Sex and power in the academy: Modeling sexual harassment in the lives of college women

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 616-628

  Huerta, Marisela ^a   Cortina, Lilia M ^a   Pang, Joyce S ^a   Torges, Cynthia M ^a   Magley, Vicki J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

College women; Power; Sexual harassment; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645755167     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205284281     Document Type: Article

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