The sexual consent scale-revised: Development, reliability, and preliminary validity

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-428

  Humphreys, Terry P ^a   Brousseau, Melanie M ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957007074     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490903151358     Document Type: Article

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