Gender-based violence in secondary school Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The ESAS intervention is a web-based Intervention Hub with a log-in and dashboard for registered schools. The intervention is school-led, and schools use tools and guides on the dashboard to undertake
Sponsors
University of Glasgow
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Secondary schools are eligible to take part if they meet the following criteria: 1. Based in Scotland 2. State-funded 3. 300 or more students on the school roll 4. Not already undertaken an ESAS activity Within eligible schools, the following participants are eligible to take part in specific research activities: 1. All students in years 2, 4, 6 (age range 12-18 years) 2. All teaching/non-teaching staff in the school 3. All parents/carers in the study schools are eligible to participate in the parent survey
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Students and teachers who refuse their consent; students who are opted out of data collection by their parent/carer 2. Schools <300 pupils 3. Private schools 4. Schools who have already commenced one or more ESAS activity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| School-based sexual harassment measured using a 5-item student self-report survey at baseline, 12 months and 24 months (main outcome-control comparison at 12 months). The 5-item measure is adapted from the AAUW Hostile Hallways measure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All secondary outcome variables are brief multi-item instruments or validated measures, and are measured via student self-report surveys at baseline, 12 months and 24 months: 1. Students’ sexual harassment perpetration will be measured using three items that assess engagement in unwelcome behaviours at or on the way to or from school in the last two months 2. Students’ perceptions of feeling safe at school will be measured using two items that assess fear of sexual harassment or feeling unsafe at or on the way to or from school 3. Confidence to report problematic behaviours in school will be measured using three items that assess students’ confidence in reporting three types of sexual harassment. Original items tested in the pilot for this study 4. Students’ endorsement of gender stereotypes will be measured using three items 5. Students’ endorsement of gender-equal attitudes will be measured using three items 6. Students’ attitudes toward teen dating violence will be measured using three items 7. Students' self-efficacy to make the school safer will be measured using three items that assess students’ perceived ability to help make their school a safer place. Original items tested in the pilot for this study. 8. Students’ perceptions of staff and student response to sexual harassment at school will be measured using five items; three of these items are based on a vignette describing a hypothetical incident of sexual harassment involving fictional students at their school. Original items tested in the pilot for this study. 9. Students' attitudes toward sexual harassment will be measured using 3 items drawn from a range of attitudinal measures and adapted for this study 10. Students' perceived ease of talking about GBV in school will be measured using 2 items. Original items tested in the pilot for this study. 11. Students' perceived scope of sexual harassment as a problem at school will be measured using 3 items that assess whether students think three types of sexua | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed