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- Title
Silent Films and Strange Stories: Theory of Mind, Gender, and Social Experiences in Middle Childhood.
- Authors
Devine, Rory T.; Hughes, Claire
- Abstract
In this study of two hundred and thirty 8- to 13-year-olds, a new 'Silent Films' task is introduced, designed to address the dearth of research on theory of mind in older children by providing a film-based analogue of F. G. E. Happé's (1994) Strange Stories task. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that all items from both tasks loaded onto a single theory-of-mind latent factor. With effects of verbal ability and family affluence controlled, theory-of-mind latent factor scores increased significantly with age, indicating that mentalizing skills continue to develop through middle childhood. Girls outperformed boys on the theory-of-mind latent factor, and the correlates of individual differences in theory of mind were gender specific: Low scores were related to loneliness in girls and to peer rejection in boys.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY of mind in children; SILENT films; GENDER differences (Psychology); BEHAVIORAL assessment of children; CHILD psychology research; CHILD development research; MOTION pictures &; society
- Publication
Child Development, 2013, Vol 84, Issue 3, p989
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12017