Measuring campus sexual misconduct and its context: The administrator-researcher campus climate consortium (ARC3) survey
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dr.. Loreen Olson, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Paige Hall Smith, Professor (Creator)
- Jacquelyn W. White, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Objective: In response to The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault’s recommendations, the Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative (ARC3) has curated an empirically sound, no-cost campus climate survey for U.S. institutions of higher education. The ARC3 survey contains 19 modules that assess a range of Title IX violations, including sexual harassment, dating violence, and sexual misconduct victimization and perpetration; sexual misconduct prevention efforts, resources, and responses; and key predictors and possible outcomes of sexual misconduct. This article describes the ARC3 survey development and pilot test psychometric data. Method: A total of 909 students attending one of three U.S. universities responded to the survey; 85% of students who began the survey completed it. Students completed the ARC3 survey in slightly less than 30 min, on average. Results: The majority of measures produced evidence for at least acceptable internal consistency levels (a > .70), with only two short item sets having marginal reliability (a = .65–.70). Correlations among scales matched expectations set by the research literature. Students generally did not find the survey distressing; in fact, students viewed the climate assessment as important and personally meaningful. Conclusion: The survey performed sufficiently well in pilot testing to recommend its use with U.S. college populations.
Measuring campus sexual misconduct and its context: The administrator-researcher campus climate consortium (ARC3) survey
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(5):495-504
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Campus climate, sexual misconduct, sexual assault