Childhood trauma has been identified as a risk factor for future revictimization, especially in young adulthood. There is an established link between childhood victimization and later sexual assault, but it is unclear if childhood trauma is associated with sexual harassment. Related research has examined coping and resilience as buffers, or moderators, against negative outcomes associated with childhood victimization and sexual assault, so the buffering effect of these variables will be explored for sexual harassment as well. In a sample of 583 young adults age 18–25, self-report measures of childhood trauma, sexual harassment, coping, and resilience, were collected via an online survey tool. Results of a path analysis suggest that, in general, childhood trauma places young adults at a risk for sexual harassment. Resiliency did not moderate the association between childhood trauma and sexual harassment in young adulthood, but coping did moderate this association. Specifically, when coping was high, trauma and sexual harassment were negatively related, but when coping was low to moderate, trauma and sexual harassment were positively related.

童年创伤已被确定为未来再次受害的危险因素，尤其是在成年早期。童年受害与后来的性侵犯之间存在确定的联系，但尚不清楚童年创伤是否与性骚扰有关。相关研究已经将应对和复原力作为缓冲或调节剂，以应对与儿童受害和性侵犯相关的负面结果，因此也将探讨这些变量对性骚扰的缓冲作用。在 583 名 18-25 岁的年轻人样本中，通过在线调查工具收集了关于童年创伤、性骚扰、应对和复原力的自我报告措施。路径分析的结果表明，一般来说，童年创伤会使年轻人面临性骚扰的风险。弹性并没有缓和童年创伤与成年早期性骚扰之间的关联，但应对确实缓和了这种关联。具体来说，当应对水平较高时，创伤与性骚扰呈负相关，而当应对水平较低至中等水平时，创伤与性骚扰呈正相关。