Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse
IntroductionIn forensic settings interviewers are advised to ask as many open-ended questions as possible. However, even experts may have difficulty following this advice potentially negatively impacting an investigation. Here, we sought to investigate how emotions and psychophysiological parameters...
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| author | Aleksandr Segal Aistė Bakaitytė Goda Kaniušonytė Laura Ustinavičiūtė-Klenauskė Shumpei Haginoya Shumpei Haginoya Yikang Zhang Yikang Zhang Francesco Pompedda Rita Žukauskienė Pekka Santtila Pekka Santtila |
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| description | IntroductionIn forensic settings interviewers are advised to ask as many open-ended questions as possible. However, even experts may have difficulty following this advice potentially negatively impacting an investigation. Here, we sought to investigate how emotions and psychophysiological parameters are associated with question formulation in real time in an ongoing (simulated) child sexual abuse (CSA) interview.MethodIn a experimental study, psychology students (N = 60, Mage = 22.75) conducted two interviews with child avatars, while their emotions (anger, sadness, disgust, surprise and relief), GSR and heart rate (HR) were registered.ResultsFirst, we found that general emotionality related to CSA and perceived realness of the avatars was associated with stronger overall emotional reactions. Second, we found that closed (vs. open) questions were preceded by more facially observable anger, but not disgust, sadness, surprise or relief. Third, closed (vs. open) questions were preceded by higher GSR resistance and lower heart rate.DiscussionResults suggest for the first time that emotions and psychophysiological states can drive confirmation bias in question formulation in real time in CSA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbf34df4f0374c63b7bca55050fc66432023-03-28T05:32:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-03-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.10855671085567Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuseAleksandr Segal0Aistė Bakaitytė1Goda Kaniušonytė2Laura Ustinavičiūtė-Klenauskė3Shumpei Haginoya4Shumpei Haginoya5Yikang Zhang6Yikang Zhang7Francesco Pompedda8Rita Žukauskienė9Pekka Santtila10Pekka Santtila11Department of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaFaculty of Psychology, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NetherlandsFaculty of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, LithuaniaFaculty of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, ChinaIntroductionIn forensic settings interviewers are advised to ask as many open-ended questions as possible. However, even experts may have difficulty following this advice potentially negatively impacting an investigation. Here, we sought to investigate how emotions and psychophysiological parameters are associated with question formulation in real time in an ongoing (simulated) child sexual abuse (CSA) interview.MethodIn a experimental study, psychology students (N = 60, Mage = 22.75) conducted two interviews with child avatars, while their emotions (anger, sadness, disgust, surprise and relief), GSR and heart rate (HR) were registered.ResultsFirst, we found that general emotionality related to CSA and perceived realness of the avatars was associated with stronger overall emotional reactions. Second, we found that closed (vs. open) questions were preceded by more facially observable anger, but not disgust, sadness, surprise or relief. Third, closed (vs. open) questions were preceded by higher GSR resistance and lower heart rate.DiscussionResults suggest for the first time that emotions and psychophysiological states can drive confirmation bias in question formulation in real time in CSA.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1085567/fullchild sexual abuseemotionsGSRheart ratesimulated interviewingconfirmation bias |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandr Segal Aistė Bakaitytė Goda Kaniušonytė Laura Ustinavičiūtė-Klenauskė Shumpei Haginoya Shumpei Haginoya Yikang Zhang Yikang Zhang Francesco Pompedda Rita Žukauskienė Pekka Santtila Pekka Santtila Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse Frontiers in Psychology child sexual abuse emotions GSR heart rate simulated interviewing confirmation bias |
| title | Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| title_full | Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| title_fullStr | Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| title_short | Associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| title_sort | associations between emotions and psychophysiological states and confirmation bias in question formulation in ongoing simulated investigative interviews of child sexual abuse |
| topic | child sexual abuse emotions GSR heart rate simulated interviewing confirmation bias |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1085567/full |
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