The Effects of Anatomical Dolls on Taiwanese Children’s Recall of a Repeated Event
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Zhang, Huan Huan
Abstract
The present study examined the effects of anatomical dolls on Taiwanese children’s recall of a repeated event that involved innocuous touching. Thirty-seven first-grade children participated in a repeated event on three consecutive days and were interviewed two days after the last incident. All children went through two interview phases, namely the NICHD-based interview phase and the touch clarification phase, where they were randomly assigned to either a verbal or anatomical doll condition. No significant differences were found in the total number of correct and incorrect details reported across conditions (verbal vs. doll). However, the number of correct details reported in the touch clarification phase by children in the verbal condition was significantly higher than that in the doll condition. Few erroneous reports were made overall, however, more touch-related errors were made by children using dolls compared to none verbally. More than half of the reported details were touch-related and 75% of target touch locations were mentioned, suggesting effects of the repeated nature of the event. The limited number of new details offered in the touch clarification phase suggests that our participants’ recall had been exhausted verbally in the first part of the interview. Results suggest that dolls provided no incremental effects on children’s recall. Limitations of the current study are discussed.
Subjects
Anatomical doll
repeated event
touch
recall
children
eyewitness memory
NICHD
Taiwanese
Type
thesis
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