Children's ability to estimate the frequency of single and repeated events Sharman, Stefanie J., Powell, Martine B. and Roberts, Kim P. 2011, Children's ability to estimate the frequency of single and repeated events, International journal of police science & management, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 234-242. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads powell-childrensability-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 308.70KB 264 Title Children's ability to estimate the frequency of single and repeated events Author(s) Sharman, Stefanie J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-047X Powell, Martine B. orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Roberts, Kim P. Journal name International journal of police science & management Volume number 13 Issue number 3 Start page 234 End page 242 Total pages 9 Publisher Vathek Publishing Place of publication Dalby, Isle of Man Publication date 2011 ISSN 1461-3557 1478-1603 Summary Although it is extremely important when interviewing children about alleged abuse to determine whether the abuse was a single or a repeated occurrence, we have little information about how children judge the frequency of events. The aim of the current study was to examine children's accuracy in providing estimates of event frequency that were numerical (that is, 1, 2, 3, . . .) and qualitative (that is, once, a few times, or many times). Younger (4- to 5-year-old) and older (6- to 8-year-old) children took part in a single event or an event that was repeated 6 or 11 times. They were interviewed after a short or long delay; some were interviewed a second time. Overall, children were very accurate at judging the frequency of a single event, but much less so for repeated events. Based on our findings, we make two recommendations for professionals trying to establish the frequency of events when interviewing young children. Language eng Field of Research 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Vathek Publishing Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036729 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 10:49:33 EST Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 14:21:43 EST Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 14:22:49 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2012, 13:37:15 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2012, 13:39:14 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:46:02 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 14:23:32 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 14:24:18 EST Fri, 03 Oct 2014, 10:53:39 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 17:23:04 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:52:38 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:30:41 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 676 Abstract Views, 264 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 10:49:26 EST by Jane Moschetti