Sexual Dating Aggression Across Grades 8 Through 12: Timing and Predictors of Onset

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 581-595

  Reyes, H Luz McNaughton ^a   Foshee, Vangie A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating violence; Rape myth acceptance; Sexual dating aggression; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874950388     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9864-6     Document Type: Article

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