Effects of age and delay on the amount of information provided by alleged sex abuse victims in investigative interviews

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1586-1596

  Lamb, Michael E ^a   Sternberg, Kathleeen J ^a   Esplin, Phillip W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SUGGESTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SUGGESTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034331532     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00250     Document Type: Article

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