How effective is the cognitive interview when used with adults with intellectual disabilities specifically with conversation recall?

Authors:
CLARKE Jason, PRESCOTT Katherine, MILNE Rebecca
Journal article citation:
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(6), 2013, pp.546-556.
Publisher:
Wiley

This study compared the memory recall of twenty-one adults with a mild intellectual disability (IQ 70–50) and twenty-one adults from the general population to assess the benefits of using a cognitive interview with adults with learning disabilities. Participants viewed a film of a staged distraction theft and were interviewed using either the cognitive interview or the structured interview. The cognitive interview, when compared to the structured interview, enhanced the correct recall of person, action and conversation detail for both participant types, without increasing the number of incorrect or confabulated details reported. The ID group reported significantly less correct information than the GP regardless of the interview used. The findings suggest that the cognitive interview can enable adults with intellectual disability to provide a fuller picture about an experienced event. Implications of this research are discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)

Subject terms:
learning disabilities, memory, interviewing, witnesses;
Content type:
research
Link:
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ISSN online:
1468-3148
ISSN print:
1360-2322

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