Sexual Victimization among College Women: Role of Sexual Assertiveness and Resistance Variables

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-252

  Kelley, Erika L ^a   Orchowski, Lindsay M ^b   Gidycz, Christine A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College women; revictimization; sexual assault; sexual assertiveness; sexual resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930352268     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039407     Document Type: Article

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