Previous studies showed that mothers vary in the way in which they discuss past experiences with their children, since they can exhibit narrative (elaborative) or paradigmatic (repetitive) styles to different extents. Given this background, the aim of the present study was to analyze differences in the mothers' use of narrative styles and mental state language (MSL), as a function of children's age and gender. Thirty dyads consisting of mothers and their 4-to 6-year-old children were observed during a picture-book reading interaction. Maternal utterances were coded according to the categories described by Tessler and Nelson (1994), classifying each mother as Narrative or Paradigmatic. Eight categories of MSL were analyzed: perceptual, emoti...
Purpose: This study examined how complexity of maternal epistemological beliefs predicted mothers\u2...
Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states ha...
This study aims to investigate the association between the mental state talk of mothers and their pr...
Previous studies showed that mothers vary in the way in which they discuss past experiences with the...
Previous studies showed that mothers vary in the way in which they discuss past experiences with the...
Parents influence the development of children’s social understanding by using mental state terms tha...
In this study, we investigated the relationship between mothers' psychological lexicon and children'...
In relating parent-child conversation to children’s social cognitive development, we examined how mo...
The concept of maternal sensitivity has shifted over time to include a focus on engagement with the ...
In recent years, a number of studies that have examined how social experiences are related to childr...
This paper reports the results of a study examining links between maternal representations of attach...
The mother-daughter relationship is one of the first and often most important sites for (effective a...
Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states ha...
This longitudinal study assessed the role of children‟s self-concept in the relation between materna...
This longitudinal study assessed the role of children’s self-concept in the relation between materna...
Purpose: This study examined how complexity of maternal epistemological beliefs predicted mothers\u2...
Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states ha...
This study aims to investigate the association between the mental state talk of mothers and their pr...
Previous studies showed that mothers vary in the way in which they discuss past experiences with the...
Previous studies showed that mothers vary in the way in which they discuss past experiences with the...
Parents influence the development of children’s social understanding by using mental state terms tha...
In this study, we investigated the relationship between mothers' psychological lexicon and children'...
In relating parent-child conversation to children’s social cognitive development, we examined how mo...
The concept of maternal sensitivity has shifted over time to include a focus on engagement with the ...
In recent years, a number of studies that have examined how social experiences are related to childr...
This paper reports the results of a study examining links between maternal representations of attach...
The mother-daughter relationship is one of the first and often most important sites for (effective a...
Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states ha...
This longitudinal study assessed the role of children‟s self-concept in the relation between materna...
This longitudinal study assessed the role of children’s self-concept in the relation between materna...
Purpose: This study examined how complexity of maternal epistemological beliefs predicted mothers\u2...
Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states ha...
This study aims to investigate the association between the mental state talk of mothers and their pr...