The impact of questionnaire administration mode on response rate and reporting of consensual and nonconsensual sexual behavior

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-352

  Testa, Maria ^a,b   Livingston, Jennifer A ^a,b   VanZile Tamsen, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

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EID: 30344455633     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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