TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of affective theory of mind across adolescence
T2 - disentangling the role of executive functions
AU - Vetter, Nora C
AU - Altgassen, Marieke
AU - Phillips, Louise
AU - Mahy, Caitlin E. V.
AU - Kliegel, Matthias
PY - 2013/2/1
Y1 - 2013/2/1
N2 - Theory of mind, the ability to understand mental states, involves inferences about others' cognitive (cognitive theory of mind) and emotional (affective theory of mind) mental states. The current study explored the role of executive functions in developing affective theory of mind across adolescence. Affective theory of mind and three subcomponents of executive functions (inhibition, updating, and shifting) were measured. Affective theory of mind was positively related to age, and all three executive functions. Specifically, inhibition explained the largest amount of variance in age-related differences in affective theory of mind.
AB - Theory of mind, the ability to understand mental states, involves inferences about others' cognitive (cognitive theory of mind) and emotional (affective theory of mind) mental states. The current study explored the role of executive functions in developing affective theory of mind across adolescence. Affective theory of mind and three subcomponents of executive functions (inhibition, updating, and shifting) were measured. Affective theory of mind was positively related to age, and all three executive functions. Specifically, inhibition explained the largest amount of variance in age-related differences in affective theory of mind.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874155753&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/87565641.2012.733786
DO - 10.1080/87565641.2012.733786
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874155753
SN - 8756-5641
VL - 38
SP - 114
EP - 125
JO - Developmental Neuropsychology
JF - Developmental Neuropsychology
IS - 2
ER -
