Experience and Long-Term Training Effects in Simulated Child Sexual Abuse Interviews

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Applied Cognitive Psychology Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI:10.1002/acp.70051

Francesco Pompedda, Aleksandr Segal, Shumpei Haginoya, Aistė Bakaitytė, Laura Ustinavičiūtė-Klenauskė, Goda Kaniušonytė, Rita Žukauskienė, Pekka Santtila

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Abstract

Previous research has shown that simulated interviews with avatars can improve question quality, but evidence regarding long-term effects and the role of experience remains limited. We investigated both short- and long-term impacts of avatar training with feedback in Child Protection Services (CPS) worker and student groups. Thirty-one CPS workers and 35 novice students interviewed four child avatars, with half receiving feedback after each interview. After 4 months, the training was repeated with all participants receiving feedback. Training with feedback improved investigative interview quality in the short term, with no substantial decline after 4 months. Experience had no effects on interview quality, nor did it moderate training impact. These findings suggest that avatar-based interview training with feedback could effectively improve investigative interviewing skills across different experience levels, maintaining its effects over a 4-month period.

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模拟儿童性虐待访谈中的经验和长期培训效果

先前的研究表明，与虚拟人物进行模拟访谈可以提高问题的质量，但关于长期影响和经验作用的证据仍然有限。我们通过儿童保护服务（CPS）工作人员和学生群体的反馈调查了化身培训的短期和长期影响。31名CPS工作人员和35名新手采访了4个儿童化身，其中一半在每次采访后得到反馈。4个月后，重复训练，所有参与者都收到反馈。有反馈的培训在短期内提高了调查采访的质量，4个月后没有明显下降。经验对面试质量没有影响，也没有调节培训的影响。这些研究结果表明，基于虚拟形象的反馈访谈训练可以有效地提高不同经验水平的调查访谈技能，并在4个月的时间内保持其效果。

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Applied Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

8.30%

发文量

111

期刊介绍： Applied Cognitive Psychology seeks to publish the best papers dealing with psychological analyses of memory, learning, thinking, problem solving, language, and consciousness as they occur in the real world. Applied Cognitive Psychology will publish papers on a wide variety of issues and from diverse theoretical perspectives. The journal focuses on studies of human performance and basic cognitive skills in everyday environments including, but not restricted to, studies of eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, expertise and skilled behaviour. Articles will normally combine realistic investigations of real world events with appropriate theoretical analyses and proper appraisal of practical implications.