The Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Listening Comprehension Among Chinese Preschoolers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The study aimed to examine the performance on linguistic and cognitive tasks among Chinese preschool children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and explore the direct and indirect relationships between theory of mind (ToM) and literal and inferential listening comprehension. Forty-nine...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 3741 - 3755
Autores principales: Gao, Zeying, Luo, Huilin, Li, Tianbi, Zhao, Jing
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2025
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          Gao, Zeying
          Luo, Huilin
          Li, Tianbi
          Zhao, Jing
        affil: https://ror.org/03cve4549 Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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          Theory of Mind
          Listening Evaluation
          Speech Perception Evaluation
          Autism Spectrum Disorder
          Child Development
          Language Processing In Infancy and Childhood
          Chinese Persons In Infancy and Childhood
          Cognition
          Linguistics
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          China
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          Child, Preschool
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Path Analysis
          Mediation Analysis
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Inferential Statistics
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Age Factors
          Intelligence Tests
          Scales
          Nonparametric Statistics
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Confidence Intervals
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      ab: The study aimed to examine the performance on linguistic and cognitive tasks among Chinese preschool children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and explore the direct and indirect relationships between theory of mind (ToM) and literal and inferential listening comprehension. Forty-nine (N = 49) children with ASD and fifty-two (N = 52) age- and gender-matched typically developing (TD) children participated in the study. All participants were administered tasks evaluating their listening comprehension of literal and inferential statements, ToM, as well as verbal and nonverbal IQ. Results showed that the ASD group performed statistically worse on listening comprehension, ToM abilities, verbal IQ, and nonverbal IQ than their TD peers. Further, we found statistically significant correlations between general ToM performance and overall listening comprehension among Chinese preschool children with and without ASD. More specifically, ToM abilities of children with ASD had an indirect effect on their literal listening comprehension via the mediation of verbal IQ, whereas ToM performance among TD children predicted their literal listening comprehension via the mediation of nonverbal IQ. The major findings were discussed in detail based on the situation model. The research facilitated insights into listening comprehension among Chinese preschool children with and without ASD, providing their caregivers and teachers with viable strategies to improve their listening comprehension.
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