The relationship between theory of mind and sluggish cognitive tempo in school-age children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder     
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Doğa Sevinçok
Türkiye
Sibelnur Avcil
Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Dergi ISSN 1359-1045 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 10-2021
Cilt No 26
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 1137 / 1152
DOI Numarası 10.1177/13591045211030665
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045211030665
Özet
Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is considered as a cognitive-emotional style. Theory of mind (ToM) skills form the basis of human cognition and social behavior. The aim of this study is to contribute to SCT literature by examining the relationship between SCT and cognitive and affective ToM in school-age children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fifty school-age children with ADHD (43 boys and seven girls) and 40 typically developing children (34 boys and six girls) were assessed using Parent-rated Barkley Child Attention Scale and Child Behavior Checklist/6-18, cognitive (first- and second-order ToM) and affective ToM (Reading Mind in the Eyes Test and Unexpected Outcomes Test (UOT)) tests. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine the variables that may predict SCT levels in children with ADHD. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder-inattention (Exp(B) = .334, = .027), internalization (Exp(B) = .305, = .006), and UOT scores (Exp(B) = .933, = .015) significantly predicted SCT severity in children with ADHD. SCT severity was significantly associated with impaired cognitive ToM skills as measured by second-order ToM (Exp(B) = 1.933, = .045). Our findings may indicate that affective ToM developing with age, and impaired cognitive ToM skills are associated with increasing SCT severity.
Anahtar Kelimeler
sluggish cognitive tempo | theory of mind | attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder | children | affective theory of mind | cognitive theory of mind