Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
Research Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Neurocognitive Department Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
Autism Res. 2017 Dec;10(12):1960-1967. doi: 10.1002/aur.1844. Epub 2017 Aug 11.
The Strange Stories test is one of the most commonly used tests to evaluate advanced "theory of mind," i.e. attribution of mental states. Normative data and psychometric properties of a new Farsi translation of this test were evaluated in a large community-based sample of Iranian school-aged children.
Through randomized cluster sampling, 398 children aged 9-11 years studying at 20 elementary schools were recruited from 4 central regions of Tehran, Iran. The mean age of the students was 9.96 years (SD = 0.92), and 51% were girls (n = 202). The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was completed by parents. The Strange Stories test was completed by all children and repeated for 20% of them after 2-4 weeks to assess the test-retest reliability.
Students in upper grades had higher scores (P < .01); age predicted 2% of variance on the mental state score. Girls had significantly higher mentalizing scores than boys (P = .003). The split-half internal reliability coefficient was good (0.73). The test-retest reliability was fair to good. Item-scale score correlations were all significant (P < .01).
This new translation of the Strange Stories test is a reliable and valid instrument to evaluate higher level theory of mind abilities in community samples of Farsi speaking children. Autism Res 2017, 10: 1960-1967. © 2017 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: "Mentalizing" or "theory of mind," the ability to recognize others' mental states, is a key aspect of social understanding. Mentalizing problems are characteristic of some clinical conditions such as autism. The Strange Stories is a test evaluating mentalizing in every day social situations. It was translated into Farsi language and administered to a group of Iranian school-aged children. The instrument was useful in assessing children's mind reading. Older children and girls were better in mentalizing ability.
奇异故事测验是评估高级“心理理论”（即心理状态归因）最常用的测验之一。本研究旨在评估奇异故事测验的新波斯语翻译在伊朗学龄儿童的大型社区样本中的常模数据和心理测量学特性。
通过随机整群抽样，从伊朗德黑兰 4 个中心区域的 20 所小学中招募了 398 名 9-11 岁的儿童。学生的平均年龄为 9.96 岁（SD=0.92），其中 51%为女孩（n=202）。家长填写儿童行为检查表（CBCL），所有儿童完成奇异故事测验，其中 20%的儿童在 2-4 周后重复测验以评估测试-重测信度。
高年级学生的得分较高（P<.01）；年龄可预测心理状态得分的 2%变异。女孩的心理化得分显著高于男孩（P=.003）。半分内部信度系数较好（0.73）。测试-重测信度为中等至良好。项目-量表得分相关性均显著（P<.01）。
奇异故事测验的新波斯语翻译版本是评估讲波斯语社区样本中更高层次心理理论能力的可靠且有效的工具。自闭症研究 2017, 10: 1960-1967. © 2017 国际自闭症研究协会，威利期刊出版社，公司。
“心理理论”或“心理理论”，即识别他人心理状态的能力，是社会理解的一个关键方面。心理化问题是一些临床疾病的特征，如自闭症。奇异故事是一种评估日常生活中心理化的测试。它被翻译成波斯语，并在一组伊朗学龄儿童中进行了测试。该工具在评估儿童的阅读理解能力方面很有用。年龄较大的儿童和女孩在心理化能力方面表现更好。
