ABSTRACT

Sexual minority college students are disproportionately impacted by sexual assault in college, however, there is a paucity of research exploring the role of the college environment in victimization. This study explores the relationship of campus climate with sexual assault victimization for these students. This sample included 1,110 current college students in the United States who identified as a sexual minority. Logistic regression results indicated that the more observations of harassment and discrimination of sexual minority students by participants, the more likely they were to experience sexual assault victimization in college. Also, the more out a participant was on campus, and the stronger sense of belonging they had to their college, the less likely they were to experience sexual assault victimization. Sexual assault prevention efforts on college campuses would benefit from programming and policies that support belonging and address discrimination and harassment.

摘要

性少数大学生在大学中受到性侵犯的影响不成比例，但是，很少有研究探索大学环境在受害中的作用。本研究探讨了校园氛围与这些学生遭受性侵犯的关系。该样本包括 1,110 名被认定为性少数群体的美国在校大学生。Logistic回归结果表明，参与者对性少数学生的骚扰和歧视观察越多，他们在大学中遭受性侵犯的可能性就越大。此外，参与者在校园里越多，他们对大学的归属感越强，他们遭受性侵犯的可能性就越小。