脑瘫患儿推理加工与心理理论相关研究

Correlation Between Inference Processing and Theory of Mind in Children with Cerebral Palsy

目的:探究脑瘫患儿推理加工与心理理论的相关性。方法:选取35名脑瘫患儿和36名正常对照组儿童,接受语义推理(因果推理和预期推理)、语用推理(简单语用和复杂语用推理)和心理理论(错误信念和错误预期)测试。结果:在各测试任务上脑瘫组得分显著低于对照组;分层回归分析表明:因果推理对错误信念有预测作用,预期推理对错误预期有预测作用,简单语用推理对错误信念和错误预期都有预测作用,复杂语用推理对错误预期有预测作用。结论:脑瘫患儿的推理加工能力和心理理论落后于正常儿童,推理加工能力与心理理论具有相关性。

Objective： To explore the relation between inference processing and theory of mind in children with cerebral palsy, Methods： 35 children with cerebral palsy and 36 normal controls were assessed in the tasks of semantic inference （causal vs. predictive inference）, pragmatic inference （simple vs. complex） and theory of mind （second-order falsebelief vs. false expectation）. Results： There were significant differences between children with cerebral palsy and normal controls in the tasks of inference processing and theory of mind; Hierarchical regression analyses showed that causal inference significantly predicted false belief; predictive inference significantly predicted false expectation; simple pragmatic inference significantly predicted false belief and false expectation; complex pragmatic inference significantly predicted false expectation. Conclusion： Inference processing and theory of mind in children with cerebral palsy lagged behind those in normal children, and inference processing was related to theory of mind.