Predictors of suggestibility and false-memory production in young adult women

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-399

  Peiffer, Lori C ^b   Trull, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; SELF ESTEEM; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0033935037     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7403_4     Document Type: Article

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