Predicting verbal coercion following sexual refusal during a hookup: Diverging gender patterns

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 647-660

  Wright, Margaret O'Dougherty ^a   Norton, Dana L ^a   Matusek, Jill Anne ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective reactions; Gender differences; Sexual rejection; Verbal coercion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952954781     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9763-9     Document Type: Article

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