The Place of Emotion in Stories Told by Children: An Exploratory Study

This study explored the relationship between developmental changes in children's understanding of emotions and their use of affective content (Wilkinson, Barnsley, Hanna, & Swan, 1980) and affective structure (Brewer & Lichtenstein, 1982) in the production of stories. We hypothesized th...

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Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 1993-09, Vol.154 (3), p.397-406
Main Authors: Allen, Nicholas B., Bradley, Benjamin S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Child psychology
Concept Formation
Developmental psychology
Emotions
Fantasy
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Personality Assessment
Personality Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Storytelling
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Summary:This study explored the relationship between developmental changes in children's understanding of emotions and their use of affective content (Wilkinson, Barnsley, Hanna, & Swan, 1980) and affective structure (Brewer & Lichtenstein, 1982) in the production of stories. We hypothesized that children with an advanced understanding of emotions would make more use of both affective content and affective structure. This relationship was found only for affective content, which was more advanced in girls than boys. Affective structure did not relate to affective understanding or sex but, rather, to verbal intelligence. The implications of these results for the part played by psychological processes in children's story telling are discussed.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221325.1993.10532193