Rapport: Little effect on children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ statement quantity, accuracy, and suggestibility

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Table 1. Overview of three rapport building conditions.

	No rapport	Minimal rapport	Extensive rapport
Seating arrangement	Sitting opposite of each other	Sitting opposite of each other	Sitting sideways
Posture	Closed posture (arms and legs crossed)	Neutral posture (legs parallel, arms in lap, script on table)	Open posture (legs parallel, holding script in one hand, perhaps gesturing)
Offering sweets	None	None	Smarties offered
Introduction; addressing participant	“Hello. I am from the university, and I am interested in your memory.”	“Hello. I am from the university, and I am interested in your memory.”	“Hello [participant name]. I am [interviewer name] and I am from Maastricht University. I am interested in your memory. Please take a seat. You can take some smarties if you like to.”
Rapport building questions	No rapport building question (longer filler task: Tetris)	Direct rapport building questions	Open-ended rapport building questions
Justification audio recording	“I’ll audio record the testimony, because this makes it easier for me to evaluate it.”	“I’ll audio record the testimony.”	“I’ll audio record the testimony, because I can’t write it down that quick.”