The role of institution and home contexts in theory of mind development

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2005-09-01

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Yagmurlu, B
Kazak Berument, Sibel
Celimli, S

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To investigate the role of early context in theory of mind development, institutionalized children living in a boarding home (n = 34) in Turkey were compared to home-reared children coming from low (n = 32) and middle socioeconomic backgrounds (n = 44). Theory of mind was assessed with one deception and three false belief tasks; Peabody PVT and Raven CPM were administered to control for language and nonverbal intelligence. Results indicated a context effect whereby home-reared children performed better than institution-reared children on theory of mind tasks. Hierarchical regression analysis further revealed that institution rearing/adult-child ratio predicted theory of mind performance even after age, socioeconomic background, language and nonverbal intelligence were accounted for. Findings suggest the significance of adult-child interaction for theory of mind development. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/44840

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JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2005.06.004

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Department of Psychology, Article

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B. Yagmurlu, S. Kazak Berument, and S. Celimli, “The role of institution and home contexts in theory of mind development,” JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 521–537, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/44840.