A Missing Link in Suggestibility Research: What Is Known About the Behavior of Field Interviewers in Unstructured Interviews With Young Children?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Gilstrap, Livia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 1842529748     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.10.1.13     Document Type: Article

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