Kirk, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-1185, Pine, Karen, Wheatley, Lisa et al. (3 more authors) (2015) A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between maternal mind-mindedness and theory of mind. British journal of developmental psychology. pp. 434-445. ISSN 0261-510X
Abstract
Data are presented from a longitudinal investigation examining the relationship between maternal mind-mindedness in infancy and socio-cognitive development in childhood. We revisited children (n = 18) who had taken part in a longitudinal study as infants. Mind-mindedness had been assessed at 10, 12, 16, and 20 months of age. We followed-up these children at age 5 to 6 years to test their higher order Theory of Mind (measured using the Strange Stories task, Happé, 1997). The convergent validity, temporal stability, and predictive validity of the construct of mind-mindedness were examined in a longitudinal dataset. The five measures of mind-mindedness were not significantly correlated. Mother’s production of appropriate mind-related comments (but no other measures) showed evidence of temporal stability throughout infancy. Thus mind-mindedness (as measured by appropriate mind-related comments) was confirmed as a stable construct. Children’s Theory of Mind at age 5 to 6 was significantly predicted by their mother’s mind-mindedness up to four years earlier, with mind-mindedness accounting for 40% of the variance of the Strange Stories task scores. These findings identify a relationship between mind-mindedness across a protracted period of infancy and socio-cognitive development at age 5 to 6.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The British Psychological Society. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Longitudinal,Mind-mindedness,Social-cognitive development,Theory of mind |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) The University of York |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2015 10:29 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:18 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12104 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjdp.12104 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90644 |
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