Effects of social support on children's eyewitness reports: A test of the underlying mechanism

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-215

  Davis, Suzanne L ^a   Bottoms, Bette L ^b  

^a DecisionQuest Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WITNESS; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0036551429     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014692009941     Document Type: Review

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