Rape and Seduction Scripts of University Students: Implications for Rape Attributions and Unacknowledged Rape

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 465-475

  Littleton, Heather L ^a   Axsom, Danny ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Rape; Rape acknowledgment; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142153672     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025824505185     Document Type: Review

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