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| Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2003): |
Comparisons of three different investigative interview techniques with young children.
Full Abstract
After viewing a film of a mother hitting her son, a film not seen by the college student interviewers, children were misinformed about a detail (via exposure to a misleading question) as well as explicitly coached to disclose 3 false details. The children were then interviewed by interviewers who had previously learned 1 of 3 different interviewing procedures:
the Yuille Step-Wise Interview developed by J. C. Yuille, R. Hunter, R. Joffe, & J. Zapamiuk (1993); a doll play interview developed by Action for Child Protection Inc. (1994); or the Modified Structured Interview developed for this study. The Modified Structured Interview yielded more "where" information and was better at detecting if coaching had occurred. However, the interviewers were not very good at discriminating suggested versus coached versus correct witnessed information. The authors found that the deeper one digs for memories, the more one uncovers incorrect versus correct items. They concluded that although the Modified Structured Interview was superior to the techniques currently in use, cautions are necessary.
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Author information
Author/s: Lindberg, Marc A (MA); Chapman, Mary Tantalo (MT); Samsock, David (D); Thomas, Stuart W (SW); Lindberg, Anders W (AW);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA. lindberg(-atsign-)marshall.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal: The Journal of genetic psychology (J Genet Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 164 (issue 1) : pp 5-28
Dates: Created 2003/04/15; Completed 2003/08/14; Revised 2007/03/30;
PMID: 12693741, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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