A Developmental Process of Mentalizing in "Action Contingent Social Event" Situations in Infants

• Project/Area Number: 22530713
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
• Principal Investigator: NAKANO Shigeru 北海道医療大学, 心理科学部, 教授 (90183516)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: Mentalizing / 出来事 / 三項関係 / インターサブジェクティビティ / 乳児 / 人-事-人関係 / 人-物-人関係 / mentalizing 心理化 / 意図の読み取り / 心の理論 / 人由来の出来事 / 物由来の出来事 / mentalizing / 他者の意図の理解 / segmentation

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reconsider the developmental origin and process of mentalizing ability from a viewpoint of a “mother-event-infant” triadic relations. Data were collected through a longitudinal observation of mother-infantinteractions of 50 pairs at infant’s age 3, 5, 8, 12, 15. Results indicated that their prevailing interaction sequences were; “Infants Look at Object (ILO) →Mothers Look at the Same” at 3 & 5 months, “IOL→Mothers Dramatize Object (MDO)” at 8 months, “ILO→MDO→Infants Manipulate the Object”. The implication of these results is that mothers begin to introduce events by dramatization into interaction with their infants at 8 months and after then, infants develop mentalizing through attending at events than objects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 生涯発達心理学研究
  • Author(s): 中野 茂
  • Journal Title: 白百合女子大学生涯発達研究教育センター紀要 Volume: 第5号(印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Events and mentalizing in infancy: From the "person-thing-person" to the "person-event-person" joint attention (2013)
  • Author(s): Nakano, S
  • Organizer: The 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-06
• [Presentation] Events and mentalizing in infancy: From the ”person-thing-person” to the ”person-event-person” joint attention (2013)
  • Author(s): 中野 茂
  • Organizer: The 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Lausanne, Switzerland
• [Presentation] 遊び研究の現在 (2012)
  • Author(s): 中野 茂
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会 24回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-16
• [Presentation] Intersubjectivity とAttachment (2012)
  • Author(s): 中野 茂
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会 23回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-10
• [Presentation] Motionese as Intersubjective Communication : The Developmental Onset of Maternal Motionese and Infants' Understanding of Intentions that they Convey (2011)
  • Author(s): 中野茂
  • Organizer: European Society for Developmental Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Bergen, Norway
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-25
• [Book] 発達心理学ハンドブック
  • Author(s): 中野 茂 遊び 田島信元他
  • Publisher: 福村出版
• [Book] 遊び研究の現在, 遊びの保育心理学
  • Author(s): 中野 茂, 小山正高他(編)
  • Publisher: 川島書店