Quas J A, Goodman G S, Bidrose S, Pipe M E, Craw S, Ablin D S
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 1999 Apr;72(4):235-70. doi: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2491.
Children's memories for an experienced and a never-experienced medical procedure were examined. Three- to 13-year-olds were questioned about a voiding cystourethrogram fluoroscopy (VCUG) they endured between 2 and 6 years of age. Children 4 years or older at VCUG were more accurate than children younger than 4 at VCUG. Longer delays were associated with providing fewer units of correct information but not with more inaccuracies. Parental avoidant attachment style was related to increased errors in children's VCUG memory. Children were more likely to assent to the false medical procedure when it was alluded to briefly than when described in detail, and false assents were related to fewer "do-not-know" responses about the VCUG. Results have implications for childhood amnesia, stress and memory, individual differences, and eyewitness testimony.
研究了儿童对一种经历过和从未经历过的医疗程序的记忆。对3至13岁的儿童进行了询问，了解他们在2至6岁时所经历的排尿性膀胱尿道造影荧光检查（VCUG）。接受VCUG检查时4岁及以上的儿童比接受VCUG检查时小于4岁的儿童记忆更准确。更长的延迟与提供更少的正确信息单元有关，但与更多的不准确信息无关。父母的回避型依恋风格与儿童VCUG记忆中的错误增加有关。与详细描述相比，当虚假医疗程序被简要提及的时候，儿童更有可能同意，并且虚假同意与关于VCUG的较少“不知道”回答有关。研究结果对童年失忆症、压力与记忆、个体差异和目击者证词具有启示意义。
