2020
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3673
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Narrative coherence in multiple forensic interviews with child witnesses alleging physical and sexual abuse

Abstract: Summary This study investigated the narrative coherence of children's accounts elicited in multiple forensic interviews. Transcriptions of 56 police interviews with 28 children aged 3–14 years alleging physical and sexual abuse were coded for markers of completeness, consistency and connectedness. We found that multiple interviews increased the completeness of children's testimony, containing on average almost twice as much new information as single interviews, including crucial location, time and abuse‐relate… Show more

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“…The way in which children are questioned about their experiences has a profound impact upon the amount and accuracy of information that they recall, and how coherently they report their memories (Brown & Lamb, 2015; Szojka, Nicol, & La Rooy, 2020; Zajac & Brown, 2018). Much evidence supports the effectiveness of child-centered practices such as asking children broad, open-ended questions (e.g., “Tell me everything you can remember about that”) for promoting comprehensive and accurate responding from children (Brown et al, 2013; Lamb et al, 2018).…”
Section: Applying General Interviewing Considerations To Tele-fismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The way in which children are questioned about their experiences has a profound impact upon the amount and accuracy of information that they recall, and how coherently they report their memories (Brown & Lamb, 2015; Szojka, Nicol, & La Rooy, 2020; Zajac & Brown, 2018). Much evidence supports the effectiveness of child-centered practices such as asking children broad, open-ended questions (e.g., “Tell me everything you can remember about that”) for promoting comprehensive and accurate responding from children (Brown et al, 2013; Lamb et al, 2018).…”
Section: Applying General Interviewing Considerations To Tele-fismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With respect to the patterns of questions asked, some of the interviewers (25% in the feedback group and 27.8% in the non-feedback group) interviewed the child avatar chatbot as if they were continuing an interview across more than one chat session (“So nice to see you again, Lisa”; “Do you remember what we talked about last time?”). This constitutes a limitation of the study as evaluations of real-life interviews suggest that conducting an interview over more than one session can lead to the asking of more cued recall and closed questions ( Szojka et al, 2020 ). Any future study should provide clear instructions before each session about the context, or each interview session should assign a different name and/or scenario to the child that is being interviewed (virtually).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a study of palliative care, participants in the same study were interviewed at many different intervals, some with more interviews than others, and a range of interview length from 30-120 minutes (Öhlén et al, 2013). In their study of child abuse victims, the time between first and second interviews ranged from less than an hour to over a year (Szojka et al, 2020). Such approaches ignore the broader contextual changes which occur alongside opportunities for participants to re-engage with storytelling.…”
Section: Over Time and The Time Betweenmentioning
confidence: 99%