Children's eyewitness memory for a repeated event

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1127-1139

  McNichol, Susan ^a   Shute, Rosalyn ^b   Tucker, Alison ^c  

^a Sexual Offenders Treatment and Assessment Program   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Optima Psychology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children's eyewitness testimony; Incidental memory; Repeated events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; WITNESS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032879090     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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