Sexual consent in heterosexual relationships: Development of a new measure

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 305-315

  Humphreys, Terry ^a   Herold, Ed ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Scale development; Sexual consent

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547679851     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9264-7     Document Type: Article

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