Mental State Expressions in US and Japanese Children's Books

Autor/inn/en	Dyer-Seymour, Jennifer R.; Shatz, Marilyn; Wellman, Henry M.; Saito, Miho T.
Titel	Mental State Expressions in US and Japanese Children's Books
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28 (2004) 6, S.546-552 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1080/01650250444000261
Schlagwörter	Picture Books; Preschool Children; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Cognitive Processes; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Emotionales Verhalten; USA
Abstract	US children's books are a rich source of information about mental states (Dyer, Shatz, & Wellman, 2000). Examining books from other cultures can determine whether and how such information is conveyed by other languages. Forty US and 40 Japanese picture books for preschoolers were compared. The books were coded for references to mental state via expressions in the texts. The sentential contexts of those expressions were further coded for individual or group-oriented connotations. Results revealed that mental state terms were highly frequent in both US and Japanese books. In addition, 9 of the 11 most frequent terms were the same across the two languages. Finally, the two sets of books did not differ significantly in the frequency of terms that had individual or group-oriented connotations. These findings suggest that children's books convey not just culture-specific but universally useful information about mental states. (Contains 3 tables, 3 figures and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10