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Lecce, Serena; Devine, Rory T. – Infant and Child Development, 2022
The recent expansion of research on children's understanding of others' minds (or 'theory of mind', ToM) into middle childhood provides fresh opportunities to consider its origins and consequences. In this paper, we propose that, in addition to supporting children's social interactions, individual differences in ToM benefit academic achievement,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Outcomes of Education, Sociocultural Patterns, Child Development
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Devine, Rory T.; Hughes, Claire – Child Development, 2013
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. Happe's (1994) Strange Stories task. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that all items from both tasks loaded…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Social Experience, Gender Differences, Children