False confessions and individual differences: The importance of victimization among youth

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 801-805

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora ^c   Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bullying; False confessions; Peer influence; Personality; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 53449092524     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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