TY - JOUR
T1 - Will the truth come out? The effect of deception, age, status, coaching, and social skills on CBCA scores
AU - Vrij, Aldert
AU - Akehurst, Lucy
AU - Soukara, Stavroula
AU - Bull, Ray
PY - 2002/6
Y1 - 2002/6
N2 - The impact of Veracity, Age, Status (witness or suspect), Coaching (informed or uninformed regarding CBCA), and Social Skills (social anxiety, social adroitness, and self-monitoring) on Criteria-Based Content Analysis scores was examined. Participants (aged 5-6, 10-11, 14-15, and undergraduates) participated in a "rubbing the blackboard" event. In a subsequent interview they told the truth or lied about the event. They were accused of having rubbed the blackboard themselves (suspect condition) or were thought to have witnessed the event (witness condition), and were or were not taught some CBCA criteria prior to the interview. CBCA scores discriminated between liars and truth tellers in children, adults, witnesses, and suspects. However, truth tellers obtained higher CBCA scores than liars only when the liars were uninformed about CBCA. CBCA scores were correlated with social skills. It is argued that these findings should caution those who believe that the validity of CBCA has been conclusively demonstrated.
AB - The impact of Veracity, Age, Status (witness or suspect), Coaching (informed or uninformed regarding CBCA), and Social Skills (social anxiety, social adroitness, and self-monitoring) on Criteria-Based Content Analysis scores was examined. Participants (aged 5-6, 10-11, 14-15, and undergraduates) participated in a "rubbing the blackboard" event. In a subsequent interview they told the truth or lied about the event. They were accused of having rubbed the blackboard themselves (suspect condition) or were thought to have witnessed the event (witness condition), and were or were not taught some CBCA criteria prior to the interview. CBCA scores discriminated between liars and truth tellers in children, adults, witnesses, and suspects. However, truth tellers obtained higher CBCA scores than liars only when the liars were uninformed about CBCA. CBCA scores were correlated with social skills. It is argued that these findings should caution those who believe that the validity of CBCA has been conclusively demonstrated.
KW - CBCA
KW - Children
KW - Coaching
KW - Deception
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036615788&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1015313120905
DO - 10.1023/A:1015313120905
M3 - Article
C2 - 12061619
AN - SCOPUS:0036615788
SN - 0147-7307
VL - 26
SP - 261
EP - 283
JO - Law and Human Behavior
JF - Law and Human Behavior
IS - 3
ER -