Adults usually believe young children: The influence of eliciting questions and suggestibility presentations on perceptions of children's disclosures

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-501

  Laimon, Rachel L ^a   Poole, Debra A ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Expert testimony; Eyewitness testimony; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949121903     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9127-y     Document Type: Article

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