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An Examination of the Association between Interviewer Question Type and Story-Grammar Detail in Child Witness Interviews about Abuse
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Feltis, Brooke B.; Powell, Martine B.; Snow, Pamela C.; Hughes-Scholes, Carolyn H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: This study compared the effects of open-ended versus specific questions, and various types of open-ended questions, in eliciting story-grammar detail in child abuse interviews. Methods: The sample included 34 police interviews with child witnesses aged 5-15 years ("M" age = 9 years, 9 months). The interviewers' questions and their…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Child Abuse, Questioning Techniques, Interviews
The Parent-Infant Dyad and the Construction of the Subjective Self
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Fonagy, Peter; Gergely, George; Target, Mary – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Developmental psychology and psychopathology has in the past been more concerned with the quality of self-representation than with the development of the subjective agency which underpins our experience of feeling, thought and action, a key function of mentalisation. This review begins by contrasting a Cartesian view of pre-wired introspective…
Descriptors: Cues, Caregivers, Infants, Psychopathology
Experiential Influences on Multimodal Perception of Emotion
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Shackman, Jessica E.; Pollak, Seth D. – Child Development, 2005
The impact of 2 types of learning experiences on children's perception of multimodal emotion cues was examined. Children (aged 7-12 years) were presented with conflicting facial and vocal emotions. The effects of familiarity were tested by varying whether emotions were presented by familiar or unfamiliar adults. The salience of particular…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Cues, Child Abuse, Emotional Response