Awareness of the origin of knowledge predicts child witnesses' recall of alleged sexual and physical abuse

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 953-967

  Thierry, Karen L ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^a   Orbach, Yael ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 8744224532     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.933     Document Type: Article

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