Correlates of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale in delinquent adolescents

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,  Jul 2004  by Hammond, D Corydon

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Muris, P., Meesters, C., & Merckelbach, H. (2004). Correlates of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale in delinquent adolescents. Psychological Reports, 94(1), 264-266. Correlations between scores on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale, a measure of waking social influence, 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.

The authors found that intelligence and memory were negatively related to suggestibility scores, with lower memory and intelligence associated with higher suggestibility. There were no significant correlations found between suggestibility and other personality characteristics. Address for reprints: Dr. P. Muris, Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: p.muris@dep.unimaas.nl.

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