title: Child and Interviewer Race in Forensic Interviewing.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the potential effect of child race and interviewer race on forensic interviewing outcomes. The results of the regression analysis indicated that child race and interviewer race had a significant effect on interview outcome category (no findings, inconclusive, or findings consistent with sexual abuse). Furthermore, the results indicate that the interaction of child and interviewer race had predictive value for rates of findings consistent with sexual abuse but not in the direction predicted. Cross-race dyads had significantly higher rates of interview outcomes consistent with sexual abuse. These findings suggest that more research into the effect of race on disclosure of child sexual abuse is needed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Amy K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: b Director of Clinical Services , Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi Inc ., Oxford , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Tomiko D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Mackey
authors.affiliation: c Private Practice , Oxford , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Langendoen
authors.affiliation: d Department of Leadership & Counselor Education , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barnard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D044465:White People
keywords: Child; child sexual abuse; disclosure; forensic interviewing; interview outcome; interviewer; race