Personality and Attitudes towards Machismo as Predictors of Sexual Harassment in University Students in Northern Peru

Lizzeth Aimee Garcia  Flores; Osmer  Campos-Ugaz; Ronald M.  Hernández; Miguel A.  Saavedra-López; Silvia Georgina Aguinaga  Doig; Yen Marvin Bravo  Larrea; Janeth Benedicta Falla  Ortíz; Walter Antonio  Campos-Ugaz

doi:10.36941/jesr-2022-0122

Authors

Lizzeth Aimee Garcia Flores Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Osmer Campos-Ugaz Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Ronald M. Hernández Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Miguel A. Saavedra-López Universidad Continental, Av San Carlos 1980, Huancayo 12000, Peru
Silvia Georgina Aguinaga Doig Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Yen Marvin Bravo Larrea Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Janeth Benedicta Falla Ortíz Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Av San Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer 855, Chiclayo 14012, Peru
Walter Antonio Campos-Ugaz Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Av Juan XXIII 391, Lambayeque 14013, Peru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2022-0122

Keywords:

Personality, machismo, sexual harassment, university students

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine to what extent personality and attitudes towards machismo predict sexual harassment in a sample of 470 university students in Chiclayo. The research is a predictive, cross-sectional, non-experimental research. The instruments applied were the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI), the Attitudes towards Machismo Scale and the Sexual Harassment and Social Interaction with Sexual Content in the University Environment Scale (EASIS-U), which were virtualized through "google forms". The results indicate that all significance indices, statistical power and effect size are adequate. Therefore, in women, neuroticism and macho attitudes towards male chauvinism explain 12.5% of sextortion. And for men, extraversion, macho attitudes towards home management and sex role socialization explain 13.5% of verbal sexual harassment.

Received: 26 May 2022 / Accepted: 21 August 2022 / Published: 2 September 2022