Developmental Differences in the Effects of Repeated Interviews and Interviewer Bias on Young Children's Event Memory and False Reports

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 823-837

  Quas, Jodi A ^a   Malloy, Lindsay C ^a   Melinder, Annika ^b,c   Goodman, Gail S ^b,c,d   D'Mello, Michelle ^d   Schaaf, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; false report; memory; repeated interviews; suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SUGGESTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERIODICITY; REPRESSION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 34548167309     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.823     Document Type: Article

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