (0.84)

−4.07 (638)

0.000*

0.16

 Sexual harassment

2.67 (1.17)

2.95 (1.28)

−2.45 (639)

0.014

0.10

Clerk as harasser

 Misconduct

3.91 (1.09)

4.32 (0.80)

−4.25 (201)

0.000*

0.29

 Sexual harassment

3.27 (1.26)

3.81 (1.03)

−4.82 (213)

0.000*

0.31

Effect size low = 0.10, medium = 0.30 and large = 0.50

* Significant at 0.001 level

Table 5

Harassed female students versus non-harassed female students

Harassed (n = 124)

Mean (SD)

Non-harassed (n = 368)

Mean (SD)

t (df)

p

ES

Sexist remark

 Misconduct

3.40 (1.14)

3.35 (1.08)

0.41 (489)

0.597

0.02

 Sexual harassment

2.30 (1.00)

2.30 (0.99)

0.01 (489)

0.909

0.00

Embarrassing comment

 Misconduct

2.67 (1.19)

2.45 (1.06)

1.84 (193)

0.067

0.13

 Sexual harassment

1.98 (0.98)

1.88 (0.94)

0.98 (487)

0.330

0.04

Sexual overture

 Misconduct

3.15 (1.19)

3.08 (1.16)

0.52 (488)

0.806

0.02

 Sexual harassment

2.64 (1.09)

2.60 (1.10)

0.34 (488)

0.720

0.02

Stereotypical comment

 Misconduct

4.37 (0.81)

4.33 (0.85)

0.43 (488)

0.495

0.02

 Sexual harassment

3.06 (1.32)

2.92 (1.26)

1.04 (489)

0.370

0.05

Clerk as harasser

 Misconduct

4.24 (0.93)

4.35 (0.75)

−1.17 (181)

0.197

0.09

 Sexual harassment

3.75 (1.04)

3.83 (1.02)

−0.77 (487)

0.756

0.03

Effect size low = 0.10, medium = 0.30 and large = 0.50

* Significant at 0.001 level

Language: English
Published on: Oct 30, 2013
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© 2013 Hanke Dekker, Jos W. Snoek, Johanna Scho¨nrock-Adema, J. Cohen-Schotanus, Thys van der Molen, published by Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
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