Acknowledged Versus Unacknowledged Sexual Assault Among College Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2593-2611

  Cleere, Colleen ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brief symptom inventory (BSI); labeling; sexual experience survey (SES); sexual victimization; situational variable

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY (BSI); FEMALE; HUMAN; LABELING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY (SES); SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION; SITUATIONAL VARIABLE; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY (BSI); LABELING; SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SURVEY (SES); SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION; SITUATIONAL VARIABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880820287     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260513479033     Document Type: Article

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