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Peer reviewedLamb, Michael E.; Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Esplin, Phillip W. – Child Development, 2000
Interviewed 145 children between ages 4 and 12 years within days or months after an alleged incident of sexual abuse. Found that the proportion of substantive investigative utterances eliciting new details increased with age and decreased after delays of more than 1 month. Age related to length and richness of informative responses. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis, Interviews
Peer reviewedGreenhoot, Andrea Follmer; Ornstein, Peter A.; Gordon, Betty N.; Baker-Ward, Lynne – Child Development, 1999
Compared 3- and 5-year olds' recall of a pediatric examination in verbal versus enactment interviews. Found that children in the enactment condition provided more spontaneous, elaborate reports than did children in verbal interview. Enactment produced increased errors by 3-year olds one week after examination, by both age groups after six weeks.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedHolliday, Robyn E. – Child Development, 2003
Two experiments examined effects of a cognitive interview on 4- and 8-year-olds' correct recall and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Found that a cognitive interview elicited more correct details than a control interview. Eight-year-olds' reports were more complete than 4-year-olds', with more correct person, action, object, and location…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
