Forensic interviewers' difficulty with the birthday narrative.

Autor: Wylie BE; University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, United States of America. Electronic address: bwylie@law.usc.edu., Henderson HM; University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, United States of America., Lundon GM; University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, United States of America., Lyon TD; University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child abuse & neglect [Child Abuse Negl] 2024 Jun; Vol. 152, pp. 106752. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106752
Abstrakt: Background: Narrative practice increases children's productivity in forensic interviews, and one recommended topic is the child's last birthday, though interviewers have raised concerns about its productivity. STUDY 1 OBJECTIVE: Study 1 surveyed forensic interviewers' use of and attitudes about the birthday narrative.
Participants and Setting: Participants included 170 forensic interviewers who subscribed to a webinar promoting use of the birthday narrative (M age  = 43 years, SD = 10.2, 94 % female).
Results: Over half (55 %) of interviewers reported that they rarely/never asked about children's birthdays, and non-users were especially likely to view the birthday narrative as never/rarely productive. Although interviewers viewed memory difficulties as more likely to occur with the birthday narrative than other practice topics (the child's likes, the child's day), non-users did not view memory difficulties, reluctance, generic reports, or religious objections as especially problematic. Open-ended responses identified negative experiences with the birthday as an additional concern, and interviewers' recommended wording of the prompts suggested suboptimal questioning strategies. STUDY 2 OBJECTIVE: Study 2 assessed the use of the birthday narrative in forensic interviews.
Participants and Setting: The sample included 350 forensic interviews with 4- to 12-year-old children (M age  = 8.85, SD = 2.59).
Results: Only 4 % of children failed to recall substantive information if interviewers persisted, though another 11 % failed when interviewers stopped persisting. Invitations were more effective than other question types, especially among older children. 21 % of children mentioned a negative detail during their narrative.
Conclusions: Interviewers' skepticism about the birthday narrative may be due to suboptimal questioning and sensitivity to occasional failures and negative information.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.
(Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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