Sibling conflict and theory of mind
Sibling conflict and theory of mind
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DOI：
10.1348/026151003321164618
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Holmes-Lonergan, HA
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作者：
Foote, RC;Holmes-Lonergan, HA
这项研究调查了兄弟姐妹之间的冲突，试图找出与错误信念理解相关的变量。调查的变量是儿童在冲突事件中使用的心理状态术语和特定类型的争论（Slomkowski & Dunn, 1992）。22名年龄在3到5岁之间的儿童被要求完成8项错误信念任务，并在与一个年长的兄弟姐妹玩耍时进行录像。在控制了年龄和一般语言能力后，目标儿童使用以他人为导向的论点与错误信念任务的成功显著相关。在控制了年龄和一般语言能力后，论证的使用与错误信念任务的表现没有负相关。使用自我导向的论点和使用精神状态术语都没有发现与错误信念的表现有关。研究结果表明，兄弟姐妹冲突的特定特征与儿童错误信念理解的发展有关。
This study examined conflicts between siblings in an attempt to identify variables that are related to false-belief understanding. The variables investigated were children's use of mental state terms and specific types of arguments (Slomkowski & Dunn, 1992) that occurred during conflict episodes. Twenty-two children between 3 and 5 years of age were administered eight false-belief tasks and were also videotaped while playing with an older sibling. Use of other-oriented arguments by the target child was significantly associated with success on false-belief tasks after controlling for age and general language ability. No use of argument was negatively related to performance on the false-belief tasks after controlling for age and general language ability. Neither the use of self-oriented arguments nor use of mental state terms was found to be associated with false-belief performance. The findings indicate that specific features of sibling conflicts are related to children's developing false-belief understanding.