Non-verbal behavior of children who disclose or do not disclose child abuse in investigative interviews

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Katz, Carmit ^a,c   Hershkowitz, Irit ^b   Malloy, Lindsay C ^a,d   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Atabaki, Armita ^a   Spindler, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child victims; Disclosure of abuse; Investigative interviews; Nonverbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; VICTIM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856498463     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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