摘要：The goal of the present study was to investigate the possible relationship between the theory of mind and mother-child attachment. Two research questions were asked: (1) At what age does a child show the ability to understand and infer the mental states of others? (2) Is there a systematic relationship between “styles of attachment” and “acquisition of the theory of mind”? Forty children from two age groups (3- and 4-year-olds) participated in the study. For each child, two tasks of false belief (FB) and a task of uncompleted attachment stories were applied. The results indicated a positive correlation between the secure attachment style and good performance on the FB tasks.
其他摘要：The goal of the present study was to investigate the possible relationship between the theory of mind and mother-child attachment. Two research questions were asked: (1) At what age does a child show the ability to understand and infer the mental states of others? (2) Is there a systematic relationship between “styles of attachment” and “acquisition of the theory of mind”? Forty children from two age groups (3- and 4-year-olds) participated in the study. For each child, two tasks of false belief (FB) and a task of uncompleted attachment stories were applied. The results indicated a positive correlation between the secure attachment style and good performance on the FB tasks.
关键词：Theory of mind; attachment; child development
其他关键词：Theory of mind; attachment; child development
