Effects of length of sleep deprivation on interrogative suggestibility

被引:60
作者
Blagrove, M
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, Singleton Park
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1037/1076-898X.2.1.48
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale, individuals who had not slept for 43 hours showed significantly greater yield to leading questions about a story than did controls. When questioned again following negative feedback, they tended to change their answers more than controls. Individuals who had not slept for 21 hours showed a trend for greater suggestibility. Sleep-deprived individuals scored lower on the Profile of Mood States Energetic, Clearheaded, and Confident scales than did controls. Sleep-deprived individuals thus have reduced cognitive ability or motivation to discriminate and detect discrepancies between original and misleading information. Therefore, it is recommended that police interrogation not occur if the interviewee has been deprived of sleep.
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