Do Human Line Drawings Promote Children's Accurate Reporting of Touching?

人体线条图可以促进儿童准确地报告触摸吗？

基本信息

批准号：
7793400
负责人：
Maggie Bruck
金额：
$ 23.67万
依托单位：
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-05-01 至 2012-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Human line drawings (HLD's) are commonly used by professionals who interview children about suspected sexual abuse; however, there is little scientific information about their feabilitity, The major objective of this proposal is to determine within a cognitive developmental framework the benefits and risks of using HLDs in interviews with young children who are questioned about "touching". Studies are designed to test the following hypotheses: I. HLD's increase the amount of accurate information but not the number of errors that children provide about a past touching event. II. HLD's produce the greatest benefits and fewest risks when introduced after a complete verbal interview. III. The physical characteristics of HLD's influence their feasibility; HLD's that decrease spatial orientation problems are most effective. IV. HLD's are most effective with young children who undertand symbolic representation; there will be little incremental benefit or risk over traditional interviews with no drawings for the oldest children. Two sets of studies will be carried out with children between the ages of 3-8 years. The first set of studies includes children from the community who participate in a magic show in our laboratory; during the magic show children are innocuously touched in a number of places. The second set of studies includes children who attend specific medical clinics and receive genital and/or anal examinations. Two weeks after the magic show/medical examination children will be interviewed and asked questions about events that did occur as well as events that did not occur. Children will be randomized to different interviewing conditions: verbal interview followed by HLD's or HLD's followed by verbal interview. In some studies the suggestiveness of the HLD segment of the intervew will vary; in other studies, the physical characteristics of the HLD's will vary. If children provide additional information with HLD's (not provided in verbal interviews) and do not provide inaccurate information, then HLD's would be considered feasible for interviewing children. The results of these studies will be important for professionals who interview children about sexual abuse or about their bodies in general. They will provide scientific information about the risks and benefits of a promising technique for young children who often do not readily provide important information when asked for it. In addition, guidelines for the most effective uses of the instrument will be provided. The results of the two sets of studies will also address theoretical issues concerning the development of symbolic representation in young children; the unique contribution of this proposal is that the focus is on symbolic representation of the human body rather than on symbolic representation of other physical objects in space.

描述（由申请人提供）：人类线图（HLD）通常是由有关可疑性虐待的儿童采访儿童的专业人员；但是，几乎没有关于其杂质的科学信息，该提案的主要目的是在认知发展框架内确定在对“触摸”质疑的幼儿采访中使用HLDS的好处和风险。研究旨在检验以下假设：I。HLD增加了准确的信息量，但没有增加儿童在过去的接触事件中提供的错误数量。 ii。在完整的口头面试后引入时，HLD会带来最大的好处和最少的风险。 iii。 HLD的物理特征会影响其可行性；降低空间取向问题的HLD是最有效的。 iv。 HLD对符合象征性代表的幼儿最有效；对于传统访谈而言，不会给最大的孩子的图纸几乎没有递增的好处或风险。在3-8岁之间的儿童将进行两组研究。第一组研究包括来自社区的孩子，他们参加了我们实验室的魔术表演；在魔术表演期间，在许多地方，孩子们无害地触摸。第二组研究包括参加特定医疗诊所并接受生殖器和/或肛门检查的儿童。魔术表演/体检后的两个星期，将接受采访，并询问有关确实发生的事件以及没有发生的事件的问题。儿童将被随机分配到不同的访谈条件：口头访谈，然后是HLD或HLD，然后进行口头访谈。在某些研究中，交织的HLD段的提示性会有所不同。在其他研究中，HLD的物理特征将有所不同。如果孩子们提供HLD的其他信息（在口头访谈中未提供），并且不提供不准确的信息，那么HLD对于面试儿童来说是可行的。这些研究的结果对于采访儿童性虐待或一般身体的专业人员将很重要。他们将为幼儿提供有关一种有希望的技术的风险和好处的科学信息，他们在询问时通常不容易提供重要信息。此外，还将提供有关仪器最有效用途的准则。两组研究的结果还将解决有关幼儿符号代表的发展的理论问题；该提议的独特贡献是，重点是人体的象征性表示，而不是空间中其他物理对象的象征性表示。