From mind to mind: understanding the role of mothers in children's theory of mind

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dc.contributor.authorKoç, Nursena
dc.contributor.authorTahiroğlu, Deniz
dc.contributor.authorUzundağ, Berna
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-06T07:24:28Z
dc.date.available2025-11-06T07:24:28Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractTheory of mind (ToM) enables children to comprehend mental states of themselves and others. In this first study investigating the mediating role of mothers' mental state talk between mothers' sociocognitive skills (i.e., mothers' ToM and parental reflective functioning) and children's ToM, 89 children (M(SD)age = 57.0 months (5.49)) and their mothers from Türkiye participated. Results revealed that mothers with higher prementalization scores used fewer affective and desire words. Mothers exhibiting greater interest and curiosity in mental states used more cognitive words, while those with more proficient ToM skills tended to use more mental state terms indicating certainty (e.g., ‘perhaps’). Furthermore, mothers' use of certainty words mediated the relationship between mothers' ToM and children's ToM. These cross-sectional findings underscore the significant role of mothers' socio-cognitive abilities in mother-child interactions regarding mental states and the development of children's ToM skills, and call for a longitudinal investigation into these relationships.
dc.description.sponsorshipTürkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBİTAK)
dc.identifier.citationKoç, N., Tahiroğlu, D. ve Uzundağ, B. (2024). From mind to mind: understanding the role of mothers in children's theory of mind. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719
dc.identifier.issn0193-3973
dc.identifier.issn1873-7900
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85207862350
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/13164
dc.identifier.volume95
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001350850800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorKoç, Nursena
dc.institutionauthorid0009-0006-9808-9948
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.relation.tubitakinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/TUBITAK/SOBAG/221K356
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectMental State Talk
dc.subjectParental Reflective Functioning
dc.subjectParents' Theory of Mind
dc.subjectTheory of Mind
dc.titleFrom mind to mind: understanding the role of mothers in children's theory of mind
dc.typeArticle

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