The effect of question repetition within interviews on young children's eyewitness recall

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Krähenbühl, Sarah ^a   Blades, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's event recall; Eyewitness testimony; Question repetition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SUGGESTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SUGGESTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33645745508     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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