Blame attribution in sexual victimization
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.058 0191-8869/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Present address: Psychology Department, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308, United States. E-mail address: [email protected] (C. Perilloux). 1 Member of the Criminal Justice and Psychology Programs, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, United States. Carin Perilloux ⇑, Joshua D. Duntley , David M. Buss
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