Reducing Maltreated Children's Reluctance to Answer Hypothetical Oath-Taking Competency Questions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-92

  Lyon, Thomas D ^a   Saywitz, Karen J ^b   Kaplan, Debra L ^c   Dorado, Joyce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035259696     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005644010134     Document Type: Article

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