The cognitive interview: A meta-analysis

Köhnken, Günter; Milne, Rebecca; Memon, Amina; Bull, Ray

doi:10.1080/10683169908414991

Cited by 288 publications

(257 citation statements)

References 25 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

223

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The Cognitive Interview (Fisher, Brennan, & McCauley, 2002), which has also been popular, especially in the United Kingdom, draws on many of the same cognitive principles as the NICHD Protocol, and it has been shown to help interviewers elicit more detailed and accurate information from children about staged events than 'standard' interview procedures do (Köhnken, Milne, Memon, & Bull, 1999). Although the Cognitive Interview has not been evaluated systematically in the field, some components, like Mental Context Reinstatement, have been shown to enhance the effectiveness of the Protocol (Hershkowitz, Orbach, Lamb, Sternberg, & Horowitz, 2001), and it is possible that other components might be similarly useful.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

Lamb

Orbach

Hershkowitz

et al. 2007

Child Abuse & Neglect

519

439

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective-To show how the results of research on children's memory, communicative skills, social knowledge, and social tendencies can be translated into guidelines that improve the quality of forensic interviews of children.Method-We review studies designed to evaluate children's capacities as witnesses, explain the development of the structured NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol, and discuss studies designed to assess whether use of the Protocol enhances the quality of investigative interviews.Results-Controlled studies have repeatedly shown that the quality of interviewing reliably and dramatically improves when interviewers employ the NICHD Protocol. No other technique has been proven to be similarly effective.Conclusions-Use of the structured NICHD Protocol improves the quality of information obtained from alleged victims by investigators, thereby increasing the likelihood that interventions will be appropriate. IntroductionWhereas Kempe and his colleagues (1962) helped launch scholarly interest in physical child abuse with their landmark paper nearly 50 years ago, professional (and popular) interest in child sexual abuse came much later. It was prompted in part by dramatic increases in the numbers of reported cases, and by awareness that many cases of abuse might go unrecognized Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to Michael E. Lamb, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RQ, UK. E-mail: mel37@cam.ac.uk. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptChild Abuse Negl. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 January 9. Published in final edited form as:Child Abuse Negl. 2007 ; 31(11-12): 1201-1231. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript because the victims were the only possible sources of information and were seldom given the appropriate opportunities to describe their experiences to those who might have been able to help them. Indeed, because alleged victims are often the only available sources of information, considerable efforts have been made to understand how children's testimony can be made as useful and accurate as possible. Since 1990, furthermore, highly publicized cases in the United States (California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Florida), Norway (Bergen), New Zealand (Christchurch), and the UK (Cleveland, Newcastle), among others, have drawn attention to the counterproductive ways in which alleged victims of sexual abuse are sometimes interviewed. In many such cases, inappr...

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

Lamb

Orbach

Hershkowitz

et al. 2007

Child Abuse & Neglect

519

439

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Use of the original version of the CI produced substantial gains in the amount of accurate information elicited from interviewees (see Kö hnken, Milne, Memon, & Bull, 1999, for a meta-analysis). Because many interviewers nevertheless failed to understand and implement many aspects of effective interviewing (Fisher, Geiselman, & Amador, 1989), however, Fisher and Geiselman then revised the CI for use in field settings (Fisher & Geiselman, 1992;Fisher, Geiselman, Raymond, Jurkevich, & Warhaftig, 1987) and a revision designed to guide those interviewing children was subsequently developed (Geiselman & Padilla, 1988;Saywitz et al, 1992).…”

Section: Probing Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Making the most of information‐gathering interviews with children

Larsson

Lamb

2008

Infant and Child Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Because child abuse victims are often the only available sources of information about their experiences, extensive efforts have been made to understand how to maximize their informativeness. There is now broad international consensus regarding optimal interview practices, and broad awareness that children's informativeness increases when interviewers conduct developmentally appropriate interviews with children. In this paper, we (1) summarize current understanding of how children remember, retrieve, and communicate information and (2) discuss ways in which children's memory and reporting can be fostered using techniques designed to help children recount past experiences such as the Cognitive Interview, the Narrative Elaboration Technique, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Protocol. Communicative success clearly depends on how well children understand their role and how effectively interviewers take advantage of children's competencies and abilities to help them maximize their informativeness. Unfortunately, agreement regarding ways in which interviews should be conducted has not been paralleled by changes in the way interviews are actually conducted in the field and more attention thus needs to be paid to training and implementation. Copyright r 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Key words: interviews with children; child abuse victims; interviewing techniques Reliable information about experienced events can be obtained from children as young as 4 years of age provided interviewers converse with and question them carefully and appropriately, adapting their techniques to accommodate children's needs and capacities. This can be especially important when interviewing alleged child abuse victims because they are often the only sources of information about the crimes in question. This places the children in

show abstract

“…The interview involved techniques from a cognitive interview (Fisher and Geiselman, 1992), such as asking participants mentally to reinstate the context and to start with an uninterrupted free narrative. Cognitive interview techniques have been shown to enhance the recall of event details (Köhnken et al, 1999). The narrative was followed by probing questions that focused on four main themes: Eight questions were asked about the 'initial context' (such as the setting and recognition/realisation that an emergency was occurring); thirteen questions were asked about the 'emergency phase'…”

Section: Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioural, emotional, and cognitive responses in European disasters: results of survivor interviews

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the European multi‐centre study BeSeCu (Behaviour, Security, Culture), interviews were conducted in seven countries to explore survivors’ emotional, behavioural, and cognitive responses during disasters. Interviews, either in groups or one‐to‐one, were convened according to type of event: collapse of a building; earthquake; fire; flood; and terror attack. The content analysis of interviews resulted in a theoretical framework, describing the course of the events, behavioural responses, and the emotional and cognitive processing of survivors. While the environmental cues and the ability to recognise what was happening varied in different disasters, survivors’ responses tended to be more universal across events, and most often were adaptive and non‐selfish. Several peri‐traumatic factors related to current levels of post‐traumatic stress were identified, while memory quantity did not differ as a function of event type or post‐traumatic stress. Time since the event had a minor effect on recall. Based on the findings, several suggestions for emergency training are made.

show abstract

The cognitive interview: A meta-analysis

Cited by 288 publications

References 25 publications

A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

Making the most of information‐gathering interviews with children

Behavioural, emotional, and cognitive responses in European disasters: results of survivor interviews

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About