University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2023 Aug;28(3):407-416. doi: 10.1177/10775595231154552. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
This study examined 379 4- to 12-year-old children's answers to any/some and other yes-no questions in forensic interviews about sexual abuse ( = 10,041). Yes-no questions that include the terms any/some (e.g., "Did he say anything?") often implicitly ask for elaboration when the answer is yes ("What did he say?"). However, children may give unelaborated responses to yes-no questions, fail to recognize implicit requests, and falsely respond "no." As predicted, children gave more wh- elaborations in response to any/some questions than other yes-no questions, but younger children elaborated less often than older children. Also as predicted, children responded "no" more often to any/some questions than to other yes-no questions, and more often to "any" than to "some" questions. "No" responses were also more common when children were asked potentially vague anything/something questions and else/other/different questions. The results highlight the potential risks of asking children any/some questions.
本研究调查了 379 名 4 至 12 岁儿童在性虐待法医访谈中对任何/一些和其他是/否问题的回答（= 10041）。包含任何/一些（例如，“他说了什么？”）的是/否问题，当答案为“是”时，通常会隐含地要求进一步说明（“他说了什么？”）。然而，儿童可能会对是/否问题给出未经阐述的回答，未能识别隐含的请求，并错误地回答“否”。正如预测的那样，儿童对任何/一些问题的 wh-阐述比其他是/否问题更多，但年幼的儿童比年长的儿童更不常阐述。同样如预测的那样，儿童对任何/一些问题的回答比其他是/否问题更频繁，对“任何”问题的回答比对“一些”问题更频繁。当被问及潜在模糊的任何/某事问题和其他/其他/不同问题时，“否”的回答也更为常见。研究结果强调了询问儿童任何/一些问题的潜在风险。
