Cassidy, T.2016-01-252016-01-252015Cassity, 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.http://esciencecentral.org/journals/adult-judgments-of-childrens-veracity-the-role-of-parenthood-and-interpersonal-sensitivity-2375-4494.1000178.pdf  http://hdl.handle.net/11212/2702Background: 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)enchild witnesstruthfulnessdeceptioncredibilityresearchArticle