Parent-child talk and children's memory for stressful events

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1057-1075

  Peterson, Carole ^a   Sales, Jessica McDermott ^b   Rees, Michelle ^a   Fivush, Robyn ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 37349131250     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1314     Document Type: Article

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