Psychiatry and Psychology

Non-Sexual Harassment

The act of systematic and/or continuous unwanted and irritating actions of a non-sexual nature, by a party or group against another. This behavior may include threats, BULLYING, taunts, blackmail, and demands.

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Abstract

The act of systematic and/or continuous unwanted and irritating actions of a non-sexual nature, by a party or group against another. This behavior may include threats, BULLYING, taunts, blackmail, and demands.

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5 entry terms
  • Harassment, Non-Sexual
  • Harassment, Nonsexual
  • Nonsexual Harassment
  • Harassment, Non Sexual
  • Non Sexual Harassment

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

SEXUAL HARASSMENT is also available

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History Note

2017; use SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 1992-2016

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Previous Indexing

  • Social Behavior (1969-2016)

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  1. F01.145.813w.213w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Non-Sexual Harassment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071277. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071277
  2. Non-Sexual Harassment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harassment
  3. Non-Sexual Harassment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3240539