TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's use of anatomically detailed dolls to report genital touching in a medical examination
T2 - Developmental and gender comparisons
AU - Bruck, Maggie
AU - Ceci, Stephen J.
AU - Francoeur, Emmett
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - The influence of anatomically detailed dolls on 3- and 4-year-old children's reports of a routine medical exam was examined. During the exam, half the children received a genital examination and half the children did not. Immediately after the exam, all children were asked to demonstrate various events on an anatomically detailed doll and on their own bodies. Although there were age differences in the number of accurate demonstrations of how the doctor used different instruments, there were no age differences on measures that assessed reports of genital touching. Among girls, commission errors were more frequent when dolls were used because some children falsely showed insertions into the anal or genital cavity. The authors conclude that dolls should not be used in interviews with children below the age of 5 years.
AB - The influence of anatomically detailed dolls on 3- and 4-year-old children's reports of a routine medical exam was examined. During the exam, half the children received a genital examination and half the children did not. Immediately after the exam, all children were asked to demonstrate various events on an anatomically detailed doll and on their own bodies. Although there were age differences in the number of accurate demonstrations of how the doctor used different instruments, there were no age differences on measures that assessed reports of genital touching. Among girls, commission errors were more frequent when dolls were used because some children falsely showed insertions into the anal or genital cavity. The authors conclude that dolls should not be used in interviews with children below the age of 5 years.
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U2 - 10.1037/1076-898X.6.1.74
DO - 10.1037/1076-898X.6.1.74
M3 - Article
C2 - 10937313
AN - SCOPUS:0034153377
SN - 1076-898X
VL - 6
SP - 74
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
IS - 1
ER -