Scullin Matthew H, Bonner Karri
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2006 Feb;93(2):120-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.09.005. Epub 2005 Oct 17.
The current study examined the relations among 3- to 5-year-olds' theory of mind, inhibitory control, and three measures of suggestibility: yielding to suggestive questions (yield), shifting answers in response to negative feedback (shift), and accuracy in response to misleading questions during a pressured interview about a live event. Theory of mind aided in the prediction of suggestibility about the live event, and inhibitory control was a moderator variable affecting the consistency of children's sensitivity to social pressure across situations. The findings indicate that theory of mind and inhibitory control predict children's suggestibility about a live event above and beyond yield, shift, and age and that the construct validity of shift may improve as children's inhibitory control develops.
本研究考察了3至5岁儿童的心理理论、抑制控制与三种易受暗示性指标之间的关系：对暗示性问题的顺从（顺从）、因负面反馈而改变答案（改变）以及在关于真实事件的压力访谈中对误导性问题的回答准确性。心理理论有助于预测对真实事件的易受暗示性，抑制控制是一个调节变量，影响儿童在不同情境下对社会压力敏感性的一致性。研究结果表明，心理理论和抑制控制能够在顺从、改变和年龄之外预测儿童对真实事件的易受暗示性，并且随着儿童抑制控制能力的发展，改变这一指标的结构效度可能会提高。
