Exploratory assessments of child abuse: Children's responses to interviewer's questions across multiple interview sessions

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 490-504

  Patterson, Tess ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Mel)   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Interviewing children; Investigative interviewing; Multiple interviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 70349207010     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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