Shades of gray: A qualitative study of terms used in the measurement of sexual victimization

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-255

  Hamby, Sherry L ^a,c   Koss, Mary P ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Possible Equalities   (United States)

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EID: 0141796730     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00104     Document Type: Article

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