Deck Sarah L, Quas Jodi A, Powell Martine B
Centre for Investigative Interviewing, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia.
Department of Psychological Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2025 May;30(2):229-241. doi: 10.1177/10775595241270046. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
Although adolescents are at elevated risk of sexual victimisation, very limited research has focused on how best to interview suspected adolescent victims. The current study was conducted to lay the groundwork for the development of best-practice interviewing approaches with adolescents when sexual victimisation is suspected. Expert interviewers with experience and knowledge in interviewing suspected adolescent victims were asked about common challenges they encounter with adolescent interviewees and how they tailor their interviews for this population. The findings indicated that adolescents are often reluctant to disclose, and the strategies the interviewers use to meet the unique needs of adolescents hinge on respecting each adolescent as a relatively autonomous and independent person. Identifying which strategies expert interviewers use is a fruitful starting point for future experimental research that can test and ultimately develop evidence-based practices for this population, which is necessary to help interviewers interact with suspected adolescent victims in ways that align with their psychosocial and cognitive maturity.
尽管青少年遭受性侵害的风险较高，但针对如何以最佳方式询问疑似青少年受害者的研究却非常有限。当前的研究旨在为在怀疑发生性侵害时与青少年进行最佳实践询问方法的开发奠定基础。研究询问了在询问疑似青少年受害者方面有经验和知识的专家访谈者，了解他们在与青少年受访者打交道时遇到的常见挑战，以及他们如何针对这一群体调整访谈方式。研究结果表明，青少年往往不愿透露信息，访谈者用来满足青少年独特需求的策略取决于将每个青少年视为相对自主和独立的个体并给予尊重。确定专家访谈者使用哪些策略是未来实验研究富有成效的起点，这些研究可以测试并最终为这一群体开发基于证据的实践方法，这对于帮助访谈者以符合青少年心理社会和认知成熟度的方式与疑似青少年受害者互动是必要的。
