Mother–Child Conversations of Emotionally Salient Events: Exploring the Functions of Emotional Reminiscing in European-American and Chinese Families

By Qi Wang, Robyn Fivush. 2005

279 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Robyn Fivush
2. Elaine Reese
3. Qi Wang
4. C. Haden
5. Adina R Schick
6. G. Melzi
7. J. Koh
8. Sarah Kulkofsky

In Education

1. Robyn Fivush
2. Elaine Reese
3. C. Haden
4. Adina R Schick
5. Qi Wang
6. G. Melzi
7. J. Koh
8. Sarah Kulkofsky

In Social Psychology

1. Robyn Fivush
2. Elaine Reese
3. C. Haden
4. Qi Wang
5. Jane Herlihy
6. S. Turner
7. T. Habermas
8. L. Jobson

Citations in the corpus

• Getting a Life Takes Time: The Development of the Life Story in Adolescence, Its Precursors and Consequences (2015, background): “We know that East Asian parents are less elaborative than Western parents when reminiscing with their young children about personal experiences [e.g., Wang & Fivush, 2005].”
• Elaborating on elaborations: role of maternal reminiscing style in cognitive and socioemotional development. (2006, background): “…mothers are more elaborative and evaluative overall when reminiscing about emotions with their preschool children than are Chinese mothers, and they focus on causes and resolutions of emotional experiences more than Chinese mothers (Fivush & Wang, 2005; Wang, 2001; Wang & Fivush, 2005).”
• Just tell us what happened to you: autobiographical memory and seeking asylum (2012, background): “In contrast, in collectivistic cultures identity is related to relationships and social hierarchy and thus, identity is less dependent on a unique autobiographical history (Wang & Fivush, 2005).”
• Functions of Memory Sharing and Mother-Child Reminiscing Behaviors: Individual and Cultural Variations (2009, background): “Given the great emphasis on using the past for didactic purposes of self-reflection and self-improvement in Confucian ethics, Chinese mothers may enact such beliefs in their reminiscing behaviors—for example, frequently talking about the child’s past transgressions and discussing behavioral expectat”
• The Development of Children's Oral Narratives Across Contexts (2010, background): “Thus, because in the United States children are typically imbued with a sense of individualism and a feeling of autonomy and independence, Euro-American mothers often adopt a high-elaborative style as they engage their children in conversations about the self (Wang, 2001, 2004; Wang & Fivush, 2005).”