Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration Among Female and Male University Students in Poland

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 571-594

  Tomaszewska, Paulina ^a   Krahé, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

alcohol; perpetration; Poland; sexual aggression; victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; COLLEGE DRINKING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040375482     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515609583     Document Type: Article

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