Stress, Interviewer Support, and Children's Eyewitness Identification Accuracy

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1292-1305

  Rush, Elizabeth B ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Yim, Ilona S ^a   Nikolayev, Mariya ^c   Clark, Steven E ^b   Larson, Rakel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899911607     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12177     Document Type: Article

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