Sugestionabilidade em pessoas idosas: Um estudo com a Escala de Sugestionabilidade de Gudjonsson (GSS 1)

Mónica Pedreiras Cruz, Maria Salomé Pinho

Abstract


O presente trabalho teve como principal objetivo compreender alguns fatores que influenciam a sugestionabilidade interrogativa em pessoas idosas. Neste âmbito, procurou-se analisar a existência de diferenças na sugestionabilidade interrogativa em função da idade, bem como averiguar a sua relação com variáveis cognitivas e de ansiedade. A amostra incluiu 52 adultos idosos (78-83 anos), e igual número de adultos mais novos entre 42 e 52 anos. Utilizaram-se os seguintes instrumentos de avaliação: Escala de Sugestionabilidade de Gudjonsson 1 (GSS 1), Mini Mental State Examination, teste de Fluência Verbal de Categorias, subtestes Vocabulário e Memória de Dígitos da Escala de Inteligência para Adultos de Wechsler-III, Inventário de Ansiedade Estado-Traço para Adultos e Matrizes de Raven. Entre os grupos verificaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas nos resultados Cedência 1 e Mudança da GSS 1, Fluência Verbal, Memória de Dígitos e Ansiedade. No que respeita a valores de correlação moderados entre sugestionabilidade interrogativa e medidas cognitivas e de ansiedade, estes somente foram registados entre Sugestionabilidade Total e tempo de realização nas Matrizes de Raven, em ambos os grupos etários. Observou-se ainda que o conhecimento prévio, por parte de vários participantes, da entrevistadora que administrou a GSS 1 pode influenciar os resultados obtidos nesta escala. Os vários resultados são discutidos considerando a sua relevância forense.


Keywords


Sugestionabilidade interrogativa, Idosos, Cognição, Ansiedade

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