Abstract Rapport building is widely recommended in eyewitness interview situations and is a critical component in some interview protocols. However, empirical evidence on the effectiveness of rapport building on memory performance is scant. The current experiment examined the effects of different levels of rapport (none, minimal, extensive) on children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ memory (N = 229). Participants viewed a video of a mock theft and received one of three possible rapport manipulations. They then provided a free narrative of what they had seen, followed by 18 cued (suggestive and nonsuggestive) questions. In general, we found limited evidence of positive effects of rapport building on statement quantity and accuracy across age groups. Adolescents did profit more from extensive rapport building compared to no rapport. In line with the idea of a linear development of memory measures with age, adolescents generally fell in-between the other two age groups across different memory measures. The current study encourages systematic experimental research on the effect of rapport building on eyewitness memory.

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报告：对儿童、青少年和成人的陈述数量、准确性和暗示性影响不大

摘要 在目击者访谈情况下广泛推荐建立融洽关系，并且是一些访谈协议中的关键组成部分。然而，关于建立融洽关系对记忆性能的有效性的经验证据很少。当前的实验检查了不同程度的融洽关系（无、极少、广泛）对儿童、青少年和成人的记忆（N = 229）的影响。参与者观看了一段模拟盗窃的视频，并收到了三种可能的融洽操作中的一种。然后，他们提供了他们所看到的免费叙述，然后是 18 个提示性（暗示性和非暗示性）问题。总的来说，我们发现建立融洽关系对各年龄段陈述数量和准确性的积极影响的证据有限。与没有融洽关系相比，青少年确实从广泛的融洽关系中获益更多。与记忆测量随年龄线性发展的想法一致，青少年在不同的记忆测量中通常介于其他两个年龄组之间。目前的研究鼓励对建立融洽关系对目击者记忆的影响进行系统的实验研究。