A suggestibility scale for children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 843-856

  Scullin, Matthew H ^a   Ceci, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Factor analysis; Memory; Preschool age; Rating scales; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000578753     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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