Themes and perceptions of written sexually harassing messages and their link to distress

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-28

  Kinney, Terry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Message characteristics; Message effects; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037273886     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X02250052     Document Type: Article

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