Autobiographical Memory Specificity among Preschool-Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Nuttall, Amy K.; Valentino, Kristin; Comas, Michelle; McNeill, Anne T.; Stey, Paul C.
Titel	Autobiographical Memory Specificity among Preschool-Aged Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 7, S.1963-1972 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0036988
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Autobiographies; Memory; Recall (Psychology); Depression (Psychology); Trauma; Psychometrics; Factor Analysis; Item Response Theory; Factor Structure; Inhibition; Validity; Screening Tests; Age Differences; Interviews; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Gedächtnis; Abberufung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenanalyse; Item-Response-Theorie; Faktorenstruktur; Hemmung; Gültigkeit; Screening-Verfahren; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	"Overgeneral memory" refers to difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical memories and is consistently associated with depression and/or trauma. The present study developed a downward extension of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986) given the need to document normative developmental changes in ability to retrieve specific memories among preschoolers. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory demonstrated that the AMT-Preschool Version maintained the same underlying 1-factor structure as the original. Additionally, the present study determined that child age was associated with increased specificity. Inhibitory control was evaluated as a potential mediator. Although age was related to inhibition, inhibition was unrelated to memory specificity. This finding adds to research suggesting that behavioral inhibition is unrelated to overgeneral memory among youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01