Evaluators are often sceptical about the veracity of allegations for repeated events such as domestic violence. However, previous research has not examined the effect of event repetition upon verbal cues to deception using an adult sample. We conducted two experiments investigating the effect of event frequency upon adults’ Reality Monitoring scores. In Experiment 1, truth-tellers experienced a single or repeated event, and a third group fabricated the event on a single occasion. In Experiment 2, participants observed or fabricated a domestic violence video on one or multiple occasions. All interview responses were coded using Reality Monitoring. In both experiments, Reality Monitoring criteria reliably classified single-event speakers, but not repeated-events speakers. There were also some differences in individual Reality Monitoring criteria as a function of event-type. Although future research is needed, Reality Monitoring does not appear to be a valid tool to assess the credibility of repeated-event speakers.

评估人员通常对家庭暴力等重复事件指控的真实性持怀疑态度。然而，之前的研究并没有使用成人样本检查事件重复对欺骗的口头暗示的影响。我们进行了两项实验，调查事件频率对成人现实监测分数的影响。在实验 1 中，说真话的人经历了一次或重复的事件，而第三组则在一次事件中捏造了该事件。在实验 2 中，参与者在一个或多个场合观察或制作了家庭暴力视频。所有采访回复均使用 Reality Monitoring 进行编码。在这两个实验中，现实监控标准可靠地对单一事件的说话者进行了分类，但不能对重复事件的说话者进行分类。作为事件类型的函数，个体现实监控标准也存在一些差异。尽管需要进一步研究，但现实监测似乎不是评估重复事件演讲者可信度的有效工具。