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Bianco, Federica; Lombardi, Elisabetta; Massaro, Davide; Castelli, Ilaria; Valle, Annalisa; Marchetti, Antonella; Lecce, Serena – Infant and Child Development, 2019
Recent evidence showed that it is possible to help children's Theory of Mind (ToM) development during preschool and middle childhood. This study aimed to promote advanced mentalizing skills in children attending Year 2 of primary school through a ToM training programme based on narratives followed by multiple-choice questions and conversations…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Young Children, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Lecce, Serena; Hughes, Claire – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
Cross-cultural research on theory of mind is relatively recent and largely restricted to comparisons of children from Western versus non-Western samples; much less is known about variation within Western cultures. This study compared 5- to 6-year-olds from Britain and Italy (matched for age, verbal age, gender, and maternal education; N=140), on…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Cognitive Development
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Hughes, Claire; Fujisawa, Keiko K.; Ensor, Rosie; Lecce, Serena; Marfleet, Rachel – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
Sibling relationships appear important in fostering young children's growing theory-of-mind skills, but the quality of sibling interactions has rarely been investigated directly in relation to children's mental-state awareness (e.g. as indexed by talk about perceptions, desires, feelings, cognitions, i.e. inner state talk; IST). This study…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Video Technology, Siblings, Play