Supportive forensic interviews conducted in accordance with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Revised Protocol (RP) help many alleged victims describe abusive experiences. When children remain reluctant to make allegations, the RP guides interviewers to (a) focus on rapport building and nonsuggestive support in a first interview, and (b) plan a second interview to allow continued rapport building before exploring for possible abuse. We explored the dynamics of such two-session RP interviews. Of 204 children who remained reluctant in an initial interview, we focused on 104 who made allegations when re-interviewed a few days later. A structural equation model revealed that interviewer support during the first session predicted children's cooperation during the rapport-building phase of the second session, which, in turn, predicted more spontaneous allegations, which were associated with the interviewers’ enhanced use of open-ended questions. Together, these factors mediated the effects of support on children's free recall of forensically important information. This highlighted the importance of emphasizing rapport with reluctant children, confirming that some children may need more time to build rapport even with supportive interviewers.

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对不愿提出指控的疑似虐待受害者进行两次访谈的动态

根据国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所修订协议 (RP) 进行的支持性法医访谈帮助许多据称的受害者描述虐待经历。当儿童仍然不愿提出指控时，RP 会指导访调员 (a) 在第一次面谈中专注于建立融洽关系和非暗示性支持，以及 (b) 计划第二次面谈，以便在探索可能的虐待之前继续建立融洽关系。我们探讨了这种两期 RP 访谈的动态。在最初的采访中仍然不愿接受的 204 名儿童中，我们重点关注了几天后重新采访时提出指控的 104 名儿童。结构方程模型显示，第一次访问期间的访调员支持预测了第二次建立融洽关系阶段儿童的合作，其中，反过来，预计会出现更多自发的指控，这与访调员更多地使用开放式问题有关。这些因素共同调节了支持对儿童自由回忆法医重要信息的影响。这突出了强调与不情愿的孩子建立融洽关系的重要性，证实了一些孩子可能需要更多的时间来建立融洽的关系，即使是支持性的采访者。