Individual differences in women's rape avoidance behaviors

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 343-349

  McKibbin, William F ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Miner, Emily J ^a   Bates, Vincent M ^a   Liddle, James R ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolved psychological mechanisms; Rape; Rape avoidance; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WOMEN;

EID: 79952488588     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9627-y     Document Type: Article

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