Perceptions of Peer Rape Myth Acceptance and Disclosure in a Sample of College Sexual Assault Survivors

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-241

  Paul, Lisa A ^a   Gray, Matt J ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Davis, Joanne L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

misperception of norms; rape myth acceptance; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049094291     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016989     Document Type: Article

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