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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Biased mentalizing in children aged seven to 11: Latent class confirmation of response styles to social scenarios and associations with psychopathology
Social Development, Volume 16, No. 1, Year 2007
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A new approach to the measurement of mentalizing is introduced. Instead of measuring the presence or absence of mentalizing capacity, the current study aimed at developing a mentalizing task that focuses on investigating biases in mentalizing through the use of ambiguous peer-related social scenarios. The response consistency of 659 children was investigated in a community sample of children aged seven to 11. Confirmatory latent class analysis allocated children to three groups on the basis of their responses: an overly positive style (OP), a rational/neutral style (R) or an overly negative style (ON). Children classed as OP showed a greater likelihood of being above cut-off on a population screen for externalizing disorder. Over a two-year follow-up period, the children who were classified as R were most likely to remain so whereas the OP and ON children were found to change group. The results are discussed in the context of social-cognitive research in this age group. Further studies should examine the external validity of the mentalizing task because the results reported here concern only internal construct validity. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2007.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sharp, Carla
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Croudace, Tim J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Goodyer, Ian Michael
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00378.x
ISSN:
14679507
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study