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"Did you ever feel like this?": Comparison of two interview methods in a clinical setting with a 4- and 5-year-old children
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
2020 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Past research has shown the beneficial effects of children describing subjective internal states regarding past events during disclosure in court, especially of emotional character. The purpose of this study was to compare two interviewing methods, the standard verbal interview (SVI), which is considered best practice in forensic interviews, and the In My Shoes computer aided interview (IMS), regarding ability to assess subjective content of pre-school children’s memory of a visit at a Children’s Health Center in Sweden. Children were stratified by age and then randomly assigned to either method. Statements made by the four- and five-year-olds were assessed and coded by two individuals. Data was analyzed using regression models. The results showed that the IMS computer aided interview assisted pre-school children in generating more answers about emotional content than the SVI. IMS also aided children in producing a more diverse set of emotions. When studying other outcome varibles, opinions and physical sensations, the two interviewing methods performed equally, instead age was a stronger predictor. These findings suggest that the IMS interview better offers the support needed in order for pre-school children to share information about emotional content compared to the SVI.

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2020.
Keywords [en]
Forensic interview, pre-school children, emotions, memory
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-457905OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-457905DiVA, id: diva2:1608447
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Psykologprogrammet
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Available from: 2023-03-03 Created: 2021-11-03 Last updated: 2023-03-03Bibliographically approved

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