Assessing the credibility of children's allegations of sexual abuse: A survey of recent research

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-194

  Lamb, Michael E ^b   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^c   Esplin, Phillip W ^a   Hershkowitz, Irit ^c   Orbach, Yael ^c  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031498473     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90005-4     Document Type: Article

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