Interrogative suggestibility in children and its relationship with memory and vocabulary

Danielsdottir, Gudbjorg; Sigurgeirsdottir, Sigrun; Einarsdottir, Helma R.; Haraldsson, Erlendur

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(93)90323-u

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“…The younger children's scores on the GSS indicated greater vulnerability to suggestion than older children and adults. Danielsdottir, Sigurgeirsdottir, Einarsdottir and Haraldsson (1993) obtained similar data in a study using icelandic children. However, these studies do not address the more specific question of whether some children are in fact more likely to be affected by misleading suggestions than are others.…”

Section: Identifying Vulnerable Groups and Reducing Suggestibilitysupporting

confidence: 81%

Reducing Suggestibility in Child Witness Interviews

Memon¹,

Holley

Wark

et al. 1996

Appl. Cognit. Psychol.

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Section: Identifying Vulnerable Groups and Reducing Suggestibilitysupporting

confidence: 81%

Reducing Suggestibility in Child Witness Interviews

Memon¹,

Holley

Wark

et al. 1996

Appl. Cognit. Psychol.

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“…Older adults showed lower memory capacity than younger adults. It should be noted that the negative correlation between suggestibility and intelligence and memory in adults (Gudjonsson & Clare, 1995;Gudjonsson, 2003), children and adolescents (Danielsdottir et al, 1993;Richardson & Kelly, 1995) is a consistent empirical finding in several studies. (Table 4) The pattern of correlations obtained between suggestibility scales and memory indicators in the Portuguese adaptation of the GSS1 was similar to that found in the studies mentioned above.…”

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confidence: 94%

Portuguese adaptation of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales (GSS1 and GSS2): Empirical findings

Pires

Silva

Ferreira

2013

Personality and Individual Differences

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In study 1 (n = 51, M age = 21.4 years, SD = 5.7), the validity of the Portuguese adaptation of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales (Pires, 2011) was shown through the comparison of means of the original (Gudjonsson, 1997) and the translated scales and the analysis of the correlations between the GSS1 and GSS2 scores. The relationships between interrogative suggestibility and the big five were also addressed and the results point to independence between suggestibility and personality, which is in line with Polczyk's findings (2005). Study 2 (n = 87, M age = 48.9 years, SD = 20.7) explored the relationships among interrogative suggestibility, the state-trait anxiety and demographic variables (i.e., age and gender). There were no significant relationships between anxiety and suggestibility. These results are in line with other studies that point to a lack of relationship between suggestibility and anxiety in normal samples (Polczyk, 2005;Wolfradt & Meyer, 1998). As for the relationships between age and interrogative suggestibility, ANCOVA confirmed that the increased suggestibility in old age was not due to age differences but rather to the limited memory capacity of the older adults group. There were no significant gender differences in the GSS1 subscales.

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“…The relationship of free recall with suggestibility has not been consistently observed in previous investigations. Danielsdottir, Sigurgeirsdottir, Einarsdottir, and Haraldsson (1993) reported a negative correlation between the number of details 10-and 12-year-olds remembered in free recall and their tendency to yield to suggestion, but no such correlation was found for 6-and 8-year-olds. Howie and Dowd (1996) also failed to find a significant correlation between free recall and the frequency of yielding to suggestion in elementary school children.…”

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Individual differences in children's recall and suggestibility: the effect of intelligence, temperament, and self‐perceptions

Chae

Ceci

2005

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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This study explored the effect of intelligence, temperament, and self-perceptions on children's recall and suggestibility. The relationship between recall and suggestibility was also examined. A total of 134 children, 63 preschoolers and 71 second graders, were exposed to a staged event involving an argument between two adults in their classrooms and were interviewed approximately 1 week later. Children were then administered verbal and performance intelligence tests and a self-perception measure assessing perceived general competence and social acceptance. Additionally, teachers completed a questionnaire to evaluate children's shyness and emotionality. Results revealed that children with higher verbal intelligence recalled more information spontaneously than those with lower verbal intelligence and that children who provided more accurate cued recall were less suggestible than those who gave less accurate cued recall. There was also a significant interaction effect of verbal intelligence Â age on suggestibility, with verbal intelligence being associated with suggestibility for younger children, but not for older children. The effect of individual difference factors on recall and suggestibility differed across age groups. Possible explanations for the results and implications for future studies are discussed.

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Interrogative suggestibility in children and its relationship with memory and vocabulary

Cited by 56 publications

References 11 publications

Reducing Suggestibility in Child Witness Interviews

Reducing Suggestibility in Child Witness Interviews

Portuguese adaptation of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales (GSS1 and GSS2): Empirical findings

Individual differences in children's recall and suggestibility: the effect of intelligence, temperament, and self‐perceptions

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