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Influence of introducing a story stem in an interactive play context on maternal and their four-year-old children’s use of mental state language

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  • Mette Skovgaard Væver
  • Camilla Overbye Roos
  • Johanne Smith-Nielsen
  • Ida Egmose
  • Katrine Isabella Wendelboe
  • Anne Christine Stuart

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Maternal and child mental state language is associated with improved socioemotional and cognitive child development. This study examined if introducing a story stem (a narrative playing out socioemotional conflicts) in a play situation facilitated maternal and child mental state language compared to a free-play (baseline) situation, and if mothers and children with low baseline mental state language profited more from the story stem situation. Participants were 101 four-year-old children and their mothers. Maternal and child mental state language correlated and providing the story stem increased both maternal and child mental state language. Providing a story stem increased mental state language more for mothers and children groups with lowest mental state language at baseline compared to a high mental state language group. The results indicate a validation of the use of story stems to increase maternal and child mental state language within a typical population.

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  • Mette Skovgaard Væver & Camilla Overbye Roos & Johanne Smith-Nielsen & Ida Egmose & Katrine Isabella Wendelboe & Anne Christine Stuart, 2024. "Influence of introducing a story stem in an interactive play context on maternal and their four-year-old children’s use of mental state language," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0311237
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311237
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