Jack Fiona, MacDonald Shelley, Reese Elaine, Hayne Harlene
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Child Dev. 2009 Mar-Apr;80(2):496-505. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01274.x.
Individual differences in parental reminiscing style are hypothesized to have long-lasting effects on children's autobiographical memory development, including the age of their earliest memories. This study represents the first prospective test of this hypothesis. Conversations about past events between 17 mother-child dyads were recorded on multiple occasions between the children's 2nd and 4th birthdays. When these children were aged 12-13 years, they were interviewed about their early memories. Adolescents whose mothers used a greater ratio of elaborations to repetitions during the early childhood conversations had earlier memories than adolescents whose mothers used a smaller ratio of elaborations to repetitions. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis that past-event conversations during early childhood have long-lasting effects on autobiographical memory.
父母回忆风格的个体差异被认为会对儿童自传体记忆的发展产生长期影响，包括他们最早记忆的年龄。本研究是对这一假设的首次前瞻性检验。在孩子2岁至4岁期间，多次记录了17对母子关于过去事件的对话。当这些孩子12至13岁时，对他们关于早期记忆的情况进行了访谈。在幼儿期对话中，母亲使用阐释与重复的比例较高的青少年，比母亲使用该比例较低的青少年有更早的记忆。这一发现与幼儿期关于过去事件的对话对自传体记忆有长期影响的假设相一致。
