The Relationship between Suggestibility, Fabrication, Distortion, and Trauma in Suspected Sexually Abused Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5936612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monia Vagni (0000-0003-1019-0154, University of Urbino, corresponding author), Tiziana Maiorano (0000-0003-1445-548X, University of Urbino), Valeria Giostra (0000-0002-7520-4118, University of Urbino) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 37 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci10020037 |
| OpenAlex | W3125587935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 60 |
Being a victim of abuse in childhood can lead to the development of trauma-related psychopathology, which could affect the testimony of the child victim. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a factor that can increase both the levels of suggestibility and the production of memory errors, such as confabulations, which can be identified in distortions and fabrications. No studies have analyzed the relationship between suggestibility, fabrications, distortions, and PTSD on samples of children and adolescents suspected of being sexually abused. This study aims to verify in a sample of 221 sexually abused children and adolescents the effect of PTSD, measured by Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children, in increasing the levels of immediate and delayed suggestibility and the production of fabrications and distortions in immediate and delayed memory tasks, obtained by Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale 2, controlling age and non-verbal intelligence. Our results show that PTSD increases the levels of immediate and delayed suggestibility, but it has no effect on memory recall in immediate recall tasks. Moreover, PTSD leads to a greater number of distorted and fabricated information inserted in delayed memory. Forensic implications of PTSD consequences on memory tasks and suggestibility levels of sexually abused children are discussed
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychopathology · Recall · Sexual abuse · Suggestibility · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Medicine · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |