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Title: Children's Use of Mental State Talk Is Connected within Peer Dyads, but Unrelated to Theory-of-Mind Understanding
Language: English
Authors: Alexandra Bates (ORCID 0009-0001-2250-5742), Kathryn J. Lester (ORCID 0000-0002-0853-2664), Anna Nickalls, Jenny Gibson (ORCID 0000-0002-6172-6265), Elian Fink (ORCID 0000-0002-0328-9685)
Source: Social Development. 2025 34(3).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Communication, Peer Relationship, Play, Child Language, Language Usage
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12804
ISSN: 0961-205X
1467-9507
Abstract: Across two studies we explore how individual and dyadic factors influence children's (M[subscript age] = 61 months; 52% male; 55% White British) use of mental state talk (MST) with peers during shared play. Results from actor-partner interdependence modelling (APIM; n = 190 children) indicate that children's MST use is significantly linked to the MST use of their play partner but is unrelated to either their own or their play partner's theory-of-mind understanding. Furthermore, results from one-with-many (n = 87 children) modelling suggest there is little to no stability in children's use of MST across play partners or their tendency to elicit MST from different peer partners, cautioning against investigating MST with peers without considering features of the dyad within which interactions occur.
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