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Em busca do tempo perdido : exploração da utilização de expressões temporais em entrevistas forenses com crianças em idade pré-escolar
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Foram realizadas entrevistas forenses que seguiam o protocolo do National Institute of Child
and Human Development (NICHD) a 100 crianças em idade pré-escolar alegadamente vítimas
de abuso, com o objetivo de averiguar a utilização de linguagem temporal no decorrer da
entrevista. As entrevistas foram analisadas segundo um sistema de codificação temporal e os
resultados sugerem diferenças tanto na frequência da utilização de expressões temporais, como
no número de detalhes fornecidos pelas crianças, em função do género, da idade, do tipo de
abuso e do tipo de questão colocada. Os resultados evidenciaram que as crianças que sofreram
de abuso sexual utilizaram mais expressões e detalhes temporais nos seus relatos. Este resultado
verificou-se também em relação à idade e ao género; ou seja, as raparigas e as crianças mais
velhas utilizaram mais expressões temporais e forneceram mais detalhes do que os rapazes e as
crianças mais novas. Além disso, concluímos que as questões abertas devem ser sempre
privilegiadas, uma vez que fomentaram o relato de mais expressões temporais e linguagem
episódica.
We analyzed several forensic interviews, which followed the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) Investigative Interview Protocol, conducted with 100 preschool children allegedly victims of abuse, with the objective of verifying the use of temporal language during the interviews. The interviews were analyzed according to a temporal coding system and the results suggest differences both in the frequency of the use of temporal expressions, and in the number of details provided by the children, depending on gender, age, type of abuse, and type of question asked. The results revealed that children who suffered from sexual abuse used more expressions and temporal details in their reports. This result was also verified in relation to age and gender; that is, girls and older children used more temporal expressions and provided more details than boys and younger children. Besides that, we concluded that openended questions should always be privileged, since these encouraged the reporting of more temporal expressions and episodic language.
We analyzed several forensic interviews, which followed the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) Investigative Interview Protocol, conducted with 100 preschool children allegedly victims of abuse, with the objective of verifying the use of temporal language during the interviews. The interviews were analyzed according to a temporal coding system and the results suggest differences both in the frequency of the use of temporal expressions, and in the number of details provided by the children, depending on gender, age, type of abuse, and type of question asked. The results revealed that children who suffered from sexual abuse used more expressions and temporal details in their reports. This result was also verified in relation to age and gender; that is, girls and older children used more temporal expressions and provided more details than boys and younger children. Besides that, we concluded that openended questions should always be privileged, since these encouraged the reporting of more temporal expressions and episodic language.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto
Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na
especialidade de Psicologia Clínica
Keywords
Vítimas Entrevista forense Pré escolar Tempo Victims Forensic Interviews Preschoolers Temporal