Discrimination, stalking, sexual harassment and sexual violence at the university – exploring and predicting pattern-based subcategories among students and staff in a German university sample

This study, including a high number of both, data from students and employees, highlights the prevalence and co-occurrence of different forms of DSHV in academic settings and demonstrates that experience of one type of DSHV often correlates with vulnerability to others. Greater attention should be given to female students in the natural sciences. As DSHV is group-specific, measures should include both global and in particular targeted components based on a risk analysis, and might be helpful for students and staff.