Intended Responses to Rape as Functions of Attitudes, Attributions of Fault, and Emotions

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 382-393

  Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Pitpitan, Eileen V ^a   Chaudoir, Stephenie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions of fault; Collective action; Feminist attitudes; Helping; Rape

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951767899     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9920-1     Document Type: Article

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