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Event Memory and Suggestibility in Abused and Neglected Children: Trauma-Related Psychopathology and Cognitive Functioning
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Chae, Yoojin; Goodman, Gail S.; Eisen, Mitchell L.; Qin, Jianjian – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
This study examined event memory and suggestibility in 3- to 16-year-olds involved in forensic investigations of child maltreatment. A total of 322 children were interviewed about a play activity with an unfamiliar adult. Comprehensive measures of individual differences in trauma-related psychopathology and cognitive functioning were administered.…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychopathology
Abused and Neglected Children in Court: Knowledge and Attitudes
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Block, Stephanie D.; Oran, Howard; Oran, Diane; Baumrind, Nikki; Goodman, Gail S. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: After maltreated children are taken into protective custody, dependency courts determine the children's placements. Many, if not most, maltreated children never attend their dependency court hearings. We had the rare opportunity to interview children in a jurisdiction where children regularly attend their detention hearings in…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Negative Attitudes, Courts
Children's Use of Anatomically Detailed Dolls to Recount an Event.
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Goodman, Gail S.; Aman, Christine – Child Development, 1990
Three- and five-year olds were tested for recall with anatomically detailed dolls and regular dolls. Subjects were tested with and without visual cues. Anatomically detailed dolls did not foster false reports of abuse. Findings have implications for children's testimony in child abuse cases. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Cues, Recall (Psychology)
Effects of Participation on Children's Reports: Implications for Children's Testimony.
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Rudy, Leslie; Goodman, Gail S. – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined effects of participation in an event on four and seven year olds' reports of the event. Results showed that participation lowered susceptibility to suggestion. Older children were less suggestible about actions that took place. Children showed high resistance to suggestions about actions that might be associated with abuse. (SH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Cognitive Development, Memory
Memory and Suggestibility in Maltreated Children: Age, Stress Arousal, Dissociation, and Psychopathology.
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Eisen, Mitchell L.; Qin, Jianjian; Goodman, Gail S.; Davis, Suzanne L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
This study assessed 3- to 17-year-olds' memory and suggestibility in the context of ongoing child maltreatment investigations. Results from 189 subjects indicated that general psychopathology, short-term memory, and intellectual ability predicted facets of children's memory performance. Older compared to young children evinced fewer memory errors…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arousal Patterns, Child Abuse, Children
Consistency in Children's Reports of Sexual and Physical Abuse.
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Ghetti, Simona; Goodman, Gail S.; Eisen, Mitchell L.; Qin, Jianjian; Davis, Suzanne L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2002
A study investigated the consistence of 222 children's (ages 3-16) reports of sexual and physical abuse. Older children were more consistent, children were more consistent when reporting sexual abuse, and girls were more consistent in sexual abuse reports. Consistency in sexual abuse reports was predicted by measures of memory. (Contains…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Credibility, Elementary Secondary Education