Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ434856
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Effects of Participation on Children's Reports: Implications for Children's Testimony.
Rudy, Leslie; Goodman, Gail S.
Developmental Psychology, v27 n4 p527-38 Jul 1991
Examined effects of participation in an event on four and seven year olds' reports of the event. Results showed that participation lowered susceptibility to suggestion. Older children were less suggestible about actions that took place. Children showed high resistance to suggestions about actions that might be associated with abuse. (SH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Cognitive Development, Memory, Participation, Recall (Psychology), Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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