Reliability and validity of advanced theory‐of‐mind measures in middle childhood and adolescence

• Published in: British journal of developmental psychology Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 454 - 462
• Main Authors: Hayward, Elizabeth O., Homer, Bruce D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adolescents; Child; Child development; Child Development - physiology; Childhood; Comprehension; Comprehension - physiology; Construct validity; False belief; Female; Humans; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Older children; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; school‐age children; social cognition; Theory of mind; Theory of Mind - physiology; Validation studies; social cognition; theory of mind; school-age children

Although theory‐of‐mind (ToM) development is well documented for early childhood, there is increasing research investigating changes in ToM reasoning in middle childhood and adolescence. However, the psychometric properties of most advanced ToM measures for use with older children and adolescents ha...