Adolescent girls' cognitive appraisals of coping responses to sexual harassment

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 969-986

  Leaper, Campbell ^a   Brown, Christia Spears ^b   Ayres, Melanie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

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EID: 84886594218     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21727     Document Type: Article

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