Mental context reinstatement reduces resistance to false suggestions after children have experienced a repeated event
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Roberts, Kim P
Powell, Martine B
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When 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.
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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
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17
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4
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This 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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Drohan-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