Mother-child conversations and coping strategies as antecedents of children's recall accuracy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Considering that the level of stress during a distressing event can decrease children's abilities to encode and store event-related information, and thereby their recall accuracy of the event, it is imperative to identify factors that can reduce the risk of high stress. This study explored cascading relations from mother-child conversations to children's strategies for coping with stress to their recall accuracy regarding dental treatment to examine antecedents of recall accuracy related to a distressing event.

Methods

Eighty 5- to 10-year-old children (41 boys, 39 girls) and their mothers participated in the study. Mother-child conversations and children's coping strategies were, respectively, measured via coding based on mothers' reports and children's self-re

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12727546 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature