Do Schacter's seven sins of memory apply to ratings of children's emotional and behavioral functioning?

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-306

  Renk, Kimberly ^a   Donnelly, Reesa ^a   McKinney, Cliff ^a   Baksh, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child functioning; Informant ratings; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248141837     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9086-1     Document Type: Article

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