Chapter 21: Interviewing Children: A Primer
By: Karen J. Saywitz & Lorinda B. Camparo
Keywords:children; diagnostic interviews; ethnographic interviews; interviews; motivational interviewing; rapport; structured interview
Karen J.Saywitz
Lorinda B.Camparo
Research on child interviewing has burgeoned over the past 25 years as expectations about children's agency, competence, and participation in society have changed. Across diverse fields of study, researchers in psychology, medicine, sociology, anthropology, law, social work, nursing, and education have investigated how best to elicit information from children – information about their experiences, perceptions, sensations, attributions, thoughts, and feelings. As informants about their own lives, children have become active participants in building the knowledge base on which public policies about their welfare are predicated. Moreover, their memories, preferences, and perceptions determine everyday decisions that affect individuals of all ages from courtrooms to dinner tables. The goal of this chapter is to provide ...
Saywitz, K., & Camparo, L. (2014). Interviewing children: a primer. In G. B. MeltonA. Ben-Arieh, & J. Cashmore The SAGE handbook of child research (pp. 371-390). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294758.n21
Saywitz, Karen J., and Lorinda B. Camparo. "Interviewing Children: A Primer." In The SAGE Handbook of Child Research, 371-90. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294758.n21.
Saywitz, K. and Camparo, L. 2014. Interviewing Children: A Primer. In: 2014. The SAGE Handbook of Child Research, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 371-390 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294758.n21> [Accessed 8 Dec 2021].
Saywitz, Karen J. and Lorinda B. Camparo. "Interviewing Children: A Primer." The SAGE Handbook of Child Research. Gary B. MeltonAsher Ben-Arieh and Judith Cashmore. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014, pp. 371-90. SAGE Knowledge. 8 Dec 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294758.n21.