Everyday victimization of adolescent girls by boys: Sexual harassment, bullying or aggression?

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 477-489

  Shute, Rosalyn ^a,c   Owens, Larry ^b   Slee, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Flinders University   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Bullying; Sexual harassment; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549104805     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9363-5     Document Type: Article

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