WHO DO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS MENTION IN THEIR EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED MEMORIES? A STUDY ON THE ROLES OF URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS, AND MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS

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2024-9-5

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Mısır, Ceren

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The current study focused on who children mentioned in their emotionally-charged memories and the length of those memories. This study examined the role of urban- rural areas and maternal demographic characteristics on these variables. This study, part of a TUBITAK project TAÇEP, included 1662 mother-child pairs. Mothers and children were asked to write one happy and one unhappy memory separately. The people mentioned in these memories were coded under three types: self-related, other-related, and we-related words. Furthermore, the length of memories was calculated. Then, the roles of age and gender on people mentioned in the memories and the length of those memories were examined. The number of people mentioned and the length of memories increased as age increased, then decreased with entering high school. On the other hand, it was found that girls talked about themselves and others more, used more we-related words, and told longer memories than boys. The role of urban-rural context, mother's employment status, and mother's education level was tested with Three-Way ANOVA, and it was found that the mother's education level had a significant role in the length of memories and people mentioned in these memories. In addition, children of educated and unemployed mothers living in rural areas referred to more people in their memories and wrote longer than children of uneducated and employed mothers living in urban areas. Moreover, simple linear regression analyses revealed that maternal autobiographical memory characteristics significantly affected children's autobiographical memory characteristics. The findings were discussed in the light of the literature.

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emotionally-charged memories, autobiographical memory, maternal employment, maternal education, children

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis