Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ, Fitzgerald)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.923 sample items
About this scale
A 20-item self-report measure of sexual harassment exposure at work across three dimensions: gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, and sexual coercion. Behavioural-frequency stem reduces self-labelling bias.
Sample item(s)
“Made offensive remarks about your appearance, body, or sexual activities (gender harassment)”
“Made you feel like you were being bribed with some sort of reward to engage in sexual behavior (coercion)”
“Repeatedly asked you for dates, drinks, dinner even though you said no (unwanted attention)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.92. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use; the most validated sexual-harassment instrument.
Source & citation
Fitzgerald, L. F., Magley, V. J., Drasgow, F., & Waldo, C. R. (1999): Measuring sexual harassment in the military: The Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ-DoD). Military Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 243–263.
Fitzgerald et al. (1999): SEQ. Military Psychology, 11(3), 243–263.
Source. Scale details are summarised from the publication cited above. Always consult the original source for the full item set, scoring, and permission to use.
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