Communication of social support to sexual harassment victims: Professors’ responses to a student’s narrative of unwanted sexual attention

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-155

  Bingham, Shereen G ^a   Battey, Karen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Newport Beach ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender; Sex Differences; Sexual Harassment; Social Support; Stress; Tolerance for Sexual Harassment; Victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249107780     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00089570500078767     Document Type: Article

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