Theory of mind, emotion understanding, language, and family background: Individual differences and interrelations
Theory of mind, emotion understanding, language, and family background: Individual differences and interrelations
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00061
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发表时间：
1999-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Dunn, J
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作者：
Cutting, AL;Dunn, J
本研究考察了128名来自不同背景的城市学龄前儿童社会认知的个体差异。对儿童的错误信念理解、情绪理解、语言能力进行综合评定，并通过家长访谈收集家庭背景信息。儿童对错误信念和情绪的理解的个体差异与语言能力的差异和家庭背景的某些方面有关，特别是父母的职业类别和母亲的教育程度。兄弟姐妹的数量与儿童的社会认知无关。错误信念和情绪理解的个体差异是相关的，但这些领域并没有独立于年龄，语言能力和家庭背景。事实上，家庭背景的差异只是对错误信念理解的独特贡献。结果表明，家庭背景对心理理论的发展有显著影响。研究结果还表明，理解错误信念和理解情绪可能是幼儿社会认知的不同方面。
Individual differences in young children's social cognition were examined in 128 urban preschoolers from a wide range of backgrounds. Comprehensive assessments were made of children's false-belief understanding, emotion understanding, language abilities, and family background information was collected via parent interview. Individual differences in children's understanding of false-belief and emotion were associated with differences in language ability and with certain aspects of family background, in particular, parental occupational class and mothers' education. The number of siblings that children had did not relate to their social cognition. Individual differences in false-belief and emotion understanding were correlated, but these domains did not contribute to each other independently of age, language ability,and family background. In fact, variance in family background only contributed uniquely to false-belief understanding. The results suggest that family background has a significant impact on the development of theory of mind. The findings also suggest that understanding of false-belief and understanding of emotion may be distinct aspects of social cognition in young children.