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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Forensic and Legal Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1463756

The relationship of compliance with immediate and delayed suggestibility, and types of resistant behavioural responses (RBRs) in children (10-15 years)

Provisionally accepted
Gisli Gudjonsson Gisli Gudjonsson 1valeria giostra valeria giostra 2Tiziana Maiorano Tiziana Maiorano 2Monia Vagni Monia Vagni 2*
  • 1 King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom
  • 2 University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

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    This study examined the relationship of compliance with immediate and delayed suggestibility, and types of resistant behavioural responses (RBRs) in 454 children (10-15 years) using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS 2) and a slightly adapted version of the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale (GCS). The GCS was found to have satisfactory internal consistency with this age group. Immediate and delayed suggestibility were significantly correlated (low effect size). Compliance was most strongly correlated with Yield 1 (large effect size) and Yield 2 (medium effect size) and only modestly with Shift and delayed suggestibility (both low effect size). Of both theoretical and practical importance was the finding that out of the three resistant behavioural responses (RBRs) where misleading questions were not yielded to, 'direct explanation' and 'no answers' were the only salient predictors of compliance. 'Don't know' answers were found to have the weakest association with compliance. The current findings help to better understand the complex relationship of compliance with immediate suggestibility (i.e., Yield and Shift), RBRs, and delayed suggestibility in children. The findings have important implications for future studies as well as interview practice.

    Keywords: Immediate suggestibility, Delayed suggestibility, Resistant behavioural responses, 'direct explanation' answers, 'no' answer, 'don't know' answers, source monitoring

    Received: 15 Jul 2024; Accepted: 17 Sep 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Monia Vagni, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

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