Understanding the link between mena's alcohol use and sexual violence perpetration: The mediating role of sexual objectification

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-169

  Gervais, Sarah J ^a   DiLillo, David ^a   McChargue, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; alcohol consumption; alcohol myopia; dehumanization; heavy drinking; sexual objectification; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899125621     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033840     Document Type: Article

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