The impact of past sexual experiences on attributions of responsibility for rape

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1157-1171

  Mason, Gillian E ^a,c   Riger, Stephanie ^a   Foley, Linda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c 1009 BSB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adversarial sexual beliefs; Attribution of blame; Defensive attribution hypothesis; Rape myths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4644369341     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504269094     Document Type: Review

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