“…A third exploratory variable of interest relates to anxiety and whether participants interviewed at home experience less state—or situational—anxiety compared to those placed in a formal environment. Anxiety can be prompted by the fear of being in police custody, in view of the police investigation, and/or by phobic symptoms, such as claustrophobia (Geijsen, 2018). Because stress and anxiety can interfere with a witness' ability to recall an event (Kieckhaefer et al, 2014; Marr, Sauerland, Otgaar, Quaedflieg, & Hope, 2018), some interview protocols (e.g., the Cognitive Interview), take into consideration the situational anxiety that witnesses may experience (Fisher, Geiselman, & Amador, 1989).…”