Eyewitness testimony and perceived credibility of youth with mild intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR
M PeledD A Connolly

Abstract

Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are more vulnerable to abuse compared to individuals without disabilities yet have limited access to the legal system. This study examined perceived credibility of youth with mild intellectual disability (MID) who provide courtroom testimony. Participants, 187 undergraduates, were asked general questions about credibility. They also read eyewitness testimony and answered questions about a particular witness's credibility. Half the participants were informed that the youth has MID [chronological age (CA) 15 years, mental age (MA) 10 years] and the others were informed that the youth is a typically developing 10-year-old. When participants were asked general questions about credibility they rated 15-year-olds with MID (MA 10 years) as less credible than typically developing 15-year-olds and as less credible than typically developing 10-year-olds. However, when participants read eyewitness testimony and answered questions about a particular witness's credibility, no statistically significant differences were found between participants who were informed that the witness was a 15-year-old with MID (MA 10 years) and those who were informed that the witness was a typically developing 10-ye...Continue Reading

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Sep 3, 1999·Mental Retardation·M R Kebbell, C Hatton
Dec 10, 1999·American Journal of Mental Retardation : AJMR·L A Henry, G H Gudjonsson

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Jan 27, 2011·Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR·L HenryL Crane
Sep 14, 2013·Research in Developmental Disabilities·José L GonzálezAntonio L Manzanero
Dec 3, 2014·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Antonio L ManzaneroMaría J Contreras
May 3, 2016·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse·Katrin LainpeltoFrank Lindblad

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