Adult Judgments of Children's Veracity: The Role of Parenthood and Interpersonal Sensitivity

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dc.contributor.authorCassidy, T.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-25T21:20:04Z
dc.date.available2016-01-25T21:20:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBackground: Previous research has shown that parents perform better than non-parents in correctly identifying deception in children’s testimony. Objectives: To test the efficacy of different professionals in determining if a child is being truthful controlling for parental status. Methodology: In an experimental study 4 groups of participants, police officers (n=45), teachers (n=42), social workers (n=44), and early childhood studies students (n=47), judged the accuracy of children’s testimony in video recordings of 5 different children. Results: Parents, particularly female parents, performed consistently at better than chance levels in correctly classifying children. Ethnicity had a negligible impact on performance. In addition those who performed best scored significantly higher on interpersonal sensitivity, and within parents those who correctly classified children scored higher on family sensitivity. Conclusions: There appears to be something about the skills acquired as a parent in interacting with children that might usefully inform the training of those who have to make judgements about children’s veracity. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCassity, T. (2015). Adult Judgments of Children's Veracity: The Role of Parenthood and Interpersonal Sensitivity. Journal of Child and Adolescent Behaviour, 3(01). 6 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://esciencecentral.org/journals/adult-judgments-of-childrens-veracity-the-role-of-parenthood-and-interpersonal-sensitivity-2375-4494.1000178.pdf  
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2702
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Child and Adolescent Behaviouren_US
dc.subjectchild witnessen_US
dc.subjecttruthfulnessen_US
dc.subjectdeceptionen_US
dc.subjectcredibilityen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleAdult Judgments of Children's Veracity: The Role of Parenthood and Interpersonal Sensitivityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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