The consistency of false suggestions moderates children's reports of a single instance of a repeated event: Predicting increases and decreases in suggestibility

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-89

  Roberts, Kim P ^a   Powell, Martine B ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Repeated events; Schema; Source monitoring; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SUGGESTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SUGGESTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VICTORIA;

EID: 33645736028     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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