Preschool Theory of Mind: It's Relation with Mother's Parental Stress and Reflective Function

Autor/inn/en	Cowes, Ely Ann; Santelices, María Pía
Titel	Preschool Theory of Mind: It's Relation with Mother's Parental Stress and Reflective Function
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 192 (2022) 3, S.400-409 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Santelices, María Pía)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2020.1763977
Schlagwörter	Theory of Mind; Preschool Children; Stress Variables; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Metacognition; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Child Rearing; Measures (Individuals); Chile; Parenting Stress Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Kindererziehung; Messdaten
Abstract	Theory of mind (ToM) allows people to understand their own and others' behaviour, crediting it with intentions, desires and beliefs. In the case of parenting, maternal reflective function unfolds within child-caregiver interactions, and previous studies have pointed out this variable as necessary for positive care. In the present study we sought to understand how high levels of stress could interfere with their reflective function capacity, and how this relates to children's ToM. A sample of 125 mothers and their preschool children (36-54 months) was assessed. It was hypothesized that the maternal reflective function would play a mediating role between the parental stress variable and the preschooler's ToM. The study found that parental stress exerted direct and significant effects on the mother's reflective function and direct but mild effects on the child's ToM. In addition, different elements of parental stress would act differently on the mother's reflective function. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01