Maltreated children's ability to estimate temporal location and numerosity of placement changes and court visits

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-104

  Wandrey, Lindsay ^a   Lyon, Thomas D ^b   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Friedman, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Children; Court visits; Maltreatment; Memory; Numerosity; Placement changes; Temporal knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874567006     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024812     Document Type: Article

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