After reading the paper of Shaw and Bailey about the discourse analysis, I found very challenging to get familiar with the terms of discourse analysis in micro-, meso- and macro- level. Micro- level studies allow the researchers to appreciate the cultural and communicative patterns which inform his or her behaviour. Micro- level studies look at face-to face talk. Meso- level studies emphasize more on the connections with broader social and cultural contexts. Additionally, macro- level studies tend to involve the study of language and ideology in society.
The paper I found very interesting was http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213408001713 and it is about emotional expressivity in children when disclosing maltreatment. The method of the study was that children, who had been removed from home by child protective services due to suspicions of maltreatment, had a videotaped interview. These videotaped interviews were coded and the results were pretty interesting. Generally, it was expected that during their disclosures, child victims will be highly distressed and show negative emotional reactions. However, the findings were surprising. Most of the children displayed neutral affect when they discussed abuse incidents. Especially, children, who had a greater number of prior abuse allegations, appeared less upset when discussing the abuse.
The findings are important for understanding how children react emotionally when they disclose abuse in forensic interviews and in clinical interviews as well.
