Information processing in TOM behavior based on Meta-TOM: Why do adults understand children's deception?

这项研究的目的是阐明成年人是如何理解儿童的思想的。考察了(1)男女对儿童心理理论行为的理解是否存在差异；(2)母亲的育儿焦虑和情绪焦虑对儿童心理理论行为的理解有何影响；(3)母爱是否与儿童心理理论行为的理解有关；(4)母亲对心理理论行为的理解是通过哪一部分面孔来实现的。结果表明，女性对Tom行为的理解程度高于男性，育儿焦虑影响对Tom行为的理解，母爱程度高的母亲理解孩子的叹息。然而，包括母亲如何照顾孩子在内的经历并没有影响对孩子心灵的理解。

The purpose of this study was to clarify how adults understand children’s mind. It was examined (1) whether the differences between men and women understand children’s TOM behavior, (2) how child care anxiety and emotion anxiety of mothers influence their understanding of TOM behavior, (3) whether there is the relationship between motherly love and understanding of TOM behavior, (4) by what part of face mothers understand TOM behavior. The results showed that women understood TOM behavior more than men did, child care anxiety influenced understanding of TOM behavior, mothers with high motherly love understood children’s sigh. However, the experiences including how mothers cared children did not influence understanding of children’s mind.