Validation of a French version of the Theory of Mind Inventory 2

IF 1.4 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.erap.2024.101042

Marine Houssa, Poline Simon, Nathalie Nader-Grosbois

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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to validate the translated French version of Theory of Mind Inventory 2 (ToMI2-vf), initially developed by Hutchins et al. (2016), which assesses adults’ perception of children's Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in daily life.

Method

Belgian parents of 478 children, from 2 to 12 years old, completed three questionnaires: ToMI2-vf and French versions of the Griffith Empathy Measure (GEM-vf) and the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC-vf). The children performed the Theory of Mind task Battery.

Results

The results for ToMI2-vf showed very good internal consistency and a two-factor structure corresponding to ‘Early ToM’ and ‘First- and second-order ToM’. Positive links with age and significant differences between age groups were identified from the ToM2-vf scores. Convergent validity was confirmed by positive significant correlations between the ToMI2-vf scores and children's performances in ToM task Battery, as well as between the ToMI2-vf scores and those in the empathy and emotion regulation measures. A negative correlation was emphasized between the scores in ToMI2-vf and in emotion dysregulation.

Conclusion

The ToMI2-vf presents good psychometric qualities and could be useful for assessment of typically and atypically developing children in future research and in clinical practice.

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法语版心理理论量表的验证2

目的本研究旨在验证由Hutchins等人（2016）最初开发的法语翻译版心理理论量表2 (ToMI2-vf)，该量表评估成人在日常生活中对儿童心理理论（ToM）能力的感知。方法对478名2 ~ 12岁儿童的比利时父母进行问卷调查：ToMI2-vf、法语版格里菲斯共情量表（GEM-vf）和情绪调节检查表（ERC-vf）。孩子们执行心智理论任务。结果ToMI2-vf具有良好的内部一致性，具有“早期ToM”和“一、二阶ToM”的双因子结构。从ToM2-vf分数中可以确定与年龄的正相关和年龄组之间的显着差异。ToMI2-vf得分与儿童在ToM任务组中的表现，以及ToMI2-vf得分与共情和情绪调节量表的表现之间的正显著相关证实了收敛效度。ToMI2-vf得分与情绪失调呈负相关。结论ToMI2-vf量表具有良好的心理测量质量，在今后的研究和临床实践中可用于典型和非典型发育儿童的心理评估。

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European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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期刊介绍： The aim of the Revue européenne de Psychologie appliquée / European Review of Applied Psychology is to promote high-quality applications of psychology to all areas of specialization, and to foster exchange among researchers and professionals. Its policy is to attract a wide range of contributions, including empirical research, overviews of target issues, case studies, descriptions of instruments for research and diagnosis, and theoretical work related to applied psychology. In all cases, authors will refer to published and verificable facts, whether established in the study being reported or in earlier publications.