Retrospective reporting of childhood adversity: Issues in assessing long-term recall

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Maughan, Barbara ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030949949     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1997.11.1.19     Document Type: Article

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