Young children’s responses to yes-no questions: Patterns and problems

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Brady, Michael S ^a   Poole, Debra A ^a   Warren, Amye R ^b   Jones, Heather R ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022135874     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0301_6     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. (1990). Guidelines for psychosocial evaluation of suspected sexual abuse in young children. Chicago: Author.
2. Baker-Ward, L., Gordon, B. N., Omstein, P. A., Laras, D. M., & Clubb, P. A. (1993). Young children’s long-term retention of a pedíame examination. Child Development, 64, 1519-1533.
3. Brainerd, C. J., & Mojardin, A. H. (1998). Children’s and adults’ spontaneous false memories: Long-term persistence and mere-testing effects. Child Development, 69, 1361-1377.
4. Brainerd, C. J., & Poole, D. P. (1997). Long-term survival of children’s false memories: A review. Leaming and Individual Differences, 9, 125-151.
5. Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1996). Mere testing creates false memories in children. Developmental Psychology, 32, 461-478.
6. Brainerd, C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Brandse, E. (1995). Are children’s false memories more persistent than their trae memories? Psychological Science, 6, 359-364.
7. Brennan, M., & Brennan, R. E. (1988). Strange language: Child victims under cross examination (3rd ed.). Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia: Riverina Literacy Centre.
8. Burke, A., Heuer, F., & Reisberg, D. (1992). Remembering emotional events. Memory & Cognition, 20, 277-290.
9. Ceci, S. J., & Bruck, M. (1995). Jeopardy in the courtroom: A scientific analysis ofchildren’s testimony. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
10. DeLoache, J. S., & Marzolf, D. P. (1995). The use of dolis to interview young children: Issues of symbolic representation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 60, 155-173.
11. Dent, H. R., & Stephenson, G. M. (1979). An experimental study of the effectiveness of different techniques of questioning child witnesses. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 41-51.
12. Goodman, G. S., Aman, C., & Hirschman, J. (1987). Child sexual and physical abuse: Children’s testimony. In S. J. Ceci, M. P. Toglia, & D. F. Ross (Eds.), Children ‘s eyewitness memory (pp. 1-23). New York: Springer-Verlag.
13. Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., & Batterman-Faunce, J. M., Riddlesberger, M. M., & Kuhn, J. (1994). Predictors of accurate and inaccurate mentones of traumatic events experienced in childhood. Consciousness and Cognition, 3, 269-294.
14. Goodman, G. S., Rudy, L., Bottoms, B. L., & Aman, C. (1990). Childten’s concems and memory: Issues of ecologica! validity in the study of children’s eyewitness testimony. In R. Fivush & J. A. Hudson (Eds.), Knowing and remembering in young children (pp. 249-284). New York: Cambridge University Press.
15. Heuer, F., & Reisberg, D. (1990). Vivid memories of emotional events: The accuracy of remembered minutiae. Memory & Cognition, 18, 496-506.
16. Home Office. (1992). Memorandum of good practice on video recorded interviews with child witnesses for criminal proceedings. London: Author, with Department of Health.
17. Huffman, M. L., Warren, A. R., & Larson, S. (1999/this issue). Discussing truth and lies in interviews with children: Whether, why, and how? Applied Developmental Science, 3, pp. 6-15.
18. Hughes, M., & Grieve, R. (1980). On asking children bizarre questions. First language, 1, 149-160.
19. King, M. A., & Yuille, J. C. (1987). Suggestibility and the child witness. In S. J. Ceci, M. P. Toglia, & D. F. Ross (Eds.), Children ‘s eyewitness memory (pp. 24-35). New York: Springer-Verlag.
20. McGough, L. S. (1994). Child witnesses: Fragile voices in the American legal system. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
21. Memon, A., & Vartoukian, R. (1996). The effects of repeated questioning on young children’s eyewitness testimony. British Journal of Psychology, 87, 403-415.
22. Moston, S. (1987). The suggestibility of children in interview studies. First Language, 7, 67-78.
23. Mulder, M. R., & Vrij, A. (1996). Explaining conversación rules to children: An intervention study to facilitate children’s accurate responses. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20, 623-631.
24. Myers, I. E. B., Diedrich, S., Lee, D., & McClanahan Fincher, K. (in press). Prosecution of child sexual abuse in the United States. In J. Conte (Ed.), Child sexual abuse: Knowns and unknowns: A volume in the tradition of Roland Summit. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
25. Newcombe, P. A., & Siegal, M. (1996). Where to look first for suggestibility in young children. Cognition, 59, 337-356.
26. Newcombe, P. A., & Siegal, M. (1997). Explicitly questioning the nature of suggestibility in preschoolers’ memory and retention. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 67, 185-203.
27. Gmstein, P. A., Gordon, B. N., & Larus, D. M. (1992). Children’s memory for a personally experienced event: Implications for testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6, 49-60.
28. Peterson, G, & Bell, M. (1996). Children’s memory for traumatic injury. Child Development, 67, 3045-3070.
29. Peterson, C., & Biggs, M. (1997). Interviewing children about trauma: Problems with “specific” questions. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10, 279-290.
30. Pezdek, K., & Roe, C. (1997). The suggestibility of children’s memory for being touched: Planting, Erasing, and changing memories. Law and Human Behavior, 21, 95-106.
31. Pipe, M.-E., & Wilson, J. C. (1994). Cues and secrets: Influences on children’s event reports. Developmental Psychology, 30, 515-525.
32. Poole, D. A., & Lamb, M. E. (1998). Investigative interviews of children: A guide for helping professionals. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
33. Poole, D. A., & Lindsay, D. S. (1995). Interviewing preschoolers: Effects of nonsuggestive techniques, parental coaching, and leading questions on reports of nonexperienced events. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 60, 129-154.
34. Poole, D. A., & White, L. T. (1991). Effects of question repetition on the eyewitness testimony of children and adults. Developmental Psychology, 27, 975-986.
35. Quas, J. A., Dentón, M., Goodman, G. S., & Myers, J. E. B. (1996, March). Consistency and accuracy of childien’s true versus untrue reports of being touched. In J. A. Quas & G. S. Goodman (Chairs), Children’s eyewitness memory: True and false reports. Symposium conducted at the American Psychology-Law Society Biennial Conference, Hilton Head, SC.
36. Raskin, D. C, & Yuille, J. C. (1989). Problems in evaluating interviews of children in sexual abuse cases. In S. J. Ceci, D. F. Ross, & M. P. Toglia (Eds.), Perspectives on children ‘s tesümony (pp. 184-207). New York: Springer-Verlag.
37. Saywitz, K. J., Goodman, G. S., Nicholas, E., & Moan, S. F. (1991). Children’s memories of a physical examination involving genital touch: Implications for reports of child sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 682-691.
38. Saywitz, K. J., Moan, S., & Lamphear, V. (1991, August). The effect ofpreparation on children ‘s resistance to mislęding questions. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
39. Saywitz, K. J., & Moan-Hardie, S. (1994). Reducing the potential for distortion of childhood memories. Consciousness and Cognition, 3, 408-425.
40. Saywitz, K. J., & Snyder, L. (1993). Improving childien’s testimony with preparation. In G. S. Goodman & B. L. Bottoms, (Eds.), Child victims, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony (pp. 117-146). New York: Guilford.
41. Schwarzmueller, A. (1997, April). The effects ofrepeated questioning on children ‘s memory for an event. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.
42. Siegal, M. (1991). Knowing children: Experiments in conversation and cognition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Ine.
43. Sorenson, E., Bottoms, B., & Perona, A. (1997). Intake andforensic interviewing in the children’s advocacy centersetting: A handbook. Washington, DC: National Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers.
44. Steward, M. S., & Steward, D. S. (with L. Farquhar, J. E. B. Myers, M. Reinhart, J. Welker, N. Joye, J. Driskill, & J. Morgan). (1996). Interviewing young children about body touch and handling. Monographs ofthe Society for Research in Child Development, 61(4-5, Serial No. 248).
45. Walker, N. E., Lunning, S. M., & Eilts, J. L. (1996, June). Do children respondaccuratelytoforced-choice questions? Yes or no. Paper presented at Recollections of Trauma: Scientific Research and Clinical Practice, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Port de Bourgenay, France.
46. Warren, A. R., Boyd, G, & Walker, A. G. (1992, March). Interviewing child witnesses: Beyond leading questions. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, CA.
47. Wanen, A., Hulse-Trotter, K., & Tubbs, E. C. (1991). Inducing resistance to suggestibility in children. Law and Human Behavior, 15, 273-285.
48. Warren, A. R., Woodall, C. E., Hunt, J. S., & Peny, N. W. (1996). “It sounds good in theory, but… Do investigative interviewers follow guidelines based on memory research? Child Maltreatment, 1, 231-245.
49. Yuille, J. C., Hunter, R., Joffe, R., & Zapamiuk, J. (1993). Interviewing children in sexual abuse cases. In G. S. Goodman & B. L. Bottoms (Eds.), Child vietimi, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony (pp. 95-115). New York: Guilford.