Children Adopt the Traits of Characters in a Narrative

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for engagement and memory measures in Study 1.

	Mean (SD)
Become (direct identification)	2.5 (3.2)
Narrative transportation	49.5 (13.9)
Perceived similarity	2.4 (2.6)
Wishful identification	3.2 (3.2)
Free recall—total components	8.8 (4.6)
Memory questions	4.6 (1.8)