Self-reported sexual interest in children: Sex differences and psychosocial correlates in a university sample

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-50

  Smiljanich, Kathy ^a   Briere, John ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; PEDOPHILIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VICTIM;

EID: 0029764226     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.1.39     Document Type: Article

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