Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children
This research examined whether theory of mind (ToM) development differs in bilingual and monolingual preschool children. Three false belief tasks were given to 163 Kurdish-Persian bilingual and Persian monolingual preschool children. Bilingual children performed significantly better than monolingua...
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| author | Farhadian, Mokhtar Abdullah, Rohani Mansor, Mariani Redzuan, Maarof Gazanizadand, Neda Vijay , Kumar Mallan |
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| description | This research examined whether theory of mind (ToM) development differs in bilingual and monolingual
preschool children. Three false belief tasks were given to 163 Kurdish-Persian bilingual and Persian monolingual preschool children. Bilingual children performed significantly better than monolingual children in their ToM. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that, bilingualism contributed significantly to the prediction of preschoolers’ ToM development when age and verbal ability were controlled. |
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| spelling | upm-173752015-09-28T02:11:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17375/ Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children Farhadian, Mokhtar Abdullah, Rohani Mansor, Mariani Redzuan, Maarof Gazanizadand, Neda Vijay , Kumar Mallan This research examined whether theory of mind (ToM) development differs in bilingual and monolingual preschool children. Three false belief tasks were given to 163 Kurdish-Persian bilingual and Persian monolingual preschool children. Bilingual children performed significantly better than monolingual children in their ToM. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that, bilingualism contributed significantly to the prediction of preschoolers’ ToM development when age and verbal ability were controlled. Kamla-Raj Enterprises 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17375/1/Theory%20of%20mind%20in%20bilingual%20and%20monolingual%20preschool%20children.pdf Farhadian, Mokhtar and Abdullah, Rohani and Mansor, Mariani and Redzuan, Maarof and Gazanizadand, Neda and Vijay , Kumar Mallan (2010) Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children. Journal of Psychology, 1 (1). pp. 39-46. ISSN 0976-4224 Philosophy of mind in children Bilingualism Education, Bilingual English |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy of mind in children Bilingualism Education, Bilingual Farhadian, Mokhtar Abdullah, Rohani Mansor, Mariani Redzuan, Maarof Gazanizadand, Neda Vijay , Kumar Mallan Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title | Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title_full | Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title_fullStr | Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title_short | Theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| title_sort | theory of mind in bilingual and monolingual preschool children |
| topic | Philosophy of mind in children Bilingualism Education, Bilingual |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17375/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17375/1/Theory%20of%20mind%20in%20bilingual%20and%20monolingual%20preschool%20children.pdf |