Theory of mind and social skills: a study with young children
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2018.2.28190Keywords:
Theory of mind, Social skills, Sociocognitive development.Abstract
The way children relate socially is linked to the way they understand the social world. It is studied how the changes that occur in the child's social understanding impact their behavior with other people. This study aimed to verify the existence of a correlation between the development of social skills and the theory of mind in preschool children. Thirty five-year-old children and their teachers participated in the study. For the evaluation of the theory of mind the theory-of-mind scale was used, and for the evaluation of social skills the Socially Appropriate Behavior Questionnaire, in its version for teachers, was used. The results showed no association between the variables, suggesting that the theory of mind can be linked to social behaviors without being directly related to a set of positive social skills.
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