Explaining the Relation between Early Mind-Mindedness and Children's Mentalizing Abilities: The Development of an Observational Preschool Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Fishburn, Sarah; Meins, Elizabeth; Fernyhough, Charles; Centifanti, Luna C. M.; Larkin, Fionnuala
Titel	Explaining the Relation between Early Mind-Mindedness and Children's Mentalizing Abilities: The Development of an Observational Preschool Assessment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 58 (2022) 1, S.17-31 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fishburn, Sarah) ORCID (Meins, Elizabeth) ORCID (Fernyhough, Charles) ORCID (Larkin, Fionnuala)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001272
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Theory of Mind; Preschool Children; Cognitive Ability; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Observation; United Kingdom (England); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Denkfähigkeit; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Beobachtung
Abstract	The aim of this research was to develop a new observation-based measure for assessing caregivers' mind-mindedness in the preschool years and investigate whether this measure could explain the link between mothers' early appropriate mind-related comments and children's later mentalizing abilities. The new measure was developed using a sample of mothers and 44-month-olds (N = 171), characterizing mind-mindedness in terms of (a) solicited child involvement, (b) adaptive communication, and (c) internal state talk. These indices were positively related to established assessments of mind-mindedness at 8, 44, and 61 months. Positive associations were also observed with children's later mentalizing abilities. The new measure of mind-mindedness did not, however, mediate the relation between mind-mindedness in the first year of life and children's mentalizing abilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01