Community members' perceptions of evidence: The effects of gender in a recovered memory civil trial

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-495

  Forsterlee, Robert ^a   Ho, Robert ^b   Forsterlee, Lynne ^b   Horowitz, Irwin A ^c   McGovern, Aine ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL DEFENSE; CONVALESCENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRESSION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033174224     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.4.484     Document Type: Article

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