2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The social origins of theory-of-mind : How parental mental state talk nurtures young children's social minds.
| Project/Area Number |
21530710
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Osaka Shoin Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUJI Hiromi 大阪樟蔭女子大学, 心理学部, 教授 (80411453)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 親子関係 / 心の理論 |
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| Research Abstract |
This longitudinal study investigated how maternal mental state talk facilitates child mental state language and theory-of-mind development at different points in time forchildren aged between two and five years. Maternal mental state talk used during the picture book task and the child's acquisition of mental state vocabulary measured at 33 months of age predicted the child's understanding of theory-of-mind at 48 months ; this was independent of their general language development. Parental discipline styles, in the ways thatthey respond to their child's negative and positive behaviouralaspects were related to the acquisition of mental state vocabulary in children. These findings clearly suggest that parental use of mental state talk in everyday conversation is important to nurture the child's social mind.
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