Going Along With It: Sexually Coercive Partner Behavior Predicts Dating Women's Compliance With Unwanted Sex

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 730-742

  Katz, Jennifer ^a   Tirone, Vanessa ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

dating; sexual coercion; sexual compliance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952110043     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210374867     Document Type: Article

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