Citation

Williams S, McWilliams K, Lyon T. J. Exp. Child Psychol. 2019; 191: e104664.

Affiliation

Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104664

PMID

31785549

Abstract

This study examined the role of age, maltreatment status, and executive functioning on 752 4- to 9-year-old maltreated and nonmaltreated children's recall disclosure of a transgression in which the children appeared to have broken toys while playing with a stranger. Interviewers used narrative practice rapport building and then questioned children with free recall and cued recall questions. Younger and maltreated children were more likely to disclose during rapport building, whereas older and nonmaltreated children were more likely to disclose in response to recall questions. Working memory deficits appeared to mediate the relation between children's characteristics and disclosure during rapport but not during recall. The results demonstrate that how children are questioned affects the relations between deception and age, maltreatment, and executive functioning.

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Language: en

Keywords

Concealment; Disclosure; Executive functioning; Forensic interviewing; Maltreatment; Questioning