The effect of intellectual disability on the adherence of child witnesses to a "story grammar" framework

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-11

  Murfett, Romana ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Snow, Pamela C ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child witness; Intellectual disability; Investigative interviewing; Language; Narrative account; Story grammar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; STORYTELLING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WITNESS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL RETARDATION; NARRATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 39749125210     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250701829811     Document Type: Article

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