Athletes and rape: Is there a connection?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1379-1393

  Caron, Sandra L ^a   Halteman, William A ^a   Stacy, Cheri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS;

EID: 0031308683     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1379     Document Type: Article

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