Gender differences in heterosexual college students' conceptualizations and indicators of sexual consent: Implications for contemporary sexual assault prevention education

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 904-916

  Jozkowski, Kristen N ^a   Peterson, Zoë D ^b   Sanders, Stephanie A ^c   Dennis, Barbara ^c   Reece, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RAPE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905084592     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2013.792326     Document Type: Article

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