@article{imhoff_baker-ward_1999, title={Preschoolers' suggestibility: Effects of developmentally appropriate language and interviewer supportiveness}, volume={20}, ISSN={["0193-3973"]}, DOI={10.1016/s0193-3973(99)00022-2}, abstractNote={Three- and four-year-old children were interviewed about a personally experienced event after a 2-week delay. Children were interviewed with one of four alternative interview protocols that differed with regard to degree of interviewer support and language appropriateness. Accuracy of responses to direct questions concerning event features was scored, and answers to misleading questions were coded as an indicator of suggestibility. Individual difference measures of language ability, temperament, task engagement, and parenting attitudes were also collected. The results indicate that interviewers can increase young preschoolers' resistance to suggestibility by using language that is easily comprehensible to young children. Language appropriateness was not as important for the older children and the degree of support did not influence suggestibility for either the younger or the older children. Furthermore, individual difference measures were not related to accuracy for direct questions or suggestibility.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Imhoff, MC and Baker-Ward, L}, year={1999}, pages={407–429} }