Expectations of Emotions during Testimony: The Role of Communicator and Perceiver Characteristics

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 829-845

  Bederian Gardner, Daniel ^a   Goldfarb, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANGER; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIME VICTIM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925295534     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2146     Document Type: Article

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