Detecting Deception in Children: Event Familiarity Affects Criterion-Based Content Analysis Ratings

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Pezdek, Kathy ^a,h   Morrow, Anne ^a   Blandon Gitlin, Iris ^a   Goodman, Gail S ^b   Quas, Jodi A ^c   Saywitz, Karen J ^d   Bidrose, Sue ^e   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^f   Rogers, Martha ^g   Brodie, Laura ^g  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^g NONE

^h Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECUMBENCY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 10744220832     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.119     Document Type: Article

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