Interpreting survey questions about sexual aggression in cross-cultural research: A qualitative study with young adults from nine european Countries

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Krahé, Barbara ^a   de Haas, Stans ^b   Vanwesenbeeck, Ine ^b,c   Bianchi, Gabriel ^d   Chliaoutakis, Joannes ^e   Fuertes, Antonio ^f   de Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^g   Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni ^h   Hellemans, Sabine ⁱ   Kouta, Christiana ^h   Meijnckens, Dwayne ^b   Murauskiene, Liubove ^j   Papadakaki, Maria ^e   Ramiro, Lucia ^g   Reis, Marta ^g   Symons, Katrien ⁱ   Tomaszewska, Paulina ^a   Vicario Molina, Isabel ^f   Zygadlo, Andrzej ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Rutgers   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^e TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural; Gender; Interview study; Sexual aggression; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991534021     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-015-9321-2     Document Type: Article

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