Internal State Language and Resolution Strategies in Preschoolers' Narratives about Sad Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Davidson, Alice J.; Welliver, Megan E.
Titel	Internal State Language and Resolution Strategies in Preschoolers' Narratives about Sad Experiences
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 191 (2021) 6, S.876-890 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Davidson, Alice J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2019.1649669
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Child Language; Personal Narratives; Psychological Patterns; Age Differences; Emotional Experience; Language Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Erlebniserzählung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The present study explored preschoolers' internal state language and resolution strategies in sad stories that shifted to a positive emotional tone. Fifty-four 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds attending a laboratory preschool shared stories about 'a time when you were happy/sad.' Stories were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded for internal state language, emotional tone shift, and resolutions. Consistent with past work, children reported more internal states in sad (v. happy) stories. Children who shifted their sad stories to a positive emotional tone compared to those whose stories remained sad included more emotion talk and cognitive states, and used a variety of resolution strategies. Descriptive analysis suggested that the distribution of strategies differed by age of the child, with 5-year-olds utilising more strategies, and strategies more cognitively complex compared to younger children. Findings provide new insight into the ways preschoolers make meaning out of and resolve sad experiences through personal narratives. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01