A match-and-motivation model of how women label their nonconsensual sexual experiences

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 558-570

  Peterson, Zoë D ^a   Muehlenhard, Charlene L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

acquaintance rape; cognitive appraisal; labeling; match and motivation model; motivation; naming; nonconsensual sexual experiences; rape; rape acknowledgment; rape scripts; schema; sexual assault; sexual attitudes; unacknowledged rape; unwanted sexual experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555186485     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311410210     Document Type: Article

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