How well does the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale for Children, version 2 predict the recall of false details among children with and without intellectual disabilities?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-232

  Miles, Katie L ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Thomson, Donald M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GUDJONSSON SUGGESTIBILITY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34548819898     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532506X116750     Document Type: Article

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