Evaluating the Credibility of Statements Given by Persons With Intellectual Disability

  1. Manzanero Puebla, Antonio Lucas
  2. Alemany, Alberto
  3. Recio Zapata, María
  4. Vallet, Rocío
  5. Aróztegui Vélez, Javier
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728 1695-2294

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 31

Número: 1

Páginas: 338-344

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.31.1.166571 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Anales de psicología

Resumen

El objetivo del presente trabajo consistió en analizar las caracte-rísticas diferenciales de los relatos emitidos por víctimas reales y simuladas con discapacidad intelectual ligera y moderada mediante el procedimiento de análisis de credibilidad de Control de la Realidad (RM). Dos evaluadores entrenados en los procedimientos de análisis de credibilidad mediante crite-rios de contenido evaluaron 13 relatos verdaderos y 16 relatos falsos. Los resultados encontrados muestran que existen pocas diferencias entre los dos tipos de relatos. Los únicos criterios que resultan significativos para discriminar entre los dos tipos de relatos son la cantidad de detalles y la longitud de las declaraciones espontáneas obtenidas mediante recuerdo li-bre. Ninguna de las características fenomenológicas examinadas resultó sig-nificativa para discriminar entre víctimas reales y simuladas. La representa-ción gráfica mediante visualización hiperdimensional (HDV) considerando conjuntamente todos los criterios muestra una gran heterogeneidad entre relatos. Un análisis de conglomerados permitió clasificar los dos tipos de re-latos con una probabilidad de acierto del 68.75 por ciento

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