Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1): 14-20.

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Faux-pas understanding among 7 to 11 years old and its correlation with maternal rearing style

DU Dan, SU Yan-jie   

  1. Department of Psychology, Peking University 100871
  • Online:2009-01-15 Published:2009-01-15

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the development of school-age children's theory of mind ability and its possible relation with maternal rearing style.Two faux-pas stories and EMBU revised questionnaire were used to test 150 primary school students aged from 7 to 11 and their mothers.The focus was children's recognition of faux pas,emotional understanding,belief(including intention)understanding and the influence of maternal rearing style.The results showed that children's multiple levels of theory of mind ability were still developing even at school age.For higher graders it was multi-dimensional.Mother's score on "deny and rejection" for 9 year-olds was significantly higher than the one for 7 year-olds.For 7 year-olds children,the score of "belief with intention understanding question" was negatively related to mother's score on "over protected".For 8 year-2olds children,the score of "belief together with intention understanding question" was negatively related to mother's score on "punishment and severity".In some developmental ages,children's theory of mind ability might be related to specific maternal rearing style.

Key words: school-age children, faux-pas understanding, theory of mind, parenting

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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