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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 9/2019

22-05-2019 | Original Paper

Theory of Mind Development in Children with Visual Impairment: The Contribution of the Adapted Comprehensive Test ToM Storybooks

Auteurs: Gloriana Bartoli, Daniela Bulgarelli, Paola Molina

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 9/2019

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Abstract

Research that focused on Theory of Mind (ToM) development in blind children showed that they were delayed, but not permanently deficient, in various types of false belief tasks. More recent studies reported first evidence of typical ToM development in blind children and suggested that more comprehensive tools to evaluate ToM had to be used. The current paper analyzed ToM development in blind children, using the adapted version of the ToM Storybooks; this is a standardized comprehensive test developed to provide a reliable and stable measurement, in comparison with the false belief tasks. Results showed that blind children’s ToM performances were very similar to the ones of matched typically developing children, matched on chronological age and gender. The current finding supported the importance of the use of a more comprehensive tool to assess ToM in atypical population.
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A previous study showed that the items of the original version of ToM Storybooks loaded on four factors (Bulgarelli et al. 2015). Such factorial structure is not tested neither in atypical populations nor in the audio version of the test, thus sub-measures of the ToM factors are not reported in the current study.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Theory of Mind Development in Children with Visual Impairment: The Contribution of the Adapted Comprehensive Test ToM Storybooks
Auteurs
Gloriana Bartoli
Daniela Bulgarelli
Paola Molina
Publicatiedatum
22-05-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 9/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04064-3

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