2017
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2017.1327438
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The More the Merrier? Sibling Composition and Early Manifestations of Theory of Mind in Toddlers

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“…For example, Paine, Pearce, van Goozen, de Sonneville, and Hay () found children with younger siblings performed better than those children without siblings on a measure of second‐order false belief understanding. However, Leblanc et al () found that toddlers with older siblings tend to show the highest ToM performance compared to those children with no siblings or younger siblings, with their performance being significantly higher than those with younger siblings (Leblanc et al, ). Thus, results for the role of siblings in the development of ToM is mixed.…”
Section: The Development Of Lie‐telling Among Siblingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For example, Paine, Pearce, van Goozen, de Sonneville, and Hay () found children with younger siblings performed better than those children without siblings on a measure of second‐order false belief understanding. However, Leblanc et al () found that toddlers with older siblings tend to show the highest ToM performance compared to those children with no siblings or younger siblings, with their performance being significantly higher than those with younger siblings (Leblanc et al, ). Thus, results for the role of siblings in the development of ToM is mixed.…”
Section: The Development Of Lie‐telling Among Siblingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, it appears that the development of lie‐telling is influenced by both cognitive and social factors. Previous research shows that the presence of an older sibling in the home environment also facilitates theory of mind (ToM) development in preschoolers, suggesting an interplay between social and cognitive factors (e.g., Leblanc, Bernier, & Howe, ; McAlister & Peterson, ). However, to date, no research has examined whether the maturation of these sibling‐influenced cognitive abilities is related to the progression of lie‐telling development.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These two models provide reasonable explanations for the "positive" effect of older or childaged siblings on children's social understanding, respectively. However, two recent studies have found that infant or toddler siblings harm preschoolers' ToM (see section "Summary" for details; Leblanc et al, 2017;Paine et al, 2018). We speculate that there might be different mechanisms between younger/same-age and older siblings in promoting target children's mental-state understanding.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…In long-term and intensive interactions (e.g., family conversations, social pretend play, and arguments), siblings perceive, infer, and talk about the mental states of themselves and others, and therefore, their understanding of the causality between mental states and behaviors is constantly deepened (Howe et al, 2011;Leblanc et al, 2017). At the same time, interaction with parents might moderate the association between the sibling and ToM by affecting the quality and quantity of sibling interactions.…”
Section: Parents' Involvement In Sibling Interactionsmentioning
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