The effects of state anxiety on the suggestibility and accuracy of child eyewitnesses

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 547-558

  Ridley, Anne M ^a,b   Clifford, Brian R ^b   Keogh, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

EID: 7744220650     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.813     Document Type: Article

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