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Two studies were conducted to examine an attributional model of judgments of sexual harassment. The key assumption of the model is that judgments of sexual harassment involve the attribution of negative intentions (e.g., hostility or callousness) to an actor with regard to a sexual behavior. The two studies effectively demonstrated that many factors known to influence the attribution of intentionality play an important role in judgments of sexual harassment. The findings are discussed with regard to understanding how people differ in their judgments of sexual harassment.
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The studies described in this article were reported in a presentation at the 1986 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago.
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Pryor, J.B., Day, J.D. Interpretations of sexual harassment: An attributional analysis. Sex Roles 18, 405–417 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288392
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