Styles of attachment and acquisition of the Theory of Mind

Styles of attachment and acquisition of the Theory of Mind

AbstractThe goal of the present study was to investigate the possible relationship between the theory of mind and mother-child attachment. Two research questions were asked: (1) At what age does a child show the ability to understand and infer the mental states of others? (2) Is there a systematic relationship between "styles of attachment" and "acquisition of the theory of mind"? Forty children from two age groups (3- and 4-year-olds) participated in the study. For each child, two tasks of false belief (FB) and a task of uncompleted attachment stories were applied. The results indicated a positive correlation between the secure attachment style and good performance on the FB tasks.

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Main Authors: Villachan-Lyra,Pompéia, Almeida,Eliana, Hazin,Izabel, Maranhão,Samantha
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Language:English
Published: Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2015
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Styles of attachment and acquisition of the Theory of Mind
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description AbstractThe goal of the present study was to investigate the possible relationship between the theory of mind and mother-child attachment. Two research questions were asked: (1) At what age does a child show the ability to understand and infer the mental states of others? (2) Is there a systematic relationship between "styles of attachment" and "acquisition of the theory of mind"? Forty children from two age groups (3- and 4-year-olds) participated in the study. For each child, two tasks of false belief (FB) and a task of uncompleted attachment stories were applied. The results indicated a positive correlation between the secure attachment style and good performance on the FB tasks.
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