School professionals’ attributions of blame for child sexual abuse

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-44

  Ford, Harriett H ^a,b,c   Schindler, Claudia B ^a,b,c   Medway, Frederic J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Public Schools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame attributions; Child sexual abuse; School professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035218127     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(00)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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