Mothers’ Mental State Talk and 3- to 5-Year-Old Children’s Theory of Mind: Their Reciprocal Dynamic Impact

• Published in: Behavioral sciences Vol. 14; no. 7; p. 568
• Main Authors: Liu, Hang, Wu, Fan, Li, Siying, Zhang, Haiting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05.07.2024
• Subjects: Age; Children & youth; Cognition & reasoning; Emotions; false-belief understanding; Longitudinal studies; mental state talk; Mothers; mother–child reading; Parents & parenting; Reading; Theory of mind; false-belief understanding; theory of mind; mental state talk; mother–child reading

The development of children’s social function is influenced by the social environment, and children also play an active role in shaping and nurturing this environment. The present study investigated the potential reciprocal dynamic impact of mothers’ mental state talk (MST) and the development of th...