A comparison between girls' and boys' experiences of unwanted sexual behaviour in secondary schools

Educational Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-306

  Timmerman, Greetje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; Secondary education; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744608228     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880500287641     Document Type: Article

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