Idiosyncratic effects of interviewer behavior on the accuracy of children's responses.

Autor: Najafichaghabouri M; Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA., Joslyn PR; Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA., Preston E; Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of applied behavior analysis [J Appl Behav Anal] 2024 Mar; Vol. 57 (2), pp. 463-472. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 25.
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.1065
Abstrakt: Children are interviewed to provide information about past events in various contexts (e.g., police interviews, court proceedings, therapeutic interviews). During an interview, various factors may influence the accuracy of children's responses to questions about recent events. However, behavioral research in this area is limited. Sparling et al. (2011) showed that children frequently provided inaccurate responses to questions about video clips they just watched depending on the antecedents (i.e., the way a question was asked) and consequences (i.e., the response of the interviewer to their answers). In the current study, we replicated and extended the procedures reported by Sparling et al. and found that two of five children were sensitive to the various antecedents and consequences that we manipulated. Our findings indicate a need for more research in this area to determine the relevant environmental variables that affect children's response accuracy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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