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Teoh YS, Yang PJ, Lamb ME, et al. Do human figure diagrams help alleged victims of sexual abuse provide elaborate and clear accounts of physical contact with alleged perpetrators?. Appl Cogn Psychol. 2010;24(2):287-300doi: 10.1002/acp.1564.
Teoh, Y. S., Yang, P. J., Lamb, M. E., & Larsson, A. S. (2010). Do human figure diagrams help alleged victims of sexual abuse provide elaborate and clear accounts of physical contact with alleged perpetrators?. Applied cognitive psychology, 24(2), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1564
Teoh, Yee-San, et al. "Do human figure diagrams help alleged victims of sexual abuse provide elaborate and clear accounts of physical contact with alleged perpetrators?." Applied cognitive psychology vol. 24,2 (2010): 287-300. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1564
Teoh YS, Yang PJ, Lamb ME, Larsson AS. Do human figure diagrams help alleged victims of sexual abuse provide elaborate and clear accounts of physical contact with alleged perpetrators?. Appl Cogn Psychol. 2010 Feb 01;24(2):287-300. doi: 10.1002/acp.1564. PMID: 20174591; PMCID: PMC2824239.
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Appl Cogn Psychol. 2010 Feb 01;24(2):287-300. doi: 10.1002/acp.1564.

Do human figure diagrams help alleged victims of sexual abuse provide elaborate and clear accounts of physical contact with alleged perpetrators?.

Applied cognitive psychology

Yee-San Teoh, Pei-Jung Yang, Michael E Lamb, Anneli S Larsson

Affiliations

  1. University of Cambridge, UK.

PMID: 20174591 PMCID: PMC2824239 DOI: 10.1002/acp.1564

Abstract

The present study examined whether the use of human figure diagrams within a well-structured interview was associated with more elaborate and clearer accounts about physical contact that had occurred in the course of an alleged abuse. The sample included investigative interviews of 88 children ranging from 4 to 13 years of age. Children were interviewed using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol, and were then asked a series of questions in association with unclothed gender-neutral outline diagrams of a human body. A new coding scheme was developed to examine the types and clarity of touch-related information. Use of the HFDs was associated with reports of new touches not mentioned before and elaborations regarding the body parts reportedly touched. The HFDs especially helped clarify reports by the oldest rather than the youngest children. The clarity of children's accounts of touch was also greater when details were sought using recall prompts.

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