Jenkins Jennifer M, Turrell Sheri L, Kogushi Yuiko, Lollis Susan, Ross Hildy S
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Child Dev. 2003 May-Jun;74(3):905-20. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00575.
Thirty-seven mothers and fathers were observed in their homes interacting with their 2- and 4-year-old-children at Time 1 and 2 years later. Parental mental state talk to children varied as a function of children's age, the context in which talk occurred, and the gender of the parent. Four-year-old children, with an older sibling, produced and heard more cognitive talk and less desire talk than children without an older sibling. Cognitive and feeling talk by family members at Time 1 predicted change in younger children's cognitive and feeling talk (respectively) 2 years later, after controlling for initial levels of younger children's talk and general language ability. Findings are discussed in the context of theory of mind understanding and family talk about the mind.
研究人员观察了37位父母在其家中与2岁和4岁孩子互动的情况，时间分别为第1阶段和2年后。父母与孩子进行的心理状态交谈会因孩子的年龄、交谈发生的情境以及父母的性别而有所不同。与没有哥哥姐姐的孩子相比，有哥哥姐姐的4岁孩子进行和听到的认知交谈更多，愿望交谈更少。在控制了幼儿交谈的初始水平和一般语言能力后，第1阶段家庭成员的认知和情感交谈能够预测2年后幼儿认知和情感交谈（分别）的变化。研究结果将在心理理论理解和家庭关于心理的交谈的背景下进行讨论。
