Priming of consensual and nonconsensual sexual scripts: An experimental test of the role of scripts in rape attributions

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 557-563

  Littleton, Heather L ^a   Axsom, Danny ^b   Yoder, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Priming; Rape; Schemas; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751019451     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9017-z     Document Type: Article

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