@article{e500bd26661b4533a1ea6997407f4ae2,
title = "The Productivity of Wh- Prompts in Child Forensic Interviews",
abstract = "Child witnesses are often asked wh- prompts (what, how, why, who, when, where) in forensic interviews. However, little research has examined the ways in which children respond to different wh- prompts, and no previous research has investigated productivity differences among wh- prompts in investigative interviews. This study examined the use and productivity of wh- prompts in 95 transcripts of 4- to 13-year-olds alleging sexual abuse in child investigative interviews. What–how questions about actions elicited the most productive responses during both the rapport building and substantive phases. Future research and practitioner training should consider distinguishing among different wh- prompts.",
keywords = "child sexual abuse, forensic interviewing, question types, rapport building, wh- prompts",
author = "Ahern, {Elizabeth C.} and Andrews, {Samantha J.} and Stacia Roosevelt and Lyon, {Thomas D.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Emma Doumas and Juman Hamza for their assistance with reliability coding and preparing the transcripts. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by the Nuffield Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, an NICHD Grant HD047290, and an Economic and Social Research Council studentship. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by the Nuffield Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, an NICHD Grant HD047290, and an Economic and Social Research Council studentship. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2015.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0886260515621084",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
pages = "2007--2015",
journal = "Journal of interpersonal violence",
issn = "0886-2605",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "13",
}