Verbal ability, self-control, and close relationships with parents protect children against misleading suggestions

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1037-1058

  Clarke Stewart, K Alison ^a   Malloy, Lindsay C ^a   Allhusen, Virginia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUGGESTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 11844269917     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1076     Document Type: Article

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