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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Main Authors: Farhadian, Mokhtar, Abdullah, Rohani, Mansor, Mariani, Redzuan, Maarof, Gazanizadand, Neda, Vijay , Kumar Mallan
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Language:English
English
Published: Kamla-Raj Enterprises 2010
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17375/1/Theory%20of%20mind%20in%20bilingual%20and%20monolingual%20preschool%20children.pdf
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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.eprints-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/17375/1/Theory%20of%20mind%20in%20bilingual%20and%20monolingual%20preschool%20children.pdf
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