Repeated Self- and Peer-Review Leads to Continuous Improvement in Child Interviewing Performance
Autor: | Stacia Stolzenberg, Thomas Lyon |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Social Work, Vol 5, Iss 1-3 (2016) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1936928X 1936-9298 |
DOI: | 10.1080/1936928X.2015.1068721 |
Popis: | The present study examined whether a training model that focuses on consistent exposure to protocol procedure, self-evaluation, and intensive peer-review sessions could improve interviewers’ ability to adhere to best practices. Law students (N = 19) interviewed 5- to 10-year-old children on a weekly basis as part of a semester-long forensic child interviewing class. They transcribed their interviews, and participated in 1-hr self- and peer-reviews. The proportion of each question type was calculated (option-posing, Wh- questions [what, how, where, why, when, and who], and open-invitations) within each interview for each interviewer. Across 10 weeks of interviews, interviewers consistently improved their performance, decreasing the proportion of option-posing questions by 31% and increasing the proportion of open-invitations by 47%. All interviewers improved. The present study suggests that with consistent self-evaluation and peer-review, forensic interviewers can incrementally improve their performance. |
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