The effects of rapport-building style on children's reports of a staged event

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-202

  Roberts, Kim P ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 7744241020     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.957     Document Type: Article

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