Size Does Matter: The Effects of Gender on Perceptions of Dating Violence

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Hamby, Sherry ^a   Jackson, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Dating violence; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956178919     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9816-0     Document Type: Article

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