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Individual differences in children’s event memory reports and the narrative elaboration technique.

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  • Deirdre A. Brown
  • Margaret-Ellen Pipe
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>04/2003
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Applied Psychology
Issue number2
Volume88
Number of pages12
Pages (from-to)195-206
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Children between 7 and 8 years old took pan in a staged event at school and 1 week later were assessed using a short form of the Wechsler Intelligence scale for children (third edition) and measures of metamemory, narrative ability, and socioeconomic status. Two weeks following the event, children either received narrative elaboration training (NET; K.J. Saywitz & L. Snyder, 1996) and were prompted with the four NET cue cards at interview; received verbal prompts corresponding to the cue card categories, but without prior training; or were presented with the cards at interview without prior training. Children given verbal labels as prompts recalled as much information as children who received NET training and cue cards. Measures of intelligence were predictive of amount recalled for cards-only children but not for the other 2 groups, indicating that differences in recall between low- and high-IQ groups were attenuated when recall was supported by NET training or verbal prompting.