ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Longitudinal Associations between Reading Fiction and Theory of Mind in Adolescence
- Sanne van der Kleij
University of Birmingham - Iasn Apperly
University of Birmingham - Laura Shapiro
Aston University, Birmingham - Jessie Ricketts
Royal Holloway, University of London - Rory Devine
University of Birmingham
Abstract
We examined (non)fiction reading experience and Theory of Mind in 236 children between 11–13-years. Children’s fiction, not their non-fiction reading was associated with ToM. This association was concurrent but not longitudinal. Our findings motivate further research on the amount and type of fiction reading that might benefit ToM development.
Social Cognition
