An initial validation of a measure of personal and social perceptions of the sexual abuse of males

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 368-378

  Nalavany, Blace A ^a   Abell, Neil ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myths; Psychometric study; Sexual abuse of boys and men

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043146499     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731504265836     Document Type: Article

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