Sensitivity to Causal Cohesion in Stories by Children with Mild Mental Retardation, Children with Learning Disabilities, and Children without Disabilities
Sensitivity to Causal Cohesion in Stories by Children with Mild Mental Retardation, Children with Learning Disabilities, and Children without Disabilities
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轻度智力低下儿童、学习障碍儿童和健康儿童故事中因果衔接的敏感性
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10.1177/002246699102500202
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1991
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C. Wolman
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作者：
C. Wolman
本研究探讨轻度残障儿童与非残障儿童相比，是否对故事的因果结构敏感。参与者是16名轻度智力迟钝的儿童，29名学习障碍的儿童，37名良好的阅读能力的非残疾儿童。采用Trabasso，Secco，&货车den Broek（1984）的因果网络模型分析被试对故事的因果理解。两个故事被操纵，以获得衔接和非衔接的版本。衔接被定义为因果链中陈述的比例，因果链是从故事开始到结束的中心路径。虽然轻度残疾儿童回忆起的比没有残疾的儿童少，但总体而言，在所有群体中观察到类似的因果理解模式。所有的组回忆的故事版本的连贯性比非连贯的版本。因果链中的陈述被更好地回忆起来，并被认为比不在因果链中的陈述更重要。具有更多因果联系的陈述比具有更少因果联系的陈述更好地被回忆。
This study investigated whether children with mild disabilities, compared with children without disabilities, are sensitive to the causal structure of stories. Participants were 16 children with mild mental retardation, 29 children with learning disabilities, and 37 children without disabilities who were good readers. The Causal Network Model (Trabasso, Secco, & van den Broek, 1984) was adopted to analyze the participants' causal understanding of stories. Two stories were manipulated to obtain cohesive and noncohesive versions. Cohesion was defined as the proportion of statements included in the causal chain, which is a central path that leads from the beginning to the end of a story. Although children with mild disabilities recalled less than children without disabilities, overall, similar patterns of causal understanding were observed in all groups. All groups recalled cohesive story versions better than noncohesive versions. Statements in the causal chain were better recalled and judged as more important than statements not in the causal chain. Statements with more causal connections were better recalled than statements with fewer causal connections.