Factors associated with college women's labeling of sexual victimization

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 940-958

  Orchowski, Lindsay M ^a   Untied, Amy S ^b   Gidycz, Christine A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement; Labeling; Sexual assault; Sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; STUDENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894077242     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00049     Document Type: Article

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