Why emotions matter: Expectancy violation and affective response mediate the emotional victim effect

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 392-401

  Ask, Karl ^a   Landström, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Credibility; Emotions; Rape victims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; SWEDEN; VICTIM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RAPE; SWEDEN; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957557714     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9208-6     Document Type: Article

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