Paracosms
The Imaginary Worlds of Middle Childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21301583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjorie Taylor (University of Oregon, corresponding author), Candice M Mottweiler (University of Oregon), Naomi R Aguiar (0000-0002-3139-9654, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater), Emilee R Naylor (University of Utah), Jacob G Levernier (University of Oregon) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e164-e178 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.13162 |
| PMID | 30368770 |
| OpenAlex | W2898568289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
The invention of imaginary worlds (“paracosms”) is a creative activity of middle childhood that has previously been investigated primarily with retrospective adult reports and biographical accounts. In descriptions collected from 8- to 12-year-old children, the prevalence was 16.9% in Study 1 (n = 77) and 17.4% in Study 2 (n = 92). Children with and without paracosms did not differ in verbal comprehension, divergent thinking (Studies 1 and 2) or working memory (Study 2). However, children with paracosms had more difficulty with inhibitory control (Study 2) and had higher creativity scores on a story-telling task (Studies 1 and 2). Paracosms provided a vehicle for stories associated with imaginary companions and/or for developing complex narratives alone or with friends
Art · Cognition · Comprehension · Creativity · Developmental psychology · Fictional universe · Inhibitory control · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · The Imaginary · Child and Animal Learning Development · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology · Social Psychology
The nature of human intelligence
Modes of thinking in young children
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds
Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them
Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control and Children's Theory of Mind
The associative basis of the creative process.
Ii. Nih Toolbox Cognition Battery (Cb)
Assessing creativity with divergent thinking tasks
A Dispositional and Situational Assessment of Children's Coping
Imaginary Companions and Young Children's Coping and Competence
Longitudinal outcomes of young high-risk adolescents with imaginary companions
The Characteristics and Correlates of Fantasy in School-Age Children
Social provisions of real and imaginary relationships in early childhood
Narratives from the Crib
Decreased Latent Inhibition Is Associated With Increased Creative Achievement in High-Functioning Individuals
Social psychology of creativity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |