Preserving the Past: An Early Interview Improves Delayed Event Memory in Children With Intellectual Disabilities.
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Authors
Brown, Deirdre A
Lewis, Charlie N
Lamb, Michael E
Abstract
The influence of an early interview on children's (N = 194) later recall of an experienced event was examined in children with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities (CWID; 7-12 years) and typically developing (TD) children matched for chronological (7-12 years) or mental (4-9 years) age. Children previously interviewed were more informative, more accurate, and less suggestible. CWID (mild) recalled as much information as TD mental age matches, and were as accurate as TD chronological age matches. CWID (moderate) recalled less than TD mental age matches but were as accurate. Interviewers should elicit CWID's recall as early as possible and consider developmental level and severity of impairments when evaluating eyewitness testimony.
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Keywords
event memory, intellectual disabilities, developmental delay, forensic interviews, repeated interviewing, eyewitness testimony
Journal Title
Child Dev
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Journal ISSN
0009-3920
1467-8624
1467-8624
Volume Title
86
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council, UK RES-‐000-‐23-‐0949 to Charlie Lewis, Deirdre Brown and Michael Lamb, and in part by a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, NZ (LANC0201) to Deirdre Brown.