How to Foster Toddlers' Mental-State Talk, Emotion Understanding, and Prosocial Behavior: A Conversation-Based Intervention at Nursery School

Infancy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Grazzani ◽  
Veronica Ornaghi ◽  
Alessia Agliati ◽  
Elisa Brazzelli
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Nursery School ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Mental State Talk

scholarly journals Maternal and Paternal Mental-state Talk and Executive Function in Preschool Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Baptista ◽  
Ana Osório ◽  
Eva Costa Martins ◽  
Paula Castiajo ◽  
Ana Luísa Barreto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Mental State Talk

scholarly journals Mental State Talk Structure in Children’s Narratives: A Cluster Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Pinto ◽  
Caterina Primi ◽  
Christian Tarchi ◽  
Lucia Bigozzi
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
School Year ◽  
Children's Narratives ◽  
Mental State Talk

This study analysed children’s Theory of Mind (ToM) as assessed by mental state talk in oral narratives. We hypothesized that the children’s mental state talk in narratives has an underlying structure, with specific terms organized in clusters. Ninety-eight children attending the last year of kindergarten were asked to tell a story twice, at the beginning and at the end of the school year. Mental state talk was analysed by identifying terms and expressions referring to perceptual, physiological, emotional, willingness, cognitive, moral, and sociorelational states. The cluster analysis showed that children’s mental state talk is organized in two main clusters: perceptual states and affective states. Results from the study confirm the feasibility of narratives as an outlet to inquire mental state talk and offer a more fine-grained analysis of mental state talk structure.

scholarly journals MENTAL STATE TALK: ASSESSMENT THROUGH WORDLESS PICTURE STORY BOOK READING

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafsa Khalil Toor
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Picture Story ◽  
Good Measurement ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Mental State Talk ◽  
State Content

Mental state talk involves words that describe the mental world of individuals. These could be words that are about thoughts, feelings, desires, intentions, and emotions. There has been dearth of research in Pakistan assessing the parents and teachers’ use of mental state talk in conversation with young children, commonly because of lack of assessment tool that are employed to measure the mental state talk in Pakistan. The present study aimed at validation and development of indigenous tool for the assessment of mental state talk of parents/teachers to use with children.  Wordless picture story book reading was selected as one the various methods devised for mental state talk assessment; which facilitates interactions between parents/teachers and their children. For validation, Indigenous picture story books were reviewed for its content and modified through opinion of subject matter experts. Content and face validity of the story book were examined and found to be good. The finding concluded that finalized wordless picture story book has rich mental state content and has great potential to stimulate rich discourse on mental state talk. It will bridge the research gap and will promote as a good measurement instrument for research on mental state talk in Pakistan.

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