Connolly Deborah A, Price Heather L, Lavoie Jennifer A A, Gordon Heidi M
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.
Law Hum Behav. 2008 Feb;32(1):92-112. doi: 10.1007/s10979-006-9083-3. Epub 2007 Jan 26.
Perceptions of children's credibility were studied in two experiments wherein participants watched a videotape of a 4- to 5- or a 6- to 7-year old child report details of a play session that had been experienced once (single-event) or was the last in a series of four similar play sessions (repeat-event). The child's report was classified as high or low accurate. In Experiments 1 and 2, reports of repeat-event children were judged to be less believable on several measures. In Experiment 1, younger children were viewed as less credible than older children. In both experiments, neither undergraduates nor community members correctly discriminated between high- and low-accurate reports. Content analysis in Study 3 revealed the relationship between age and event frequency and children's credibility ratings was mediated by the internal consistency of children's reports. Recent research on children's reports of instances of repeated events has identified several challenges facing children who report repeated abuse. These data bring to light another potential difficulty for these children.
在两项实验中研究了对儿童可信度的看法，实验中参与者观看了一段录像带，录像中有一名4至5岁或6至7岁的儿童报告一次玩耍经历的细节（单一事件），或者是一系列四次类似玩耍经历中的最后一次（重复事件）。儿童的报告被归类为高准确性或低准确性。在实验1和实验2中，重复事件儿童的报告在几项指标上被判定为可信度较低。在实验1中，年幼的儿童被认为比年长的儿童可信度更低。在两项实验中，大学生和社区成员都未能正确区分高准确性和低准确性的报告。研究3中的内容分析表明，年龄与事件频率之间的关系以及儿童可信度评级是由儿童报告的内部一致性介导的。最近关于儿童对重复事件实例报告的研究已经确定了报告重复虐待行为的儿童面临的几个挑战。这些数据揭示了这些儿童面临的另一个潜在困难。
