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- Sarkadi, Anna, Professor, 1974-, et al.
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Are We Ready to Really Hear the Voices of Those Concerned? : Lessons Learned from Listening to and Involving Children in Child and Family Psychology Research
- 2023
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Ingår i: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. - : Springer Nature. - 1096-4037 .- 1573-2827.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A changing view of children, accelerated by the Convention of the Rights of the Child (UN in Convention on the rights of the child, UN Doc. A/RES/44/25, 1989, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/crc.pdf) has shifted the landscape of child and family research over the last few decades. Once viewed with low credibility and operating outside the interpretive framework of adult researchers, the rights-bearing child is increasingly recognized not only as having the capacity but also the right to participate in research. More recently, this movement has transitioned from the direct engagement of children as research participants—now considered commonplace, although less so for those who are structurally vulnerable—to the involvement of children in research design, review, conduct, and dissemination. Yet, both practical and ethical challenges remain. While children have the right to participation, they also have the right to protection. In this commentary, we set out to: (i) lay forth epistemic, child rights, and child sociology arguments for doing research about, with and by children and youth; (ii) recount our own journey of including children and youth in research to demonstrate the unique knowledge and insights gained through these approaches; and (iii) offer lessons learned on how to engage children and youth in research, including the involvement of structurally vulnerable groups.
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- Fängström, Karin, et al.
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“And they gave me a shot, it really hurt” – Evaluative content in investigative interviews with young children
- 2017
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Ingår i: Children and youth services review. - : Elsevier. - 0190-7409 .- 1873-7765. ; 82, s. 434-443
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research is scarce on the suitability of the evidence-based components of child investigative interviews when used in non-forensic contexts such as social work or school, particularly in relation to children’s reports on emotional content.This explorative study investigated to what extent a structured forensic interview protocol aids children in verbalizing negative emotional experiences of distress or discomfort. To do this we assessed and compared children’s displayed distress or discomfort during a video-recorded health visit with the verbalized distress or discomfort in interviews 2-4 weeks later about this visit. The children, aged 4 and 5 years (N = 26), were interviewed with a forensic interview protocol. Children’s statements regarding distress and discomfort and the interviewer questions preceding these statements were analyzed qualitatively.The results showed that 46% of the 4-year-olds and 39 % of the 5-year-olds displayed discomfort or distress during their health visit. In the interviews, open-ended questions were posed to all children, however, these questions were sufficient to aid only some children (n = 6) to share evaluative content. None of the children who displayed distress or discomfort during the visit verbalized such experiences after an invitation only. Most children who described experiences of distress or discomfort did so in relation to evaluative questions.The results suggest that more research is warranted to investigate exactly how and when evaluative questions should be posed and whether this differs depending on severity of experience or the child’s age. The need for protocol development and its suitability when used in other fields of practice is discussed.
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- Fängström, Karin, et al.
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The computer-assisted interview In My Shoes can benefit shy preschool children's communication
- 2017
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1932-6203. ; 12:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Interviewing children is a cognitively, socially, and emotionally challenging situation, especially for young and shy children. Thus, finding methods that aid rapport and increase these children's communication is important. The present study investigated whether children's verbal and non-verbal communicative behavior developed differently during the rapport phase, depending on whether children were situationally shy or not, and whether the interview was conducted using the computer-assisted interview In My Shoes (IMS) or a Standard verbal interview. The sample consisted of 60 children aged 4 to 5-years-old. The results showed that for the shy children in the IMS group their talkativeness increased and their answer latency decreased including the amount of encouragement the child needed to talk, while no changes were observed for the shy children in the Standard verbal interview group. There were no significant differences in the non-verbal behavior for the shy children regardless of the interview method used. For the non-shy children, overall, the interview method did not affect either the verbal or the non-verbal outcomes. Our findings indicate that IMS can be a useful tool during the rapport-building phase with shy children as it helps these children to improve their verbal communication.
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