University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3RQ, UK.
Child Maltreat. 2010 May;15(2):171-9. doi: 10.1177/1077559509351742. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
This study was designed to explore the effects of event drawing during investigative interviews on the richness of the accounts made by children. The sample included 125 children aged 4 to 14 years, alleged victims of sexual abuse. The children were first interviewed with open-ended invitations before they were randomly assigned into one of two interview conditions: with (n = 69) or without (n = 56) event drawing, and then reinterviewed. Children in the drawing group disclosed more free recall information about the abusive events than children in the comparison group, including central details about people, actions, time, and location of the incidents. The effect of drawing was evident regardless of child's age, gender, type of abuse, and time delay. These findings suggest that event drawing, as used in this study, can enhance children's forensic statements in child abuse investigations.
本研究旨在探讨调查访谈中事件绘图对儿童所做陈述丰富度的影响。样本包括 125 名 4 至 14 岁的儿童，他们被指控遭受性虐待。在将儿童随机分配到有（n=69）或没有（n=56）事件绘图的两种访谈条件之前，首先对他们进行了开放式邀请，然后对他们进行了重新访谈。绘图组的儿童比对照组的儿童披露了更多关于虐待事件的自由回忆信息，包括关于事件发生时人物、行为、时间和地点的核心细节。无论儿童的年龄、性别、虐待类型和时间延迟如何，绘图的效果都很明显。这些发现表明，在本研究中使用的事件绘图可以增强儿童在虐待儿童调查中的法医陈述。
