Judgments of sexual abuse victims

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Warner, Ruth H ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b   Garczynski, Amy M ^a   Solomon, Erin D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 79961147612     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2011.589294     Document Type: Article

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