Rape scripts of low-income European American and Latina women

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Littleton, Heather ^a,b,c   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^a,b   Berenson, Abbey B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Rape; Schemas; Scripts; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147125363     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9189-1     Document Type: Article

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