Individual differences in children's event memory reports and the narrative elaboration technique

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-206

  Brown, Deirdre ^a   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0037396127     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.2.195     Document Type: Article

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