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Mind-Mindedness and Theory of Mind: Mediating Roles of Language and Perspectival Symbolic Play

Meins, E.; Fernyhough, C.; Arnott, B.; Leekam, S.; de Rosnay, M.

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Authors

E. Meins

B. Arnott

S. Leekam

M. de Rosnay



Abstract

Relations among indices of maternal mind-mindedness (appropriate and nonattuned mind-related comments) and children's: (a) internal state vocabulary and perspectival symbolic play at 26 months (N = 206), and (b) theory of mind (ToM) at 51 months (n = 161) were investigated. Appropriate comments were positively associated with ToM, but were unrelated to internal state language and perspectival symbolic play. Nonattuned comments were negatively correlated with internal state language and perspectival symbolic play, but were unrelated to ToM. Path analyses indicated that the best fit model assumed: (a) indirect links between nonattuned comments and ToM via children's perspectival symbolic play, (b) a direct link between appropriate comments and ToM, and (c) an indirect link between appropriate comments and ToM via children's concurrent receptive verbal ability.

Citation

Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Arnott, B., Leekam, S., & de Rosnay, M. (2013). Mind-Mindedness and Theory of Mind: Mediating Roles of Language and Perspectival Symbolic Play. Child Development, 84(5), 1777-1790. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12061

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Feb 24, 2013
Publication Date Sep 3, 2013
Deposit Date Sep 4, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Child Development
Print ISSN 0009-3920
Electronic ISSN 1467-8624
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 84
Issue 5
Pages 1777-1790
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12061

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Meins, E. and Fernyhough, C. and Arnott, B. and Leekam, S. and de Rosnay, M. (2013) 'Mind-mindedness and theory of mind : mediating roles of language and perspectival symbolic play.', Child development., 84 (5). pp. 1777-1790. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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