Maternal Epistemological Perspectives and Variations in Mental State Talk

Autor/inn/en	Hutchins, Tiffany L.; Bond, Lynne A.; Silliman, Elaine R.; Bryant, Judith B.
Titel	Maternal Epistemological Perspectives and Variations in Mental State Talk
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52 (2009) 1, S.61-80 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0161)
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Epistemology; Parent Child Relationship; Cognitive Development; Children; Mother Attitudes; Beliefs; Receptive Language; Story Telling; Speech; Social Cognition; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Erkenntnistheorie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Mutterliebe; Belief; Glaube; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Speaking; Sprechen; Soziale Kognition; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	Purpose: This study examined how complexity of maternal epistemological beliefs predicted mothers' and children's talk about the mind. Method: Twenty-eight mothers of 5- to 10-year-olds completed a measure of receptive vocabulary, and mothers and children participated in a storytelling task specifically designed to elicit talk about the mind. Their use of mental state terms to encode pragmatic functions and mothers' epistemologies were assessed and compared. Results: Maternal mental state talk and amount of talk increased with epistemological complexity. With the number of utterances held constant, mothers with simple, dualistic perspectives of knowledge used mental states more often to direct interaction; mothers with more complex epistemologies used mental states more often to encourage child reflection. Mothers with the less complex perspective underperformed on the receptive vocabulary measure in comparison to others. Children's amount of talk and use of a variety of mental state terms also increased with maternal epistemological complexity. The amount of talk and mental state terms produced by mothers and children frequently persisted after the effects of maternal receptive vocabulary were removed. Conclusions: Maternal epistemologies predict several qualities of mothers' and children's mental state talk that may contribute to children's developing theory of mind. (As Provided).
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