Rapport-Building in Multiple Interviews of Children
Journal article
Authors | Waterhouse, G., Ridley, A., Ray Bull,, Satchell, L. and Wilcock, R. |
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Abstract | Rapport-building is key in child investigative interviews, however, recommendations of how to build rapport differ. Additionally, rapport in more complex situations: when a child is interviewed repeatedly or requires separate rapport building have not been studied. This research examined the UK’s ‘Achieving Best Evidence’ guidelines (Ministry of Justice, 2022) for rapport-building, which recommend conducting a neutral discussion, compared with a control condition and a separate rapport-building session for first interviews on children’s recall and well-being (measured by state anxiety and rapport questionnaires). For second and third interviews, additional full rapport-building sessions were compared to shortened or no rapport-building conditions. No significant differences in children’s (N = 107) recall or well-being were found across rapport-building conditions for all interviews. We conclude that for children who have experienced non-traumatic events, the inclusion of a neutral discussion rapport-building phase may not be any more beneficial for children than conducting a friendly interview. |
Keywords | Rapport-building; investigative interviews; child victims; multiple interviewing; eyewitness testimony |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Applied Cognitive Psychology |
Journal citation | pp. 1-13 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1099-0720 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4116 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.4116 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Aug 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 06 Jul 2023 |
Deposited | 21 Aug 2023 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9zz24/rapport-building-in-multiple-interviews-of-children
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