A comparison of mental and physical context reinstatement in forensic interviews with alleged victims of sexual abuse

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-441

  Hershkowitz, Irit ^a   Orbach, Yael ^b   Lamb, Michael E ^b   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^b   Horowitz, Dvora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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

^c DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUGGESTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VICTIM;

EID: 1642389593     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.804     Document Type: Article

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