Narrative elaboration: Test of a new procedure for interviewing children

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1347-1357

  Saywitz, Karen J ^a,c   Snyder, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; WITNESS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030443319     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.6.1347     Document Type: Article

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