@article{ref1,
title="Brief report: Violent false memories and engagement in aggressive and delinquent behavior: an investigation in adolescents",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2014",
author="Vannucci, Manila and Nocentini, Annalaura and Chiorri, Carlo and Menesini, Ersilia",
volume="37",
number="8",
pages="1329-1333",
abstract="The present study investigates the relationship between violent false memories and delinquent and aggressive behavior in a sample of adolescents. Two hundred eleven participants completed measures of aggressive and delinquent behavior and performed a modified version of the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, a false memory task for lists of associated words. Participants were presented with a list of ambiguously violent words and three lists of neutral words. For each list a free recall task was performed. Violent false memories were significantly associated with delinquent behaviors in both genders, whereas a significant correlation with aggressive behaviors was found only in males. A multilevel multiple regression showed that the prediction of delinquent behaviors was improved by entering violent false memories into the model as a further predictor, whereas no effect was found for aggressive behaviors. These findings indicate a significant association of violent false memories with delinquent behavior in adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.09.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.09.007"
}