Sex differences moderate the relationship between adolescent language and mentalization.
Sex differences moderate the relationship between adolescent language and mentalization.
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性别差异调节青少年语言和心理化之间的关系。
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10.1037/a0028938
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2012
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Potenza,MarcN
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作者：
Rutherford,HelenaJV;Wareham,JustinD;Vrouva,Ioanna;Mayes,LindaC;Fonagy,Peter;Potenza,MarcN
心智化是指推断自我和他人心理状态的能力，这种能力有利于社会互动。心智化理论的进展提出，心智化能力既有外显的，也有内隐的，语言可能被认为是区分心智化这两个组成部分的重要因素。此外，考虑到语言和心理化方面明显的性别差异，我们假设性别可能调节语言和心理化之间的关系。在这项研究中，对 49 名 14 至 18 岁青少年（25 名女孩和 24 名男孩）的内隐和外显心理化以及语言进行了评估。参与者接受了青少年心智化故事来评估外显心智化，并进行了眼中读心任务来评估内隐心智化。使用语言基础临床评估来评估语言。研究发现，性别可以调节语言和外显心理化之间的关系。虽然语言和外显心理化在男孩中相关，但这些领域在女孩中无关。语言没有节制，性别也没有内隐的心理化，而且这两个领域也是不相关的。这些发现表明语言发展在男孩的外显心智化能力中发挥着重要作用，我们将此解释为女孩的一个好处，因为女孩在心智化的努力中可能更具社会动机并且较少受到语言的限制。
Mentalization refers to the ability to infer mental states of self and others, and this capacity facilitates social interactions. Advances in mentalization theory have proposed that there are both explicit and implicit mentalizing capacities and language may be identified as being an important factor in differentiating these two components of mentalization. Moreover, given apparent sex differences in language and mentalization, we hypothesized that sex may moderate the relationship between language and mentalization. In this study, measures assessing implicit and explicit mentalization as well as language were examined in 49 adolescents (25 girls and 24 boys) aged 14 to 18 years. Participants were administered the Mentalizing Stories for Adolescents to assess explicit mentalization, and the Reading Mind in the Eyes Task to assess implicit mentalization. Language was assessed using the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals. Sex was found to moderate the relationship between language and explicit mentalization; while language and explicit mentalization were related in boys, these domains were unrelated in girls. There was no moderation of language and implicit mentalization by sex, and these two domains were also uncorrelated. These findings suggest an important role for language development in the capacity for explicit mentalization in boys, and we interpret this as a benefit in girls who may be more socially motivated and less limited by language in their efforts to mentalize.
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1987
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