Emotion in Memory and Development: Biological, Cognitive, and Social Considerations

by Jodi Quas (Editor), Robyn Fivush (Editor)

Overview

The question of how well children recall and can discuss emotional experiences is one with numerous theoretical and applied implications. Theoretically, the role of emotions generally and emotional distress specifically in children's emerging cognitive abilities has implications for understanding how children attend to and process information, how children react to emotional information, and how that information affects their development and functioning over time. Practically speaking, increasing numbers of children have been involved in legal settings as victims or witnesses to violence, highlighting the need to determine the extent to which children's eyewitness reports of traumatic experiences are accurate and complete. In clinical contexts, the ability to narrate emotional events is emerging as a significant predictor of psychological outcomes. How children learn to describe emotional experiences and the extent to which they can do so coherently thus has important implications for clinical interventions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195326932
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/09/2009
Series:	Series in Affective Science , #24
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

I. Stress and Memory, Empirical Evidence1. Remembering Traumatic Childhood Experiences: An Attachment Theory Perspective Yoojin Chae, Christin M. Ogle, and Gail S. Goodman2. Children's Understanding and Remembering of Stressful Experiences Lynne Baker-Ward, Peter A. Ornstein, and Lauren P. Starnes3. Injuries, Emergency Rooms, and Children's Memory: Factors Contributing to Individual Differences Carole Peterson and Kelly L. Warren4. Stress and Autobiographical Memory Functioning Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, Rebecca J. Johnson, John-Paul Legerski, and Laura A. McCloskeyII. Stress, Coping, and Parent-Child Narratives5. Coping and Memory: Automatic and Controlled Processes in Adaptation to Stress Bruce E. Compas, Laura K. Campbell, Kristen E. Robinson, and Erin M. Rodriguez6. Mother-child Emotion Dialogues: A Window into the Psychological Secure Base David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie7. Mother-child Reminiscing in the Context of Secure Attachment Relationships: Lessons in Understanding and Coping with Negative Emotions Deborah Laible and Tia Panfile8. Creating a Context for Children's Memory: The Importance of Parental Attachment Status, Coping, and Narrative Skill for Co-Constructing Meaning Following Stressful Experiences Jessica McDermott SalesIII. Stress, Physiology, and Neurobiology9. An Integrated Model of Emotional Memory: Dynamic Transactions in Development Kristen Weede Alexander and Karen Davis O'Hara10. Development and Social Regulation of Stress Neurobiology in Human Development: Implications for the Study of Traumatic Memories Kristen L. Wiik and Megan R. Gunnar11. Stress Effects on the Brain System Underlying Explicit Memory Leslie J. Carver and Annette Cluver12. Physiological Stress Responses and Children's Event Memory Allison R. Wallin, Jodi A. Quas, and Ilona S. YimIV. Integration and New Directions13. Co-constructing Memories and Meaning over Time Robyn Fivush14. Relationships, Stress, and Memory Ross A. Thompson15. Complications Abound, and Why that's a Good Thing Patricia J. Bauer16. Emotion and Memory in Development: Clinical and Forensic Implications Karen Salmon and Rowena Conroy

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