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dc.contributor.authorDrohan-Jennings, Donna M
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Kim P
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine B
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T03:54:12Z
dc.date.available2020-03-09T03:54:12Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.issn1321-8719
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13218711003739110
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/392189
dc.description.abstractWhen children allege repeated abuse, they are required to provide details about specific instances. This often results in children confusing details from different instances, therefore the aim of this study was to examine whether mental context reinstatement (MCR) could be used to improve childrens accuracy. Children (N120, 6-7-yearolds) participated in four activities over a 2-week period and were interviewed about the last (fourth) time with a standard recall or MCR interview. They were then asked questions about specific details, and some questions contained false information. When interviewed again 1 day later, children in the MCR condition resisted false suggestions that were consistent with the event more than false suggestions that were inconsistent; in contrast, children in the standard interview condition were equally suggestible for both false detail types and showed a yes bias. The results suggest a practical way of eliciting more accurate information from child witnesses. © 2010 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom594
dc.relation.ispartofpageto606
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology & Penology
dc.titleMental context reinstatement reduces resistance to false suggestions after children have experienced a repeated event
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDrohan-Jennings, DM; Roberts, KP; Powell, MB, Mental Context Reinstatement Increases Resistance to False Suggestions After Children Have Experienced a Repeated Event, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2010, 17 (4), pp. 594-606
dc.date.updated2020-03-09T03:43:02Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyrightThis is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 17 (4), pp. 594-606, 11 Jun 2010, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218711003739110
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