Understanding the Self Through Siblings: Self‐awareness Mediates the Sibling Effect on Social Understanding

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Abstract This study addresses the role of sibling influence on social understanding in the second year of life, in a sample of families living inNewZealand who identify asPacificIsland (N= 43). We tested toddlers at 20 and 26 months on social understanding tasks, as well as their levels of self‐awareness on theStipek self‐concept questionnaire. We hypothesized that the presence of siblings provides a rich resource from which to learn about the mind. There were significant differences in children's social understanding and self‐awareness as a function of having older siblings. Further analyses revealed that the relation between older siblings and social understanding was mediated by toddlers' level of self‐awareness.

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