Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2020 Mar;191:104664. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104664. Epub 2019 Nov 27.
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.
本研究考察了年龄、虐待状况和执行功能对 752 名 4 至 9 岁受虐待和未受虐待儿童在回忆中披露自己在与陌生人玩耍时破坏玩具这一错误行为的影响。访谈者使用叙事练习建立融洽关系,然后用自由回忆和提示回忆问题询问儿童。年龄较小和受虐待的儿童在建立融洽关系时更有可能披露信息,而年龄较大和未受虐待的儿童则更有可能在回忆问题时披露信息。工作记忆缺陷似乎在融洽关系期间调节了儿童特征与披露之间的关系,但在回忆期间没有这种关系。研究结果表明,询问儿童的方式会影响欺骗与年龄、虐待和执行功能之间的关系。