Siblings, Language, and False Belief in Low-Income Children

Autor/inn/en	Tompkins, Virginia; Farrar, M. Jeffrey; Guo, Ying
Titel	Siblings, Language, and False Belief in Low-Income Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174 (2013) 4, S.457-463 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1325
DOI	10.1080/00221325.2012.694918
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary Skills; Siblings; Preschool Children; Low Income; Correlation; Family Size; Beliefs; Attribution Theory; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Theory of Mind; Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktiver Wortschatz; Sibling; Geschwister; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Niedriglohn; Korrelation; Familiengröße; Belief; Glaube; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten
Abstract	The authors examined the relationship between number of siblings and false belief understanding (FBU) in 94 low-income 4-5-year-olds. Previous research with middle-income children has shown a positive association between number of siblings and FBU. However, it is unclear whether having multiple siblings in low-income families is related to better FBU. Language, specifically vocabulary, was examined as a possible mediator between number of siblings and FBU as several researchers have found that language is causally related to FBU. Contrary to research with middle-income preschoolers, the authors found that number of siblings was negatively related to low-income children's FBU. This relationship was mediated by children's vocabulary skill. Suggestions for why the sibling-FB relationship may differ in low- and middle-income samples are offered. (As Provided).
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