"Running a train": Adolescent boys' accounts of sexual intercourse involving multiple males and one female

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-113

  Rothman, Emily F ^a   Decker, Michele R ^b   Reed, Elizabeth ^b   Raj, Anita ^a   Silverman, Jay G ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Gang rape; Reproductive health; Sexual assault; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949021590     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558407310773     Document Type: Article

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