Life story development in childhood
The development of life story abilities and the acquisition of cultural life scripts from late middle childhood to adolescence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9795366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Bohn (0000-0003-0088-5323, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Dorthe Berntsen (0000-0001-5941-314X, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1135-1147 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1135 |
| PMID | 18605840 |
| OpenAlex | W2099027335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 18 |
The authors investigated the relationship between the acquisition of cultural life scripts and the degree of coherence in children's and adolescents' life stories. Three groups of Danish school children aged 9 to 15 years participated. In 3 sessions, they wrote down a recently experienced single autobiographical event, their life story, and their cultural life script. Single-event and life stories were scored for coherence; life scripts were scored for normativity compared to an adult norm. Single-event stories and life stories were longer and more coherent in the older participants. Younger participants wrote significantly more coherent single-event stories than life stories. When controlling for age, single-event story coherence and global life story coherence did not correlate significantly, suggesting different developmental pathways. Life script normativity increased steadily across childhood and adolescence. Further, a significant relationship between the normativity of life scripts and the coherence of life stories, but not the coherence of single-event stories, was found
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| Unique citing works | 61 |
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| Citations per year | 3,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |