Influence of Gender Roles on Perceptions of Teacher/Adolescent Student Sexual Relations

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Dollar, Katherine M ^a,b   Perry, Andrea R ^a,c   Fromuth, Mary Ellen ^a   Holt, Aimee R ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender role attitudes; Teacher student sexual relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042279766     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000011075.91908.98     Document Type: Article

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