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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2008 Jul–Aug;79(4):914–929. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01167.x

Table 2.

Means (Standard Deviations) for Postinduction Free-Recall House and Nonhouse Details

Control (n = 64) Oath (n = 66) Reassurance (n = 66)



House Nonhouse House Nonhouse House Nonhouse
Play (n = 52)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.50 (1.07) 0.63 (0.92) 2.00 (2.39) 1.88 (1.96) 1.38 (1.19) 2.00 (2.00)
    6- to 7-year-olds 2.00 (2.56) 1.75 (1.04) 1.60 (1.65) 2.60 (1.84) 1.70 (2.41) 0.90 (1.29)
    M 1.25 (2.05) 1.19 (1.11) 1.78 (1.96) 2.28 (1.87) 1.56 (1.92) 1.39 (1.69)
Play coach (n = 49)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.38 (1.06) 0.38 (0.52) 1.67 (2.06) 0.89 (1.05) 1.25 (2.38) 0.88 (0.64)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.63 (1.19) 1.13 (1.36) 0.88 (1.46) 2.00 (1.51) 0.00 (0.00) 0.88 (0.64)
    M 0.50 (1.10) 0.75 (1.06) 1.29 (1.79) 1.41 (1.37) 0.63 (1.75) 0.88 (0.62)
No-play (n = 49)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.00 (0.00) 2.13 (1.81) 0.13 (0.35) 1.50 (1.20) 0.25 (0.71) 1.13 (1.25)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.11 (0.33) 1.67 (1.80) 0.00 (0.00) 1.63 (1.69) 0.00 (0.00) 2.50 (1.77)
    M 0.06 (0.24) 1.88 (1.76) 0.06 (0.25) 1.56 (1.41) 0.13 (0.50) 1.81 (1.64)
No-play coach (n = 46)
    4- to 5-year-olds 2.25 (2.92) 0.13 (0.35) 0.43 (0.79) 1.29 (1.11) 1.25 (2.38) 1.13 (1.36)
    6- to 7-year-olds 1.29 (1.38) 0.43 (0.79) 1.13 (2.23) 1.13 (0.99) 1.75 (2.38) 1.00 (1.07)
    M 1.80 (2.31) 0.27 (0.59) 0.80 (1.70) 1.20 (1.01) 1.50 (2.31) 1.06 (1.18)