The usefulness of assessing suggestibility and compliance in prisoners with unidentified intellectual disabilities |
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| Authors: | ERIK SØNDENAA KIRSTEN RASMUSSEN TOM PALMSTIERNA JIM AAGE NØTTESTAD |
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| Institution: | 1. St. Olavs University Hospital, Centre for Forensic Research, Br?set, Trondheim, Norway;2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology, Trondheim, Norway;3. Karolinska Instituetet, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Søndenaa, E., Rasmussen, K., Palmstierna, T. & Nøttestad, J. A. (2010). The usefulness of assessing suggestibility and compliance in prisoners with unidentified intellectual disabilities. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 434–438. This present study explored the relationship of interrogative suggestibility (n = 133) and compliance (n = 118) to intellectual functioning among prison inmates. The Norwegian versions of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS) and the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale (GCS) were used. The results supported previous findings of a negative correlation between the Gudjonsson scales and IQ, and the scales were found useful throughout the IQ range. The impact of a memory artifact was discussed in the light of recent studies and criticism of the scales. |
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| Keywords: | Intellectual disability learning disability suggestibility compliance criminal justice |
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