Young children’s competency to take the oath: Effects of task, maltreatment, and age

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dc.contributor.authorLyon, T. D., Carrick, N., & Quas, J. A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T18:24:51Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T18:24:51Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis study examined maltreated and non-maltreated children’s (N = 183) emerging understanding of “truth” and “lie,” terms about which they are quizzed to qualify as competent to testify. Four- to six-year-old children were asked to accept or reject true and false (T/F) statements, label T/F statements as the “truth” or “a lie,” label T/F statements as “good” or “bad,” and label “truth” and “lie” as “good” or “bad.” The youngest children were at ceiling in accepting/rejecting T/F statements. The labeling tasks revealed improvement with age and children performed similarly across the tasks. Most children were better able to evaluate “truth” than “lie.” Maltreated children exhibited somewhat different response patterns, suggesting greater sensitivity to the immorality of lying.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLyon, T. D., Carrick, N., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Young children’s competency to take the oath: Effects of task, maltreatment, and age. Law and Human Behavior, 34(2), 141-149.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280924/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1868
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLaw and Human Behavioren_US
dc.subjectchild witnessen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectoathen_US
dc.subjectcompetency examinationen_US
dc.subjectcognitive developmenten_US
dc.subjectmoral developmenten_US
dc.titleYoung children’s competency to take the oath: Effects of task, maltreatment, and ageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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