Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers: A theory of mind perspective

Emiko Tanaka; Etsuko Tomisaki; Ryoji Shinohara; Yuka Sugisawa; Lian Tong; Taeko Watanabe; Yoko Onda; Yuri Kawashima; Maki Hirano; Yukiko Mochizuki; Kentaro Morita; Amarsanaa Gan-Yadam; Yuko Yato; Noriko Yamakawa; Shoji Itakura; Tamiko Ogura; Aya Kutsuki; Misa Kuroki; Tokie Anme

doi:10.2188/jea.JE20090173

Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers: A theory of mind perspective

Emiko Tanaka, Etsuko Tomisaki, Ryoji Shinohara, Yuka Sugisawa, Lian Tong, Taeko Watanabe, Yoko Onda, Yuri Kawashima, Maki Hirano, Yukiko Mochizuki, Kentaro Morita, Amarsanaa Gan-Yadam, Yuko Yato, Noriko Yamakawa, Shoji Itakura, Tamiko Ogura, Aya Kutsuki, Misa Kuroki, Tokie Anme

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Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between children's social competence and initial index of theory of mind at 30 months of age. Methods: The participants of the study were 322 toddlers and parents/caregivers who were registered with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) project. They completed a five-minute interaction session, which was coded using the Interaction Rating Scale (IRS) as an evidence-based practical index of children's social competence. In addition, the children were asked to complete a diverse-desire task as a ToM (theory of mind) index. Results: The results showed that the ToM index was related to the total score and subscales of the IRS, such as Empathy and Emotional regulation. Conclusions: These findings show that the IRS score was related to ToM task performance at 30 months of age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S447-S451
Journal	Journal of epidemiology
Volume	20
Issue number	SUPPL.2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090173
Publication status	Published - 2010 Dec 1

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Keywords

Cohort study
Diverse desire
Social development
Theory of mind

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Epidemiology

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Tanaka, E., Tomisaki, E., Shinohara, R., Sugisawa, Y., Tong, L., Watanabe, T., Onda, Y., Kawashima, Y., Hirano, M., Mochizuki, Y., Morita, K., Gan-Yadam, A., Yato, Y., Yamakawa, N., Itakura, S., Ogura, T., Kutsuki, A., Kuroki, M., & Anme, T. (2010). Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers: A theory of mind perspective. Journal of epidemiology, 20(SUPPL.2), S447-S451. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090173

Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers : A theory of mind perspective. / Tanaka, Emiko; Tomisaki, Etsuko; Shinohara, Ryoji; Sugisawa, Yuka; Tong, Lian; Watanabe, Taeko; Onda, Yoko; Kawashima, Yuri; Hirano, Maki; Mochizuki, Yukiko; Morita, Kentaro; Gan-Yadam, Amarsanaa; Yato, Yuko; Yamakawa, Noriko; Itakura, Shoji; Ogura, Tamiko; Kutsuki, Aya; Kuroki, Misa; Anme, Tokie.

In: Journal of epidemiology, Vol. 20, No. SUPPL.2, 01.12.2010, p. S447-S451.

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Tanaka, E, Tomisaki, E, Shinohara, R, Sugisawa, Y, Tong, L, Watanabe, T, Onda, Y, Kawashima, Y, Hirano, M, Mochizuki, Y, Morita, K, Gan-Yadam, A, Yato, Y, Yamakawa, N, Itakura, S, Ogura, T, Kutsuki, A, Kuroki, M & Anme, T 2010, 'Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers: A theory of mind perspective', Journal of epidemiology, vol. 20, no. SUPPL.2, pp. S447-S451. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090173

Tanaka, Emiko ; Tomisaki, Etsuko ; Shinohara, Ryoji ; Sugisawa, Yuka ; Tong, Lian ; Watanabe, Taeko ; Onda, Yoko ; Kawashima, Yuri ; Hirano, Maki ; Mochizuki, Yukiko ; Morita, Kentaro ; Gan-Yadam, Amarsanaa ; Yato, Yuko ; Yamakawa, Noriko ; Itakura, Shoji ; Ogura, Tamiko ; Kutsuki, Aya ; Kuroki, Misa ; Anme, Tokie. / Implications of social competence among thirty-month-old toddlers : A theory of mind perspective. In: Journal of epidemiology. 2010 ; Vol. 20, No. SUPPL.2. pp. S447-S451.

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