Publication year: 2011
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 April 2011
Brooke B., Feltis , Martine B., Powell , Kim P., Roberts
Objective: This study examined the effect of event repetition on the amount and nature of story-grammar produced by children when recalling the event. Method: Children aged 4 years (N=50) and 7 years (N=56) participated in either 1 or 6 occurrences of a highly similar event where details varied across the occurrences. Half the children in each age and event group recalled the last/single occurrence 5–6days later and the other half recalled the last/single occurrence after 5–6 weeks (the final and single occurrence was the same). Children’s free recall responses were classified according to the number and proportion of story-grammar elements (Stein & Glenn,…