Effects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated events

Verbal expressive behaviour of children giving true and fabricated reports over multiple interviews was examined. Seventy-eight elementary aged children between the ages of 4 and 11 years played a game with a research assistant (RA) over three consecutive days. Children were then coached by their pa...

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Main Author: Saykaly, Christine
Other Authors: Victoria Talwar (Internal/Supervisor)
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Published: McGill University 2010
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.869642014-02-13T04:02:02ZEffects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated eventsSaykaly, ChristineEducation - PsychologyVerbal expressive behaviour of children giving true and fabricated reports over multiple interviews was examined. Seventy-eight elementary aged children between the ages of 4 and 11 years played a game with a research assistant (RA) over three consecutive days. Children were then coached by their parents to state to give true and fabricated reports about their interaction with the RA. Children were then interviewed over three consecutive days about events which transpired one week earlier. Transcripts of children's verbal expressive behaviour were analyzed for verbal cues to deception and consistency of reports over multiple interviews. Consistent with previous literature, the current study found that in the first interview children's true reports had fewer cognitive processes, fewer temporal markers and more self corrections than fabricated reports. Contrary to the predictions, true reports had fewer admissions of lack of knowledge than fabricated reports, and there were no differences in terms of self-references and verbosity. However, these differences were no longer significant in Interview 2 and Interview 3. Developmental trends indicate that the youngest children had the most difficulties in reporting consistent statements, regardless of veracity and interview. Consistency between true and fabricated reports across interviews will also be discussed. The results suggest that children's true and fabricated reports are harder to detect over multiple interviews. The psycho-legal and psycho-educational implications of the above findings are discussed.Le comportement expressif des enfants donnant des rapports vrais et fabriqués au cours de nombreuses entrevues a été examiné. Soixante-dix-huit enfants d'âge scolaire (entre 4 et 11 ans) ont joué un jeu avec une assistante de recherche (AR) au cours de trois jours consécutifs. Les enfants ont ensuite été entraînés par leurs parents à donner un conte rendu vrais et fabriqués au sujet de leur interaction avec la AR. Par la suite, les enfants ont été interrogés durant trois jours consécutifs au sujet des événements qui ont eu lieu une semaine auparavant. Suite aux interrogations, les discours on été transcrits et le comportement expressif des enfants analysées. Comparable à la littérature précédente, l'étude courante a trouvé que les rapports vrais donnés au cour de la première entrevue possèdent moins de processus cognitifs, moins de marqueurs temporal et plus de corrections spontanées que les rapports fabriqués. Contrairement aux prédictions, les rapports vrais possèdent moins d'admissions de doute que les rapports fabriqués, et démontrent aucune différence en termes d'autoréférences et verbosité. Cependant, ces différences n'étaient plus signifiantes lors due deuxième et troisième entrevue. Les tendances développementales indiquent que les plus jeunes enfants ont le plus de difficultés à donner un discours non-contradictoire, indépendamment de la véracité et de l'entrevue. L'uniformité entre les rapports vrais et fabriqués à travers les entrevues sera également discutée. Les résultats suggèrent que les rapports vrais et fabriqués des enfants sont plus difficiles de détecter au cours d'entrevues multiples. Les implications psycho-légales et psychopédagogiques des résultats seront discutées.McGill UniversityVictoria Talwar (Internal/Supervisor)2010Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86964
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Effects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated events
description Verbal expressive behaviour of children giving true and fabricated reports over multiple interviews was examined. Seventy-eight elementary aged children between the ages of 4 and 11 years played a game with a research assistant (RA) over three consecutive days. Children were then coached by their parents to state to give true and fabricated reports about their interaction with the RA. Children were then interviewed over three consecutive days about events which transpired one week earlier. Transcripts of children's verbal expressive behaviour were analyzed for verbal cues to deception and consistency of reports over multiple interviews. Consistent with previous literature, the current study found that in the first interview children's true reports had fewer cognitive processes, fewer temporal markers and more self corrections than fabricated reports. Contrary to the predictions, true reports had fewer admissions of lack of knowledge than fabricated reports, and there were no differences in terms of self-references and verbosity. However, these differences were no longer significant in Interview 2 and Interview 3. Developmental trends indicate that the youngest children had the most difficulties in reporting consistent statements, regardless of veracity and interview. Consistency between true and fabricated reports across interviews will also be discussed. The results suggest that children's true and fabricated reports are harder to detect over multiple interviews. The psycho-legal and psycho-educational implications of the above findings are discussed. === Le comportement expressif des enfants donnant des rapports vrais et fabriqués au cours de nombreuses entrevues a été examiné. Soixante-dix-huit enfants d'âge scolaire (entre 4 et 11 ans) ont joué un jeu avec une assistante de recherche (AR) au cours de trois jours consécutifs. Les enfants ont ensuite été entraînés par leurs parents à donner un conte rendu vrais et fabriqués au sujet de leur interaction avec la AR. Par la suite, les enfants ont été interrogés durant trois jours consécutifs au sujet des événements qui ont eu lieu une semaine auparavant. Suite aux interrogations, les discours on été transcrits et le comportement expressif des enfants analysées. Comparable à la littérature précédente, l'étude courante a trouvé que les rapports vrais donnés au cour de la première entrevue possèdent moins de processus cognitifs, moins de marqueurs temporal et plus de corrections spontanées que les rapports fabriqués. Contrairement aux prédictions, les rapports vrais possèdent moins d'admissions de doute que les rapports fabriqués, et démontrent aucune différence en termes d'autoréférences et verbosité. Cependant, ces différences n'étaient plus signifiantes lors due deuxième et troisième entrevue. Les tendances développementales indiquent que les plus jeunes enfants ont le plus de difficultés à donner un discours non-contradictoire, indépendamment de la véracité et de l'entrevue. L'uniformité entre les rapports vrais et fabriqués à travers les entrevues sera également discutée. Les résultats suggèrent que les rapports vrais et fabriqués des enfants sont plus difficiles de détecter au cours d'entrevues multiples. Les implications psycho-légales et psychopédagogiques des résultats seront discutées.
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title Effects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated events
title_short Effects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated events
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title_full_unstemmed Effects of multiple interviews on children's verbal expressive behavior of true and fabricated events
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