Perceptions of relational and physical aggression among college students: Effects of gender of perpetrator, target, and perceiver

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Basow, Susan A ^a   Cahill, Kristen F ^a   Phelan, Julie E ^a,b   Longshore, Kathryn ^a   McGillicuddy DeLisi, Ann ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846989266     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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