Although illegal, sexual harassment is endemic in US schools, with students perceiving that school officials ignore complaints of harassment. Research findings have linked school climate tolerant of sexual harassment to peer sexual harassment (PSH) and school outcomes, yet there is a need to better understand these relationships. This cross-sectional study examined whether there was an indirect effect of school climate tolerant of sexual harassment on disengagement from school, individually and serially, through experiences of PSH victimization and feeling safe at school in a sample of 171 predominantly Black and White girls (14–19 years old) attending high school in the wider Memphis, Tennessee area. The findings supported that a climate tolerant of sexual harassment was indirectly related to school disengagement through PSH and feeling less safe. These findings add to the literature by demonstrating that a climate tolerant of sexual harassment, PSH victimization, and perceptions about personal safety are associated with harm to students’ academic outcomes in the form of school and academic disengagement. Further, the current findings suggest that a national agenda for school safety needs to consider school climate tolerant of sexual harassment in order to be effective in responding to sexual harassment and supporting student engagement.

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学校对性骚扰的容忍度与高中女生因同伴性骚扰而脱离学业以及感到安全有间接关系

尽管性骚扰是非法的，但它在美国学校却很普遍，学生们认为学校官员忽视了骚扰投诉。研究结果已将学校对性骚扰的容忍度与同侪性骚扰 (PSH) 和学校成绩联系起来，但有必要更好地了解这些关系。这项横断面研究通过以 171 名主要是黑人和白人女孩为样本的 PSH 受害经历和在学校的安全感（14 – 19 岁）在田纳西州孟菲斯地区就读高中。研究结果表明，对性骚扰的容忍度与学生因公共安全和健康而脱离学校以及感到不安全感间接相关。这些发现补充了文献，表明容忍性骚扰、PSH 受害和对人身安全的看法与学生在学校和学业脱离方面的学业成绩受到损害有关。此外，目前的研究结果表明，国家学校安全议程需要考虑学校对性骚扰的容忍度，以便有效应对性骚扰并支持学生参与。