Alcohol and acquaintance rape in Australia: Testing the presupposition model of attributions about responsibility and blame

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 983-1008

  Cameron, Charmaine A ^a   Stritzke, Werner G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0043028149     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01935.x     Document Type: Article

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