Alejandra Rodríguez Villalobos and Michael Padilla-Mora and Jaime Fornaguera Trías
Authoritarian Parenting Received from Mothers Reveals Individual Differences in Preschooler&039;s Falsebelief, but not in Advanced Theory of Mind
1434 - 1439
2010
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International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4414
https://publications.waset.org/vol/42
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Remarkable changes, like the progress in the ability to understand others&39; minds, can be identified in several sociocognitive dimensions between age four and seven. Recently, the parenting attitudes have been considerate as one of the potential extrinsic modifiers of these important developmental aspects. The aim of present study is to explore the relationship among authoritarian parenting attitudes and individual differences in Theory of Mind performance. The study included ninetytwo Costarrican preschoolers. Six Falsebelief tasks, an Advanced Theory of Mind test and the Parenting Attitudes Inventory were used. The results demonstrate that participants with high and low Authoritarian Parenting Received differ in their performance on First and Second Order Falsebelief tasks, but not in Advanced Theory of Mind tasks. Theoretical considerations about possible explanations regarding these results are discussed and methodological limitations are considered to shed light over future directions.
Open Science Index 42, 2010