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Abstract
Children and adolescents with developmental disorders are more frequently exposed to abuse than the general population, but their legal testimonies are often devalued. Thus, it is important to study their testimony capacity and related factors. This study examined if executive function is related to free recall accuracy and suggestibility in children and adolescents with developmental disorders. Thirty-one children and adolescents completed a series of executive function tasks and a memory interview. There was a statistically significant relation of executive function with free recall but not with suggestibility. Results suggest the need for the legal system to create an optimal environment for investigative interviews involving this population and develop differentiated techniques considering the cognitive characteristics associated with their disorders.
Acknowledgments
We thank all the participants and their parents for participating in this study, and Jiwon Kim for assistance with recruitment and data collection.
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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Ethical standards and informed consent
All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation [7001355-201809-HR-272] and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.
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Seungjin Lee
Seungjin Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sanghuh College of Humanities, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea; Juyoung Kim, Sanghuh College of Humanities, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Juyoung Kim
Juyoung Kim is now a a graduate student at Arizona State University.