취학 전 아동의 개인 및 가족적 특성이 마음의 이론발달에 미치는 영향 = Effects of Individual and Familial Characteristics on Preschoolers’ Theory-of-Mind

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to analyze effects of child?s age, language ability, social competence, parenting style, and socioeconomic status on preschoolers? theory of mind. The subjects were selected randomly from kindergartens and composed of three hundred 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and their parents and teachers. The data was analyzed by analysis of covariance and t-test. The major findings of this study were summarized as follows: it was found that language ability, parenting style, SES, and social competence had a positive effect upon preschoolers? theory of mind. This relation remained significant with children?s age controlled. Children?s theory of mind was more strongly related when their parents were highly affectionate with their children, children?s language ability was greater, parents held higher socioeconomic status than those who had less prominent one, or children with higher social competence.주제어(Key Words): 마음의 이론(theory of mind), 속임수(deception), 실재와 다른 신념(false belief), 사회적 역량(social competence)