Explaining Why Early-Maturing Girls Are More Exposed to Sexual Harassment in Early Adolescence

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 490-509

  Skoog, Therése ^a   Bayram Özdemir, Sevgi ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

puberty pubertal development; sexual behavior (including pregnancy); sexual development; sexual harassment; victimization

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SWEDISH CITIZEN;

EID: 84962439434     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431614568198     Document Type: Article

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