RT Article
T1 Memory accuracy after 20 years for interviews about child maltreatment
JF Child maltreatment
VO 28
IS 1
SP 85
OP 96
A1 Wu, Yuerui
A1 Goodman, Gail S.
A1 Goldfarb, Deborah
A1 Wang, Yan
A1 Vidales, Daisy
A1 Brown, Lily
A1 Eisen, Mitchell
A1 Qin, Jianjian
A2 Goodman, Gail S.
A2 Goldfarb, Deborah
A2 Wang, Yan
A2 Vidales, Daisy
A2 Brown, Lily
A2 Eisen, Mitchell
A2 Qin, Jianjian
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1834132940
AB When adults allege childhood victimization, their long-term memory comes under scrutiny. This scrutiny can extend to the adults? memory of childhood interviews. The concerns raise important theoretical and applied issues regarding memory for long-past discussions of child maltreatment and trauma. In this longitudinal study, 104 adults, who as children (ages 3?15 years) were interviewed in child maltreatment investigations (Time 1), were questioned 20 years later (Time 2) about the Time 1 interviews. Verbatim documentation from Time 1 permitted scoring of memory accuracy. A subset of the participants (36%) reported no memory for the Time 1 interviews. Of the 64% who remembered being interviewed at Time 1, those who had been adolescents at Time 1 remembered the forensic interview discussion about abuse incidents better than discussion about general psychological issues. Adult trauma symptoms were associated with more accurate memory for interview content that directly concerned abuse experiences but not for non?abuse-specific information. Findings indicate that the veracity of adults? long-term memory for clinical/forensic conversations about childhood maltreatment depends on age at interview, interview content, and traumatization factors. Implications are discussed.
K1 Kindesmisshandlung
K1 clinical/forensic interview
K1 Individual Difference
K1 Maltreatment
K1 Memory
K1 Trauma
DO 10.1177/10775595211055184