College women's likelihood to report unwanted sexual experiences to campus agencies: Trends and correlates

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 839-858

  Orchowski, Lindsay M ^a   Meyer, Douglas H ^b   Gidycz, Christine A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Rape; Reporting; Sexual assault; Sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; TREND STUDY; VICTIM;

EID: 77649315324     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770903291779     Document Type: Article

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