학술논문
Development of Episodic Prospection: Factors Underlying Improvements in Middle and Late Childhood.
Document Type
Journal Article
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Subject
*FUTURE, The
*SELF-perception in children
*NARRATIVES
*COGNITION in children
*AGE differences
*IMAGINATION in children
*MEMORY
*RESEARCH
*ANALYSIS of variance
*SELF-perception
*RESEARCH methodology
*EVALUATION research
*MEDICAL cooperation
*IMAGINATION
*COMPARATIVE studies
*CHILD psychology
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ISSN
0009-3920
Abstract
Episodic prospection is the mental simulation of a personal future event in rich contextual detail. This study examined age-related differences in episodic prospection in 5- to 11-year-olds and adults (N = 157), as well as factors that may contribute to developmental improvements. Participants' narratives of past, future, and make-believe events were coded for episodic content, and self-concept coherence (i.e., how coherently an individual sees himself or herself) and narrative ability were tested as predictors of episodic prospection. Although all ages provided less episodic content for future event narratives, age-related improvements were observed across childhood, suggesting future event generation is particularly difficult for children. Self-concept coherence and narrative ability each independently predicted the episodic content of 5- and 7-year-olds' future event narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]