Interrater Reliability of Criteria Based Content Analyses of Sexually Abused Children’s Statement in Turkey
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Year 2021, Vol 28, Issue 1
Abstract
Objectives: Criteria Based Content Analysis (CBCA) is a forensic tool that consists of 19 criteria used in distinguishing of true/false statements. In this study, it is aimed to present the first data about the interrater reliability (IRR) of CBCA of sexually abused (SA) children’s statements in Turkey. Materials and Methods: Four independent raters (two psychologists and two child psychiatrists) evaluated 31 statements of SA children with CBCA. Each criterion was scored as 0, absent; 1, slightly present; and 2, strongly present. The criteria coded as 1 and 2 were accepted as “present”. IRR was calculated by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Pearson correlation test for each criterion and for the total score of CBCA. Results: Among all raters, an average of 13 criteria, with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 18 criteria for each interview, were marked as “present”. It was determined that the IRR was strong among all raters in terms of the total score of the CBCA, while examined according to criteria specifically, it was weak in the criteria of “admitting lack of memory, external associations and details characteristics of the offence”, and it was medium-good in the other criteria. However, when the child psychiatrists and psychologists were evaluated among themselves, the IRR was weak in most of the CBCA criteria, and only good in the criteria of “reproduction of conversation and pardoning the perpetrator” in both rater groups. Conclusion: In this study, the raters had a low agreement in most of the criteria of CBCA. This infers the credibility of statements can not be interpreted only with CBCA. Further research is needed to assess the content of forensic interviews of SA victims in Turkey.
Authors and Affiliations
Çilem Bilginer , Belgin Üstün Güllü , Gülçin Orhan, Bilge Merve Kalaycı , Gülsen Erden, Nilüfer Koçtürk
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- DOI 10.4274/tjcamh.galenos.2020.97269
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