Effects of the putative confession instruction on perceptions of children’s true and false statements

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dc.contributor.authorGongola, J., Scurich, N., & Lyon, T. D.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-19T16:22:34Z
dc.date.available2018-10-19T16:22:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe putative confession instruction (“[suspect] told me everything that happened and wants you to tell the truth”) during forensic interviews with children has been shown to increase the accuracy of children’s statements, but it is unclear whether adult’s perceptions are sensitive to this salutary effect. The present study examined how adults perceive children’s true and false responses to the putative confession (PC) instruction. Participants (n = 299) watched videotaped interviews of children and rated the child’s credibility and the truthfulness of his/her statements. When viewing children’s responses to the PC instruction, true and false statements were rated as equally credible, and there was a decrease in accuracy for identifying false denials as lies. These findings suggest that participants viewed the PC instruction as truth-inducing. Implications for the forensic use of the PC instruction are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGongola, J., Scurich, N., & Lyon, T. D. (2018). Effects of the putative confession instruction on perceptions of children’s true and false statements. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Online ahead of print.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://works.bepress.com/thomaslyon/150/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3973
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherApplied Cognitive Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectputative confessionen_US
dc.subjectdeception detectionen_US
dc.subjectchild credibilityen_US
dc.subjectinterviewing childrenen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild testimonyen_US
dc.titleEffects of the putative confession instruction on perceptions of children’s true and false statementsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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