We studied the development of narrative ability yearly in a cross-sectional design from 4 to 10 years. All children were give the same props and underwent the same procedures. Children’s narratives were transcribed verbatim, and then coded for number of: words, propositions, episodes and indexes of narrative cohesion and structure. Verbal IQ was controlled as appropriate. Words showed no significant effect for age. Number of propositions and episodes followed nonlinear trajectories of development, and spline regression analyses identified maxima at 8 and 7 years, respectively. However, indexes of cohesion and structure followed linear trajectories of development.
Microgenesis of typical storytelling / Esposito, Gianluca; Venuti, Paola; Iandolo, Giuseppe; de Falco, Simona; Wei, Christine; Bornstein, Marc H.; Gabrieli, Giulio. - In: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE. - ISSN 0300-4430. - 190:12(2020), pp. 1991-2001. [10.1080/03004430.2018.1554653]
Microgenesis of typical storytelling
Esposito, Gianluca;Venuti, Paola;Iandolo, Giuseppe;de Falco, Simona;Bornstein, Marc H.;Gabrieli, Giulio
2020-01-01
Abstract
We studied the development of narrative ability yearly in a cross-sectional design from 4 to 10 years. All children were give the same props and underwent the same procedures. Children’s narratives were transcribed verbatim, and then coded for number of: words, propositions, episodes and indexes of narrative cohesion and structure. Verbal IQ was controlled as appropriate. Words showed no significant effect for age. Number of propositions and episodes followed nonlinear trajectories of development, and spline regression analyses identified maxima at 8 and 7 years, respectively. However, indexes of cohesion and structure followed linear trajectories of development.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione