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:: Volume 8, Issue 1 (Vol8 No1 Spring 2021- 2021) ::
J Child Ment Health 2021, 8(1): 110-125 Back to browse issues page
Designing a Social Skills Model Based on the Role of Expressive Language Components through the Mediation of Theory of Mind in Children
Mina Bakhshaei Shahrbabaki1 , Zahra Zeinaddiny Meymand * 1, Amanallah Soltani1 , Hamdolah Manzari Tavakoli1
1- Department of Education and Psychology, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
Abstract:   (1355 Views)
Background and Purpose: Social skills play a substantial role in the social adjustment process and the children’s behavioral problems reduction. Expressive language and the theory of mind are two efficacious fundamental factors in children’s social skills enhancement. So the present study was conducted to designing a social skills model based on the role of expressive language development components through the mediation of theory of mind in children of 4 to 6 years old.
Method: This research was a practical survey-correlational study. The population included 750 pre-school children in Shahr-e-Babak located in Kerman province during the 2017-18 academic year; 104 preschoolers (including 48 girls and 56 boys) were selected with a three-stage cluster sampling method. They completed the language development test (Newcome & Hammill 1988), Social Skills Rating Scale (ROSS) (Truscott, 1989), and the test of the theory of mind by Nepssy2 (Korkman, Davis and Matthews, 2007). Research data was analyzed through path analysis.
Results: Results indicate that the proposed model has a proper fitting with the research data. Results approve the direct effect of the theory of mind on social skills (0<0.001) and also the direct effect of expressive language components on the theory of mind (p<0.01). Findings confirmed the mediatory role of the theory of mind in the relation of social skills and expressive language components (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Findings of this research indicate that the components of expressive language and the theory of mind should improve as well as the social skills of 4 to 6-year-old children. Components of expressive language can indirectly, and through the theory of mind, enhance, develop and improve children’s social skills, which is done through affecting children’s social efficiency, enabling effective interaction with peers, and decreasing their behavioral problems.
Article number: 8
Keywords: Expressive language, social skills, theory of mind
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2018/10/16 | Accepted: 2019/06/10 | Published: 2021/06/18
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