Analyzing and Documenting Cognitive Interview Results

This study examines the influence of familiarity on witnesses’ memory and the individual effectiveness of each of the four cognitive interview instructions in improving witnesses’ recall of scripted events. Participants (N = 195), either familiar or unfamiliar with the hospital script, were presented with a video of a surgical operation. One week later, an interviewer used one of the four cognitive interview instructions or a control instruction to ask them about the video. Participants familiar with the surgery context recalled significantly more correct information and, in particular, more consistent and irrelevant details than those unfamiliar with the surgery context. Furthermore, the results confirmed the effectiveness of all four cognitive interview mnemonics in enhancing the amount of correct information reported, irrespective of the participants’ familiarity with the critical event. However, their efficacy differed depending on the category of details considered. The practical implications of these results are discussed.

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Flourishing Children Positive Indicators Development Project Cognitive Interview Protocols

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e668462012-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Kristin Anderson Moore ◽

Laura Lippman ◽

Lina Guzman ◽

Selma Caal ◽

Manica Ramos

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Interview ◽

Development Project ◽

Positive Indicators

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Using rapid cycle tests of change to develop the Carers Assistive Technology Experience Questionnaire: a cognitive interview study in the UK

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042361 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. e042361

Author(s):

Vimal Sriram ◽

Crispin Jenkinson ◽

Michele Peters

Keyword(s):

Assistive Technology ◽

Cognitive Interview ◽

Electronic Version ◽

Cognitive Interviews ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Paper Version ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Technology Experience ◽

The Uk ◽

Experience Questionnaire

We describe the use of rapid cycle tests of change to pretest and develop a Carers Assistive Technology Experience Questionnaire for a survey of informal carers of persons with dementia. The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle is a commonly used improvement process in healthcare settings. We used this method for conducting rapid cycle tests of change through cognitive interviews to pretest the questionnaire. The items for the questionnaire were developed based on an earlier systematic review and qualitative study. PDSA cycles were used incrementally with learning from each cycle used to inform subsequent changes to the questionnaire prior to testing on the next participant.DesignQualitative with use of cognitive interviews through rapid cycle tests of change.SettingUK.ResultsNine participants were recruited based on eligibility criteria and purposive sampling. Cognitive interviewing using think aloud and concurrent verbal probing was used to test the comprehension, recall, decision and response choice of participants to the questionnaire. Seven PDSA cycles involving the participants helped identify problems with the questionnaire items, instructions, layout and grouping of items. Participants used a laptop, smartphone and/or tablet computer for testing the electronic version of the questionnaire and one participant also tested the paper version. A cumulative process of presenting items in the questionnaire, anticipating problems with specific items and learning from the unanticipated responses from participants through rapid cycle tests of change allowed rich learning and reflection to progressively improve the questionnaire.ConclusionUsing rapid cycle tests of change in the pretesting questionnaire phase of research provided a structure for conducting cognitive interviews. Learning and reflections from the rapid testing and revisions made to the questionnaire helped improve the process of reaching the final version of the questionnaire, that the authors were confident would measure what was intended, rapidly and with less respondent burden.

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Using the cognitive interview to recall real‐world emotionally stressful experiences: Road accidents

Applied Cognitive Psychology ◽

10.1002/acp.3828 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Olivier Dodier ◽

Magali Ginet ◽

Frédérique Teissedre ◽

Fanny Verkampt ◽

Ronald P. Fisher

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Cognitive Interview ◽

Road Accidents ◽

Stressful Experiences

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Adaptation of the barriers to help-seeking for trauma (BHS-TR) scale: a cross-cultural cognitive interview study with female intimate partner violence survivors in Iceland

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s41687-021-00295-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Karen Birna Thorvaldsdottir ◽

Sigridur Halldorsdottir ◽

Rhonda M. Johnson ◽

Sigrun Sigurdardottir ◽

Denise Saint Arnault

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Cognitive Interview ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Interview Study ◽

Trauma Survivors ◽

Expert Committee ◽

Health Related ◽

Trauma Informed

Abstract Background Even though traumatization is linked to substantially reduced health-related quality of life, help-seeking and service utilization among trauma survivors are very low. To date, there has not been available in Iceland a culturally attuned, self-reported measure on help-seeking barriers after trauma. This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the English version of Barriers to Help-Seeking for Trauma (BHS-TR) scale into the Icelandic language and context. Methods The BHS-TR was culturally adapted following well-established and rigorous guidelines, including forward-backward translation, expert committee review, and pretesting through cognitive interviews. Two rounds of interviews with 17 female survivors of intimate partner violence were conducted using a think-aloud technique and verbal probing. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis, a combination of deductive and inductive approaches. Results Issues with the BHS-TR that were uncovered in the study were classified into four categories related to general design, translation, cultural aspects, and post-trauma context. The trauma-specific issues emerged as a new category identified in this study and included concepts specific to trauma experiences. Therefore, modifications were of great importance—resulting in the scale becoming more trauma-informed. Revisions made to address identified issues improved the scale, and the process led to an Icelandic version, which appears to be semantically and conceptually equivalent to the original version; additionally, the results provided evidence of content validity. Conclusions As a cognitive interview study, it adds to the growing cognitive interviewing methodology literature. Furthermore, the results provide essential insights into the self-report response process of trauma survivors, highlighting the significance of making health-related research instruments trauma-informed.

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Cognitive Interview

Issues of Forensic Science ◽

10.34836/pk.2018.299.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 299 ◽

pp. 91-98

Author(s):

Maria Witewska ◽

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Common Law ◽

Cognitive Interview ◽

Western Countries ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Common ◽

Polish Law ◽

Judicial Systems

The article aims at presenting the topic of cognitive interview (CI) taking into account its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the usefulness of its application in Polish law enforcement during pre-trial proceedings. Due to the wide application of this method of questioning, mainly in countries with the common law judicial systems, it is worth considering which of the achievements of combined science and practice from Western Countries may be adapted in Poland. Are there any contraindications to conduct interviews by means of this method? If not, the question arises – what benefits it can bring to Polish practice.

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Intropunitiveness and Parasuicide: Prediction of Interview Response

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.153.6.801 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 153 (6) ◽

pp. 801-804 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. Goldberg ◽

I. Sakinofsky

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Interview ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Cognitive Intervention ◽

Self Report ◽

Symptom Change ◽

Depressive State ◽

Change Measure ◽

State Changes ◽

Interview Group ◽

Depressive States

A recently proposed relationship between intropunitiveness and depressive states was examined in interview intervention with parasuicidal in-patients. To test the prediction that highly intropunitive parasuicidal individuals would be most responsive to cognitive intervention, a sample of 48 parasuicidal in-patients were administered a battery of individual difference measures, including the Hostility Questionnaire. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three interview procedures, namely a cognitive interview, an affective interview or a waiting period (control). Highly intropunitive individuals in the cognitive interview group showed the most improvements on a self-report depressive symptom change measure. In addition to supporting theoretical models of depressive state changes, the study has important clinical implications because of the need to identify parasuicidal individuals who are most likely to benefit from brief interventions.

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