In forensic contexts, children who are victims or witnesses of crimes repeatedly questioned using stressful leading questions and social pressure. The main aims the present study to verify effects repeated suggestive interviews on children’s level suggestibility resistant responses how age intelligence quotient may reduce vulnerability children. involved 110 aged 10–15 years were administered G...

Two studies, with 102 nonmaltreated 3- to 6-year-old children and 96 maltreated 4- to 7-year-old children, examined children's understanding of the relative strengths of "I promise," "I will," "I might," and "I won't," to determine the most age-appropriate means of eliciting a promise to tell the truth from child witnesses. Children played a game in which they chose which of 2 boxes would conta...