@misc{10481/86392,
year = {2014},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86392},
abstract = {Sexual harassment is among the most serious forms of gender violence, and what all violent acts have in
common are the many myths associated with them. Three studies were conducted to adapt a Spanish version of the
Illinois Sexual Harassment Myth Acceptance (ISHMA) scale, which assesses myths about sexual harassment. The first
study aimed to, for the first time, present psychometric data on the Spanish version of the ISHMA. The participants were
339 college students. After adapting the items and measuring their content validity, we examined the test’s dimensional
structure, statistically analyzed the items, and determined the instrument’s reliability (α = .91 for the total scale and
between .77 and .84 for the different dimensions). Study 2 involved 326 adult participants from the general population
and its objective was to evaluate the scale’s dimensional structure through confirmatory factor analysis (χ2
143 = 244.860,
p < .001; GFI = .952; CFI = .958; RMSEA = .034 [.026 – .041]). The third study was conducted in order to measure convergent
validity in both students and adults from the general population. Differences by gender were found in all dimensions
being the females’ means higher than males (Cohen´s d between .38 and .62). Our findings suggest the Spanish
version of the ISHMA is a useful instrument to study myths about sexual harassment.},
organization = {Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia for the R&D project ‘Sexist
ideology and power inequality in the development and maintenance of
Sexual Harassment’ (Ref. PSI2011–29720)},
organization = {Project of Excellence of
the Junta de Andalucía ‘Psychosocial analysis of legitimacy and prejudice
in the maintenance of asymmetrical social relationships’ (Ref. SEJ-6225)},
organization = {Grant from the FPU (AP2009–2940) Program of the Spanish
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte given to the second author.},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
keywords = {Sexual harassment},
keywords = {myths},
keywords = {Gender violence},
keywords = {Scale},
keywords = {adaptation},
title = {Spanish Adaptation of the Illinois Sexual Harassment Myth Acceptance},
author = {Expósito Jiménez, Francisca and Herrera Enríquez, Antonio Manuel and Valor Segura, Inmaculada and Herrera Enríquez, María Del Carmen and lozano, luisma},
}