The development and coherence of future-oriented behaviors during the preschool years
The development and coherence of future-oriented behaviors during the preschool years
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.001
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发表时间：
2009-04-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Jackson, Laura K.
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作者：
Atance, Cristina M.;Jackson, Laura K.
虽然先前的研究已经确定了成人未来思维的一些有趣的方面，但对儿童早期面向未来的行为的发展轨迹和连贯性知之甚少。本研究的主要目的是探讨这些问题，通过管理一系列任务，评估未来思维的不同方面，包括心理时间旅行，延迟满足，规划和前瞻性记忆，72名学龄前儿童。结果显示，所有的任务的性能显着增加3至5岁之间。虽然大多数任务是相关的，这表明“行为”的连贯性，一旦年龄和接受性词汇被控制，这些显着的相关性中的许多就消失了。这些结果进行了讨论的理论，和测量，未来的方向。(C)2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Although previous research has identified a number of interesting aspects of future thinking in adults, little is known about the developmental trajectory and coherence of future-oriented behaviors during early childhood. The primary goal of this study was to explore these issues by administering a battery of tasks assessing different aspects of future thinking, including mental time travel, delay of gratification, planning, and prospective memory, to 72 preschoolers. Results revealed that performance on all of the tasks increased significantly between 3 and 5 years of age. Although most tasks were correlated, Suggesting "behavioral" coherence, many of these significant correlations dropped out once age and receptive vocabulary were controlled. These results are discussed with respect to theories about, and measurement of, future orientation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.