Peer sexual harassment in adolescent girls: A cross-national study (Spain-Italy)

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-264

  Ortega, Rosario ^a   Sánchez, Virginia ^b   Ortega Rivera, Javier ^b   Nocentini, Annalaura ^c   Menesini, Ersilia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Peer relationships; Sexual harassment; Transversal descriptive study; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950153492     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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