Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews

Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews

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Main Author: Perez, Christina
Language:English
Published: University of Toledo / OhioLINK 2019
Subjects:
Psychology
child witnesses
bilingual witnesses
suggestibility
eyewitness testimony
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1556563428655542
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-toledo15565634286555422021-08-03T07:10:59Z Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews Perez, Christina Psychology child witnesses bilingual witnesses suggestibility eyewitness testimony Children’s narrative accounts play a major role in cases of alleged child maltreatment. Case outcomes are highly dependent upon the statements children provide during forensic interviews. Bilingual children are vastly underrepresented in the forensic interviewing literature despite the overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system. The present study compared monolingual (n = 31) and bilingual (n = 34) preschool-aged children’s ability to provide meaningful reports about a staged event following a delay. Additionally, we examined group differences in resistance to suggestion, language abilities, and executive functioning. Bilingual and monolingual children’s narrative quality scores and performance on suggestive questions did not differ significantly. Individual difference factors such as age, language abilities, and executive functioning were significantly correlated with narrative quality and resistance to suggestion. Explanations for the findings and forensic implications are discussed. 2019-08-29 English text University of Toledo / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1556563428655542 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1556563428655542 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Psychology
child witnesses
bilingual witnesses
suggestibility
eyewitness testimony
spellingShingle Psychology
child witnesses
bilingual witnesses
suggestibility
eyewitness testimony
Perez, Christina
Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
author Perez, Christina
author_facet Perez, Christina
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title Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
title_short Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
title_full Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
title_fullStr Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
title_full_unstemmed Narrative Abilities and Resistance to Suggestion in Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Implications for Forensic Interviews
title_sort narrative abilities and resistance to suggestion in monolingual and bilingual children: implications for forensic interviews
publisher University of Toledo / OhioLINK
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