Ambivalent sexism, belief in a just world, and empathy as predictors of Turkish students' attitudes toward rape victims

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 889-895

  Sakalli Uǧurlu, Nuray ^a   Yalçin, Zeynep Sila ^a   Glick, Peter ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Belief in a just world; Empathy; Rape victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849052386     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9313-2     Document Type: Article

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