Correlates of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale in delinquent adolescents.
Correlations between scores on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale and a number of relevant personality characteristics, i.e., intelligence, memory, social inadequacy, social desirability, and fantasy proneness, were examined in a sample of 71 delinquent boys. Analysis showed that intelligence and memory were negatively related to suggestibility scores. That is, lower memory and intelligence were associated with higher suggestibility. No significant correlations were found between suggestibility and other personality characteristics.
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Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. p.muris@dep.unimaas.nl
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Merckelbach
Harald
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007360:Intelligence; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013404:Suggestion