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Direct linkGongola, Jennifer; Quas, Jodi A.; Clark, Steven E.; Lyon, Thomas D. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The putative confession (PC) instructions ("[suspect] told me everything that happened and wants you to tell the truth") increases children's honesty. However, research has shown that children who maintain secrecy despite the PC are more convincing. We examined whether (a) the PC undermines adults' deception detection abilities or (b)…
Descriptors: Adults, Disclosure, Deception, Children
Lyon, Thomas D.; Ahern, Elizabeth C.; Scurich, Nicholas – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
We describe a Bayesian approach to evaluating children's abuse disclosures and review research demonstrating that children's disclosure of genital touch can be highly probative of sexual abuse, with the probative value depending on disclosure spontaneity and children's age. We discuss how some commentators understate the probative value of…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Interviews, Probability, Bayesian Statistics
Lyon, Thomas D.; Ahern, Elizabeth C.; Malloy, Lindsay C.; Quas, Jodi A. – Child Development, 2010
A total of two hundred ninety-nine 4- to 9-year-old maltreated and nonmaltreated children of comparable socioeconomic status and ethnicity judged whether children should or would disclose unspecified transgressions of adults (instigators) to other adults (recipients) in scenarios varying the identity of the instigator (stranger or parent), the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Disclosure
Lyon, Thomas D.; Dorado, Joyce S. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: Two studies examined the effects of the oath or reassurance (''truth induction'') on 5- to 7-year-old maltreated children's true and false reports of a minor transgression. Methods: In both studies an interviewer elicited a promise to tell the truth, reassured children that they would not get in trouble for disclosing the transgression,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Young Children, Child Abuse, Disclosure
Lyon, Thomas D.; Malloy, Lindsay C.; Quas, Jodi A.; Talwar, Victoria A. – Child Development, 2008
This study examined the effects of coaching (encouragement and rehearsal of false reports) and truth induction (a child-friendly version of the oath or general reassurance about the consequences of disclosure) on 4- to 7-year-old maltreated children's reports (N = 198). Children were questioned using free recall, repeated yes-no questions, and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Ethics, Recall (Psychology), Prompting
Malloy, Lindsay C.; Lyon, Thomas D. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2006
Coohey's paper is a valuable investigation of the substantiation of mothers for failure to protect their children from child sexual abuse (CSA). Drawing on concerns regarding the possible inconsistency of decisions to substantiate, Coohey sought to determine the factors relied on by CPS investigators in the decision-making process. Multivariate…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Caregivers, Social Work
