Article2015

Mother–Child Interaction as a Cradle of Theory of Mind: The Role of Maternal Emotional Availability

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Child and Animal Learning Development Early Childhood Education and Development Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Abstract

Abstract The present longitudinal study investigated the relative importance of emotional availability (EA) in 56 mother–child dyads when the child was 7 months and four‐year old as predictors of child's Theory of Mind at 4 years while controlling for early maternal mind‐mindedness (MM). Dyadic EA at 7 months predicted the child's Theory of Mind, even when controlling for child temperamental and cognitive characteristics as well as dyadic EA at 4 years and early maternal MM. Results indicate the specific importance of high emotional connectedness between mothers and infants for preschoolers' Theory of Mind development.

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