VALIDITY OF THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM OF CREDIBILITY IN VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF VIOLENCE

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine the validity of the training program in neuropsychological evaluation of credibility to recognize true and false statements in complaints made by victims and witnesses, the present program has as theoretical support the neuropsychological processes involved in the true statement according to studies magnetic resonance imaging, alteration of memory processes, contrasted with the credibility and deception indicators of Reid's research interview, analysis of the Adams statement, criteria-based credibility analysis, universal emotions and Ekman's facial expressions, the Content validity was obtained through the Expert Judgment method with the participation of 5 academically supported specialists to assess the content of the training program, which was obtained through the Aiken V statistical test with a 95% confidence interval, as it turns out o A Confidence Interval of 0.84 to 1.00 to 95% was obtained, higher than 0.70 for each indicator, which allows to conclude that the training program in neuropsychological evaluation of credibility presents content validity to identify true and false in victims and witnesses