I don't think that's what really happened:: The effect of cross-examination on the accuracy of children's reports
I don't think that's what really happened:: The effect of cross-examination on the accuracy of children's reports
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DOI：
10.1037/1076-898x.9.3.187
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Hayne, H
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作者：
Zajac, R;Hayne, H
在法庭上，儿童证人必须接受盘问。先前的研究表明，儿童在交叉询问时会改变他们的原始证词，但这些变化对儿童证词准确性的影响尚不清楚。作者检验了交叉询问对5岁和6岁儿童(N=46)报告人为事件的准确性的影响。与之前的研究一致，孩子们在交叉询问期间改变了他们最初的反应。此外，这些变化的发生与最初的准确性无关。最后，事先接触误导性信息并不影响儿童对交叉询问的反应。即使是没有接触过错误信息的孩子也改变了他们最初的反应，降低了他们的最终准确性水平。这些发现表明，交叉问卷式提问不适合幼儿。
In the courtroom, child witnesses must undergo cross-examination. Prior research has shown that children change their original testimony under cross-examination, but the effect of these changes on the accuracy of children's testimony is unknown. The authors examined the effect of cross-examination on the accuracy of 5- and 6-year-old children's (N = 46) reports of a contrived event. Consistent with prior research, children made changes to their original responses during cross-examination. Furthermore, these changes occurred irrespective of original accuracy. Finally, prior exposure to misleading information did not affect children's responses to cross-examination. Even children with no prior exposure to misinformation altered their original responses, decreasing their ultimate levels of accuracy. These findings demonstrate that cross-examination style questioning is inappropriate for young children.