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Chapter 13 - The Socialization of Gratitude

How Parent–Child Conversations Impact Children’s Memory for Gratitude-Related Events

from Part IV - Family Socialization of Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

Lynne E. Baker-Ward
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University
David F. Bjorklund
Affiliation:
Florida Atlantic University
Jennifer L. Coffman
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Summary

A wealth of literature suggests that the ways in which parents structure joint and/or reminiscing conversations with their children have important implications for the development of autobiographical memory skills in children. It has also been suggested that the types of details that children remember about shared parent–child experiences may serve a socializing function. The details that children recall may shape their interpretation of the past and form expectations for the future, thereby reinforcing values and attitudes expressed by parents and internalized by children. It is through this mechanism that we believe that parent–child conversations about past shared experiences may socialize not only the development of memory in children but also the development of other outcomes as well, including socio-emotional outcomes such as gratitude. This chapter highlights an extension of the socialization of memory research by examining the extent to which both the structure and content of conversations between parents and children about previous gratitude-related events shape what children remember about those experiences.

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The Development of Children's Memory
The Scientific Contributions of Peter A. Ornstein
, pp. 203 - 222
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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