A psychometric evaluation of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales: Problems associated with measuring suggestibility as a difference score composite

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Powell, Martine B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Difference scores; Eyewitness suggestibility; Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649121897     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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