3～6岁汉语儿童语言能力与错误信念理解关系的元分析

Language Ability and False-belief: A Meta-analysis on Children Aged 3～6 in China

本研究综合了来自中国大陆1581名3-6岁儿童的语言能力与错误信念关系的19个研究的数据．通过元分析考查了二者相关的强度，并分析了影响相关强度的因素，包括所测量的语言能力及研究使用的错误信念任务的差异等。结果显示当控制了儿童的年龄后，语言能力和错误信念之间存在中等强度的相关；研究中所测查的语言能力的类型、使用的错误信念的测量任务的类型不会对语言能力和错误信念的关系强度产生影响。

Using data from 19 studies on the relation between language ability and false-belief understanding with a total of 1581 3-6 years children from Chinese mainland, this meta-analysis determined the strength of the relation and examined moderators that may account for the variability across studies -- including aspect of language ability assessed, type of false-belief task used. The results indicated a moderate and significant correlation between language ability and false-belief after controlling for age. Further moderator analysis showed that the relationship was not affected by the type of language ability and the measurement of false-belief understanding.