Does eyewitness and interviewer gender influence children's reports? An experimental analysis of eyewitness and interviewer gender on children's testimony.

Autor: Foster I; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Wyman J; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Tong D; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada., Colwell K; Department of Psychology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA., Talwar V; Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law [Psychiatr Psychol Law] 2018 Oct 31; Vol. 26 (4), pp. 499-519. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 31 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1507844
Abstrakt: This study examines how children's age, gender and interviewer gender affected children's testimony after witnessing a theft. Children ( N  = 127, age = 6-11 years) witnessed an experimenter (E1) find money, which he/she may/may not have taken. E1 then asked the children to falsely deny that the theft occurred, falsely accuse E1 of taking the money, or tell the truth when interviewed by a second experimenter. Falsely denying or falsely accusing influenced children's forthcomingness and quality of their testimony. When accusing, boys were significantly more willing than girls to disclose about the theft earlier and without being asked directly. When truthfully accusing, children gave lengthier testimony to same-gendered adults. When denying, children were significantly more willing to disclose the theft earlier to male interviewers than to females. As children aged, they were significantly less likely to lie, more likely to disclose earlier when accusing, and give lengthier and more consistent testimony.
Competing Interests: Ida Foster has declared no conflicts of interest. Joshua Wyman has declared no conflicts of interest. Donia Tong has declared no conflicts of interest. Kevin Colwell has declared no conflicts of interest. Victoria Talwar has declared no conflicts of interest.
(© 2018 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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