Review of Survey and Experimental Research That Examines the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Men’s Sexual Aggression Perpetration

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 265-282

  Abbey, Antonia ^a   Wegner, Rhiana ^a   Woerner, Jacqueline ^a   Pegram, Sheri E ^a   Pierce, Jennifer ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; perpetration; research methods; sexual aggression; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX OFFENSES; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907471429     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838014521031     Document Type: Article

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