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Vanaken, Lauranne; Vanderveren, Elien; Waters, Theodore E. A.; Bijttebier, Patricia; Fivush, Robyn; Hermans, Dirk – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The coherence of autobiographical narratives is suggested to be reflective of individuals' mental health. However, inconsistencies in results are regularly observed. Therefore, in this study, the Narrative Coherence Coding Scheme (NaCCS) by Reese et al. ("Journal of Cognition and Development," 12, 424-462) was deconstructed and every…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Mental Health, Rhetoric
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Zaman, Widaad; Fivush, Robyn – Developmental Psychology, 2013
How individuals construct narratives involving attachment figures (e.g., parents) should reflect their representation of those individuals as either comforting or unsupportive (Bowlby, 1969). Similarly, how individuals talk about parents' childhood experiences may also reflect their attachment representation. Sixty-five 13- to 16-year-old…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Middle Class, Correlation
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Merrill, Natalie; Gallo, Emily; Fivush, Robyn – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2015
Family dinnertime conversations are key settings where children learn behavior regulation, narrative skills, and knowledge about the world. In this context, parents may also model and socialize gender differences in language. The present study quantitatively examines gendered language use across a family dinnertime recorded with 37 broadly…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Environment, Family Life, Eating Habits
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Reese, Elaine; Haden, Catherine A.; Baker-Ward, Lynne; Bauer, Patricia; Fivush, Robyn; Ornstein, Peter A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2011
Personal narratives are integral to autobiographical memory and to identity, with coherent personal narratives being linked to positive developmental outcomes across the lifespan. In this article, we review the theoretical and empirical literature that sets the stage for a new lifespan model of personal narrative coherence. This new model…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Laboratories, Personal Narratives, Memory
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Fivush, Robyn; Marin, Kelly; McWilliams, Kelly; Bohanek, Jennifer G. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2009
Family reminiscing is a critical part of family interaction related to child outcome. In this study, we extended previous research by examining both mothers and fathers, in two-parent racially diverse middle-class families, reminiscing with their 9- to 12-year-old children about both the facts and the emotional aspects of shared positive and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Relationship, Memory, Middle Class