Temperament Dimensions in Preschool Children: Links With Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind
| Autor: | Emiddia Longobardi, Marta D’Alessandro, Rita Cerutti, Pietro Spataro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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preschool children
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Attentional control Novelty Cognition Temperament cognitive and affective theory of mind 050105 experimental psychology Education Developmental psychology Comprehension Theory of mind Developmental and Educational Psychology Task analysis 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Big Five personality traits Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Early Education and Development. 28:377-395 |
| ISSN: | 1556-6935 1040-9289 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10409289.2016.1238673 |
| Popis: | Research Findings: The present cross-sectional study investigated the question of whether 6 different temperament dimensions (inhibition to novelty, social orientation, motor activity, positive emotionality, negative emotionality, and attention) influenced cognitive and affective theory of mind (ToM) in 168 children (86 three/four-year-olds and 82 four/five-year-olds). Temperament was measured via a parent-report questionnaire, cognitive ToM via a classical false-belief task, and affective ToM via a comprehensive test tapping 3 levels of emotion comprehension (external, mental, and reflexive). In addition, language competence was assessed with a direct test evaluating both receptive and expressive language. The results showed that after we controlled for language ability, inhibition to novelty predicted higher levels of cognitive ToM in 4/5-year-old children. In addition, higher levels of social orientation predicted better comprehension of the external aspects of emotion in both younger and older... |
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