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Children's eyewitness memory for a repeated event.

S McNichol1, R Shute, A Tucker

  • 1Sexual Offenders Treatment Assessment Programme, Coach House, Norwood, South Australia.

Child Abuse & Neglect
|December 22, 1999
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Children’s eyewitness testimony about repeated events shows improved recall for consistent details but confusion regarding changed details. This highlights challenges in chronic abuse investigations and children’s resistance to suggestive questioning.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Eyewitness Testimony

Background:

  • Chronic sexual abuse investigations face challenges with children's eyewitness testimony.
  • Previous research on children's memory for repeated events is limited, particularly regarding slight variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine children's eyewitness testimony about repeated events with minor variations.
  • To assess memory accuracy for consistent and changing details across multiple events.

Main Methods:

  • 6- to 7-year-old children participated in single or repeated event conditions.
  • Events involved individual play with an experimenter, featuring consistent and changing details.
  • Phased interviews were conducted to question children about the initial event.

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Main Results:

  • Children recalling repeated events showed better memory for consistent details.
  • Memory for changed details was poorer in the repeated event group due to interference errors.
  • Children demonstrated lower rates of omission and commission errors compared to the single-event group.
  • Participants clearly denied inappropriate touching.

Conclusions:

  • Children recalling repeated events improve recall for consistent details but may confuse timing of changed details.
  • It is unrealistic to expect perfect recall of timing for changing details in repeated events.
  • Children exhibit resilience against misleading questions concerning abuse.