ERIC Number: EJ1184821
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Does Parental Mind-Mindedness Account for Cross-Cultural Differences in Preschoolers' Theory of Mind?
Hughes, Claire; Devine, Rory T.; Wang, Zhenlin
Child Development, v89 n4 p1296-1310 Jul-Aug 2018
This study of 241 parent-child dyads from the United Kingdom (N = 120, M[subscript age] = 3.92, SD = 0.53) and Hong Kong (N = 121, M[subscript age] = 3.99, SD = 0.50) breaks new ground by adopting a cross-cultural approach to investigate children's theory of mind and parental mind-mindedness. Relative to the Hong Kong sample, U.K. children showed superior theory-of-mind performance and U.K. parents showed greater levels of mind-mindedness. Within both cultures parental mind-mindedness was correlated with theory of mind. Mind-mindedness also accounted for cultural differences in preschoolers' theory of mind. We argue that children's family environments might shed light on how culture shapes children's theory of mind.
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Parents, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Family Environment, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Correlation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; Hong Kong
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