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dc.contributor.authorBrubacher, Sonja P
dc.contributor.authorTimms, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine
dc.contributor.authorBearman, Madeleine
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-11T03:01:10Z
dc.date.available2019-07-11T03:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1077-5595
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1077559518821730
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/383233
dc.description.abstractThe current study explored children’s perceptions of open and closed questions in an interview setting. Children aged 7–12 (n = 83) years watched a short film and were questioned about it by an interviewer who asked only open questions and an interviewer who asked only closed questions (counterbalanced). A third interviewer subsequently invited perceptions of each interview by asking children to compare the interviews on 10 attributes (e.g., length, perceived interviewer interest). Children’s comparisons on each of the 10 attributes were analyzed quantitatively and their responses to the follow-up questions underwent thematic analysis. Overall, children tended to find closed questions easier than open questions because they required less thought to answer but felt more listened to and better able to give their stories in response to open questions. Their perceptions frequently matched findings in the literature about the utility of open versus closed questions. The research has implications for interviews with child victims.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom222
dc.relation.ispartofpageto231
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCHILD MALTREATMENT
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchForensic psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.keywordsInterviewing children
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal justice
dc.subject.keywordsDescriptive research
dc.subject.keywordsElementary school-age children
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental/analog studies
dc.title"She Wanted to Know the Full Story": Children's Perceptions of Open Versus Closed Questions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© AUTHORS, “She Wanted to Know the Full Story”: Children’s Perceptions of Open Versus Closed Questions, Child Maltreatment, First Published January 7, 2019. Copyright 2019 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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gro.griffith.authorPowell, Martine B.
gro.griffith.authorBearman, Madeleine J.


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