Ways of Reducing Stress to Improve Children’s Eyewitness Testimony

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.093How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Eyewitness Testimony; Children Eyewitness Testimony; Music Types; Stress

Abstract

Child eyewitness testimony has always been a controversial subject. This article discusses some of the factors (such as props and toys, stress, and comfort drawing) that may influence child eyewitness testimony by reviewing the relevant research. More importantly, the association between different music types and child eyewitness testimony is highlighted. It is worth noting that during the interview, music is considered to be an effective factor to reduce stress levels and improve eyewitness testimony. In addition, self preferred calm classical music has proved to be the most effective music type for decompression. It can relieve children’s stress levels, improve their cognitive performance and improve eyewitness recall. However, there are two types of music (i.e., atonal music and violent music) that should be avoided in eyewitness interviews. In addition, the limitations of existing research are discussed, and some potential directions for future research are suggested. This study provides research enlightenment for improving the accuracy of children’s eyewitness testimony.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gaojing Chai
AU  - Jiayi Wu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - Ways of Reducing Stress to Improve Children’s Eyewitness Testimony
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 486
EP  - 491
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.093
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.093
ID  - Chai2022
ER  -