Confirmation bias in simulated CSA interviews: How abuse assumption influences interviewing and decision-making processes?
| dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Y., Segal, A., Pompedda, F., Haginoya, S., & Santtila, P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-07T18:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-07T18:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: Research has shown that confirmation bias plays a role in legal and forensic decision-making processes and, more specifically, child interviews. However, previous studies often examine confirmation bias in child interviews using non-abuse-related events. We enrich the literature by examining interviewers’ behaviours in simulated child sexual abuse (CSA) cases. Method: In the present study, we used data from a series of experiments in which participants interviewed child avatars to examine how an assumption of abuse based on preliminary information influenced decision-making and interviewing style. Interview training data (N interview = 2084) from eight studies with students, psychologists and police officers (N = 377) were included in the analyses. Results: We found that interviewers’ preliminary assumption of sexual abuse having taken place predicted 1) a conclusion of abuse by the interviewers after the interview; 2) higher confidence in their judgement; 3) more frequent use of not recommended question types and 4) a decreased likelihood of reaching a correct conclusion given the same number of available relevant details | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Zhang, Y., Segal, A., Pompedda, F., Haginoya, S., & Santtila, P. (2022). Confirmation bias in simulated CSA interviews: How abuse assumption influences interviewing and decision‐making processes?. Legal and Criminological Psychology. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/10792/1/10792-Pompedda-%282022%29-Confirmation-bias-in-simulated-CSA-interviews.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/5351 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Legal and Criminological Psychology | en_US |
| dc.subject | International Resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | Europe | en_US |
| dc.subject | research | en_US |
| dc.subject | child sexual abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | forensic interview | en_US |
| dc.subject | confirmation bias | en_US |
| dc.subject | mega-analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | emotions | en_US |
| dc.title | Confirmation bias in simulated CSA interviews: How abuse assumption influences interviewing and decision-making processes? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |