The Survey of Unwanted Sexual Attention in University Residences<\/strong> (SUSAUR), developed by Kathleen V. Cairns<\/a> and Julie Wright at the University of Calgary<\/a>, is a specialized, multi-modular psychometric and epidemiological assessment battery designed to investigate the prevalence, nature, subjective appraisal, and social-cognitive correlates of peer sexual harassment and sexual coercion within higher education communal living environments. Engineered as an integrative amalgamation of several empirically validated inventories alongside ecological, site-specific behavioral indicators and open-ended narrative modules, the instrument comprehensively evaluates how institutional residence hall climates mediate gender-based hostility, unwanted pursuit, and sexual assault.<\/p>\n The complete survey comprises ten distinct sections (designated Sections A through J). Among these, Section D (SUSAUR-D)<\/strong> serves as the core operational behavioral matrix, adapted from the foundational work of Reilly, Lott, and Gallogly (1986) with critical resident-driven additions (such as involuntary visual exposure to peers in states of undress). Section D systematically quantifies 11 discrete offensive behaviors spanning verbal obscenity, pornographic displays, misogynistic and misandrist denigration, sexual reputational rumors, sexually suggestive posturing, unwelcome sexual teasing, persistent pressure for social contact, deliberate physical intrusion, and non-consensual touching, kissing, or fondling. Each behavioral marker is evaluated across three primary quantitative vectors: observed\/experienced frequency, perceived offensiveness, and categorical appraisal as sexual harassment. For severe interpersonal infractions (Items 6 through 11), the inventory deploys an extensive micro-level assessment examining perpetrator persistence, emotional upset, coping mechanisms, counterfactual attribution, and self-perpetration histories.<\/p>\n The broader instrument embeds established psychometric scales, including the Sexual Harassment Attitude Scale (SHAS)<\/a>, the Attitudes Toward Sex, Dating and Rape Scale, a 16-item motivational inventory of unwanted consensual sex, and gender-differentiated iterations of Koss and Oros\u2019s (1982) Sexual Experiences Survey (SES)<\/a>. Accompanied by qualitative narrative modules (Sections G, H, and I) that capture contextual nuance and idiosyncratic trauma impact, the SUSAUR exhibits robust content, convergent, and ecological validity. It remains a benchmark paradigm in student affairs, feminist victimology, campus violence prevention, and residential higher education policy research.<\/p>\n Sexual harassment, university residences, unwanted sexual attention, campus climate, sexual coercion, gender harassment, behavioral operationalization, victimology, peer victimization, residential ecology, SUSAUR, higher education student housing.<\/p>\n The Survey of Unwanted Sexual Attention in University Residences was conceptualized, developed, and empirically implemented by:<\/p>\n University residence halls represent unique ecological microcosms where the conventional delineations separating domestic, academic, social, and leisure spheres dissolve. In these close-quarters, communal living spaces, emerging adult students navigate developmental transitions toward autonomy, interpersonal intimacy, and identity exploration. However, these same environmental affordances\u2014architectural proximity, shared sanitation facilities, communal lounges, high social density, pervasive peer observation, unmonitored alcohol consumption, and entrenched collegiate subcultures\u2014frequently cultivate environments characterized by boundary violations, sexually intrusive conduct, and peer victimization.<\/p>\n2. Keywords<\/h2>\n
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