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                            Funding & Awards
 Long-Term Eyewitness Memory in Children Exposed to Violence
Award Information
Awardee
              The Regents of the University of California, Davis
Award #
              2013-IJ-CX-0104
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Davis, CA
Awardee County
              Yolo
Congressional District
              3
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2013
Total funding (to date)
              $439,989
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2013, $439,989)
The purpose of this basic research project is to provide law enforcement with scientifically validated techniques to interview adults who as children were exposed  to violence. Specifically, this project will investigate reinstatement techniques as a means for adult witnesses to retrieve accurate childhood memories. Study goals include: (1) testing context reinstatement effects on memories of adults with documented histories of child trauma, (2) examining effects of an initial interview in childhood (versus no initial interview) on the accuracy of adult eyewitness memory, and (3) examining reinstatement effects in relation to individual differences (e.g., in psychopathology and cognitive functioning). This research involves a prospective-longitudinal study of adults 18 to 22 years after their participation in forensic investigations. The study utilizes a large and detailed data set (total N = 730) of participants  who, as children in the 1990s, were assessed  for memory,  mental health (e.g., dissociative tendencies, traumatic stress symptoms),  intelligence, trauma history, and stress (e.g., physiological reactivity, including cortisol levels); 126 of the former participants  will be included. Participants will be located and then interviewed via telephone.  While balancing factors such as age, gender, race, and prior interview, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: (1) no reinstatement, (2) mental reinstatement, as used in the Cognitive Interview, or 3) context reinstatement. A number of additional variables (e.g., demographic, mental health) will be examined as predictors of memory completeness and accuracy.  This project's specific aim is to support development of forensic best practice. It is hypothesized that context reinstatement will result in the most complete and accurate eyewitness memory. This innovative research will provide valuable information about scientifically  validated techniques for forensic interviews of adults exposed  as children to violence. Data will be reliably coded (e.g., Kappa> .80). Analysis of variance and regression analyses will be employed.ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Adults' Memory for a Maltreatment-Related Childhood Experience: Interview Protocols
                  Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials
                  Collective trauma: Childhood abuse, perceived discrimination, and COVID-19
                  Memory Accuracy After 20 Years for Interviews About Child Maltreatment
                  Suppression and Memory for Childhood Traumatic Events: Trauma Symptoms and Non-Disclosure
                  False Memories and True Memories of Childhood Trauma: Balancing the Risks
                  Long-Term Memory in Adults Exposed to Childhood Violence: Remembering Genital Contact Nearly 20 Years Later
                  Trauma and Long-Term Memory for Childhood Events: Impact Matters

  
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