An empirical test of the association between disgust and sexual assault

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Frala, Jamie ^a   Badour, Christal ^a   Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650246765     PISSN: 19371209     EISSN: 19371217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijct.2010.3.1.11     Document Type: Article

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