Empathy, sex and fluid intelligence as predictors of theory of mind

被引：88

作者：

Ibanez, Agustin ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Huepe, David ^{[3
]}

Gempp, Rene ^{[4
]}

Gutierrez, Virna ^{[5
]}

Rivera-Rei, Alvaro ^{[3
]}

Isabel Toledo, Maria ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Favaloro Univ, Inst Cognit Neurol, Lab Expt Psychol & Neurosci, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[2] Natl Sci & Tech Res Council CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[3] Univ Diego Portales, Fac Psicol, Santiago, Chile

[4] Univ Diego Portales, Fac Econ & Empresa, Santiago, Chile

[5] Univ Diego Portales, Fac Ingn, Santiago, Chile

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2013年 / 54卷 / 05期

关键词：

ToM; Empathy; Fluid intelligence; Sex; Individual differences; Path analysis; HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; ASPERGER-SYNDROME; FALSE BELIEF; MECHANISMS; STABILITY; ONTOGENY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.022

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Individual differences in theory of mind (TOM) are affected by a variety of factors. We investigated the relationship between empathy, sex and fluid intelligence (FI) as predictors of ToM in a random probabilistic sample of secondary students. First, we explored whether sex, as well as high, average or low levels of empathy and Fl affect ToM performance. Furthermore, we assessed the contribution of empathy, sex and Fl in predicting ToM by using a path analysis. This method allows testing of causal models of directed dependencies among a set of variables. The causal dependencies of empathy, sex and fluid intelligence were confirmed and identified. In addition, the model confirmed the direct effect of empathy, sex and fluid intelligence on ToM; and the indirect effect of sex mediated by empathy. Thus, individual differences in ToM levels are partially attributable to sex, empathy and fluid intelligence variability, raising important considerations for clinical research as well as ToM's theoretical models of domain specificity. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：616 / 621

页数：6

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