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  • Title: The role of attachment and cognitive inhibition in children's memory and suggestibility for a stressful event.
    Author: Weede Alexander K, Goodman GS, Schaaf JM, Edelstein RS, Quas JA, Shaver PR.
    Journal: J Exp Child Psychol; 2002 Dec; 83(4):262-90. PubMed ID: 12470961.
    Abstract:
    There has been increasing interest in children's abilities to report memories of and resist misleading suggestions about distressing events. Individual differences among children and their parents may provide important insight into principles that govern children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility for such experiences. In the present study, 51 children between the ages of 3 and 7 years were interviewed about an inoculation after a delay of approximately 2 weeks. Results indicated that parents' attachment Avoidance was associated with children's distress during the inoculation. Parental attachment Anxiety and the interaction between parental Avoidance and children's stress predicted children's memory for the inoculation. Cognitive inhibition was also a significant predictor of children's memory errors and suggestibility. Theoretical implications concerning effects of stress and individual differences on children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility are discussed.
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