Antecedents to women's fear of rape

Behaviour Change

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-145

  O'Donovan, Analise ^a   Devilly, Grant J ^b   Rapee, Ronald M ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VARIANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34848893011     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.24.3.135     Document Type: Article

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