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Rapport‐Building in Investigative Interviews of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Author(s) -
Price Eleanor A.,
Ahern Elizabeth C.,
Lamb Michael E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.3249
Subject(s) - utterance , psychology , affect (linguistics) , child sexual abuse , memorandum , productivity , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , sexual abuse , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , linguistics , history , philosophy , communication , macroeconomics , archaeology , economics
Summary Research shows that both utterance type and rapport‐building can affect children's productivity during the substantive phase of investigative interviews. However, few researchers have examined the effects of utterance type and content on children's productivity within the rapport‐building phase. In the present study, transcripts of interviews with 94 4‐ to 13‐year‐old alleged victims were examined. Interviews were conducted using either the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Protocol or the Memorandum of Good Practice (MoGP). The NICHD Protocol interviews contained more invitations and questions about events and hobbies/likes than the MoGP interviews. Children's productivity was associated with utterance type and topic, showing both the benefits of invitations and questions asking about past events. Our findings complement research focusing on the substantive phase of child forensic interviews, suggesting that both utterance type and prompt content during the rapport‐building phase can affect children's immediate productivity. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.