Evolucion y reconocimiento de las transgresiones morales y socioconvencionales en menores
In: Convergencia: revista de ciencias sociales, Band 20, Heft 61, S. 15-34
ISSN: 1405-1435
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In: Convergencia: revista de ciencias sociales, Band 20, Heft 61, S. 15-34
ISSN: 1405-1435
In: Social development, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 271-283
ISSN: 1467-9507
Little research into children's theory of mind has focused on links with social deficits, with exception of research into the rare condition of autism. However, other studies have analysed theory of mind ability in less severe and less rare social deficits, such as children with conduct disorders or bullying at school. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how social experiences within the peer system are linked to understanding of mind, adopting a sociocultural view of theory of mind development. Peer‐rejected children, 4–6 years old, lacking positive social experiences with their peers, are compared with popular and average children in theory of mind tasks performance. Results showed that peer‐rejected children presented a similar performance to average children in all theory of mind tasks, with the exception of some figurative language tasks (White Lie), and the presence of socio cognitive aggressive biases. It cannot be said from these results that peer rejected children showed a deficit in the ability of mentalizing. However, a kind of theory of 'nasty minds' may be present in these rejected children.