Procedure
sexual abuse, HT
The experiment was carried out via WeChat and Zoom, taking approximately 2 hours for each participant. The probability and magnitude of harm/discomfort anticipated as a result of participating in this study were not greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine physical or psychological examinations or tests. Participants were informed about the potential mental distress they might experienced in the course of the experiment and were recommended to consider carefully whether they wanted to participate in this research in the case that they had had abusive experiences since they might have more distress. After completing the informed consent and demographic information forms, participants in all four conditions read the guidelines for the correct questioning style and answered two comprehension checks (e.g., ‘If the child provides a detail regarding the alleged situation, for example ‘he punched me’ which is the best question to ask? A During the interview rounds, after reading the background information of each alleged CSA case, participants in the HT condition and the HT+Feedback condition were first asked to complete the form of hypotheses regarding the presence or absence of child sexual abuse in the case (see 