The development and psychometric assessment of the adolescent sexual coercion risk scale

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1524-1540

  Bramsen, Rikke Holm ^a   Lasgaard, Mathias ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b   Koss, Mary P ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; rating scale; risk behavior; sexual victimization; signaling sexual boundaries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955062825     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510370598     Document Type: Article

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