The study assessed Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in a group of oral deaf children and in their hearing mothers using a battery of ToM tasks. It also investigated the connection between mother and child in ToM performance. Participants were: 17 oral deaf children (aged 5 to 14 years) were paired by gender, age, and mental age with 17 hearing children; 17 hearing mothers of deaf children and 17 hearing mothers of hearing children. Compared to the hearing children, the deaf children faced difficulties in all ToM tests, and the hearing mothers of the deaf children were less capable than the mothers of the hearing children in all the ToM tests. Further, a specific ToM interaction model was found between the hearing mothers and the deaf children. The results confirmed ToM poor performance faced by the oral deaf children, showed the ToM level of hearing mothers of deaf children, and the ToM style of hearing mothers–deaf children dyads. Also, findings underline some educational implications related to the socio-relational origin of the ToM deficit in oral deaf children.

Lecciso, F., Petrocchi, S., Marchetti, A., Hearing mothers and oral deaf children: an atypical relational context for theory of mind, <<EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION>>, 2013; 28 (Settembre): 903-922. [doi:10.1007/s10212-012-0146-1] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60902]

Hearing mothers and oral deaf children: an atypical relational context for theory of mind

Lecciso, Flavia;Petrocchi, Serena;Marchetti, Antonella
2013

Abstract

The study assessed Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in a group of oral deaf children and in their hearing mothers using a battery of ToM tasks. It also investigated the connection between mother and child in ToM performance. Participants were: 17 oral deaf children (aged 5 to 14 years) were paired by gender, age, and mental age with 17 hearing children; 17 hearing mothers of deaf children and 17 hearing mothers of hearing children. Compared to the hearing children, the deaf children faced difficulties in all ToM tests, and the hearing mothers of the deaf children were less capable than the mothers of the hearing children in all the ToM tests. Further, a specific ToM interaction model was found between the hearing mothers and the deaf children. The results confirmed ToM poor performance faced by the oral deaf children, showed the ToM level of hearing mothers of deaf children, and the ToM style of hearing mothers–deaf children dyads. Also, findings underline some educational implications related to the socio-relational origin of the ToM deficit in oral deaf children.
2013
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Lecciso, F., Petrocchi, S., Marchetti, A., Hearing mothers and oral deaf children: an atypical relational context for theory of mind, <<EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION>>, 2013; 28 (Settembre): 903-922. [doi:10.1007/s10212-012-0146-1] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60902]
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