Wenner Jennifer A, Burch Melissa M, Lynch Julie S, Bauer Patricia J
Department of Psychology, Macalester College, St Paul, MN 55105, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2008 Sep;101(1):1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.10.006. Epub 2007 Dec 11.
Previous research has revealed a connection between the contributions parents make while reminiscing and their children's narratives for personally experienced events. The current research expands the literature by focusing on the connection between parental reminiscing and children's production of fictional narratives. After 4- to 9-year-olds and their parents reminisced about past shared events, the children (with an experimenter) produced narratives based on wordless picture books. The results revealed that the overall quality of the fictional narratives was correlated with parents' provision statements that emphasized orientation and evaluation in the reminiscence narrative. For younger children, correlations held for reminiscence narratives about recent events. For older children, correlations held for reminiscence narratives about events from the distant past. The results are consistent with the suggestion that children learn general storytelling skills from adult models.
以往的研究揭示了父母在回忆往事时所做的贡献与他们孩子对亲身经历事件的叙述之间的联系。当前的研究通过关注父母回忆往事与孩子虚构叙事的创作之间的联系，扩展了这一文献。在4至9岁的儿童及其父母回忆过去共同经历的事件之后，这些儿童（与一名实验者一起）根据无字图画书创作叙事。结果显示，虚构叙事的总体质量与父母在回忆叙事中强调方向和评价的陈述相关。对于年幼的孩子，相关性存在于关于近期事件的回忆叙事中。对于年长的孩子，相关性存在于关于遥远过去事件的回忆叙事中。这些结果与儿童从成人榜样那里学习一般讲故事技巧的观点相一致。
