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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 249-260Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406066759
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conflict inhibition; cross-cultural developmental psychology; culture as moderator; delay inhibition; false belief; independent self; inhibitory control; interdependent self; theory of mind
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This study investigates the relationship of theory of mind and inhibitory control in three samples from Europe, Africa and Latin America differing in relevant socioeconomic and psychological background. The relationship between false belief understanding and inhibitory! control was tested using samples of 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers from Germany (N = 116), Costa Rica (N = 82) and Cameroon (N = 116). Inhibitory control and theory of mind were examined using test batteries. Age, gender, siblings, language understanding and mother's education were controlled. Results of regression analyses controlling for moderating effects of culture show a culture-independent relation between conflict inhibition and false belief understanding while delay inhibition is not a significant predictor for false belief understanding across cultures. Conflict inhibition is discussed as a universal developmental prerequisite for the development of theory of mind in the preschool years.
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