Deception detection in repeated interviews: the effects of immediate type of questioning on the delayed accounts

Aleksandras Izotovas; Aldert Vrij; Lorraine Hope; Leif A. Strömwall; Pär A. Granhag; Samantha Mann

doi:10.1002/jip.1561

Deception detection in repeated interviews: the effects of immediate type of questioning on the delayed accounts

Aleksandras Izotovas, Aldert Vrij, Lorraine Hope, Leif A. Strömwall, Pär A. Granhag, Samantha Mann

International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology

University of Gothenborg

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In this study, we examined how different types of interviewing (eliciting more complete vs. less complete accounts) used in an interview conducted shortly after an event affected truth tellers' and liars' responses when they were interviewed again after a two‐week delay. Participants (n = 80) were shown a mock intelligence operation video and told either the truth or lied about its contents in two interviews, immediately after watching the video, and after a two‐week delay. In the immediate interview participants were instructed either to report everything they remembered, or asked spatial questions related to the event. In the delayed interview, all participants were asked to report everything. The differences between truth tellers and liars were slightly larger in the report everything than in the spatial questions condition. Results suggest that an immediate “report everything” instruction can aid to effectively discriminate between truthful and deceptive accounts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	224-237
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
Volume	17
Issue number	3
Early online date	1 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1561
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2020

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Deception detection in repeated interviews
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Izotovas, A, Vrij, A, Hope, L, Strömwall, LA, Granhag, PA, Mann, S. Deception detection in repeated interviews: The effects of immediate type of questioning on the delayed accounts. J Investig Psychol Offender Profil. 2020; 1– 14, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1561. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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