Narrative practice may foster comfort but not enhance cognition in adult witness interviews about a mock sexual assault
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Brubacher, Sonja P
Sharman, Stefanie J
Westera, Nina J
Zekiroski, Hamida
Danby, Meaghan C
Powell, Martine B
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2020
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The present study tested the effectiveness of narrative practice on adult witnesses’ reports about a mock sexual assault. Narrative practice is a rapport-building activity that involves recounting a neutral or pleasant event prior to discussing the target topic. Engaging in narrative practice tends to enhance children’s reporting, but its utility with adults is unknown. Adults (n = 62) 18- to 62-years-old viewed a 7-minute video of a mock sexual assault and then were questioned with an open-ended protocol that began with narrative practice or not. Results showed that narrative practice did not appear to aid memory retrieval ...
View more >The present study tested the effectiveness of narrative practice on adult witnesses’ reports about a mock sexual assault. Narrative practice is a rapport-building activity that involves recounting a neutral or pleasant event prior to discussing the target topic. Engaging in narrative practice tends to enhance children’s reporting, but its utility with adults is unknown. Adults (n = 62) 18- to 62-years-old viewed a 7-minute video of a mock sexual assault and then were questioned with an open-ended protocol that began with narrative practice or not. Results showed that narrative practice did not appear to aid memory retrieval but may have increased comfort for some participants. Findings are discussed with regard to interviewing practice.
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View more >The present study tested the effectiveness of narrative practice on adult witnesses’ reports about a mock sexual assault. Narrative practice is a rapport-building activity that involves recounting a neutral or pleasant event prior to discussing the target topic. Engaging in narrative practice tends to enhance children’s reporting, but its utility with adults is unknown. Adults (n = 62) 18- to 62-years-old viewed a 7-minute video of a mock sexual assault and then were questioned with an open-ended protocol that began with narrative practice or not. Results showed that narrative practice did not appear to aid memory retrieval but may have increased comfort for some participants. Findings are discussed with regard to interviewing practice.
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Journal Title
The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Volume
31
Issue
5
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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 25 Jul 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1799056
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Clinical sciences
Psychology
Forensic psychology
Applied and developmental psychology
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Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Criminology & Penology
Psychiatry