Inviting witnesses to speculate: Effects of age and interaction on children's recall

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-52

  Schreiber, Nadja ^a,b   Parker, Janat F ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child witnesses; Children's memory; Investigative interviewing; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION;

EID: 4444238902     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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