Effects of perpetrator gender and victim sexuality on blame toward male victims of sexual assault

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-291

  Davies, Michelle ^a   Pollard, Paul ^a   Archer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Male rape; Sexual assault; Victim blame

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745796840     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.146.3.275-291     Document Type: Article

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