Individual differences in children's suggestibility: A comparison between intellectually disabled and mainstream samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-49

  Young, Kristie ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Dudgeon, Paul ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's suggestibility; Eyewitness testimony; Individual differences; Intellectually disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037992866     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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