El objetivo principal de este estudio fue comprobar la relación entre la atribución emocional dependiente de creencias falsas y determinados aspectos de la competencia social de los niños. Para ello se recogieron datos de una muestra de 71 niños de 6 y 7 años sobre su ejecución en una tarea de falsa creencia cognitivo-emocional (FCCE) y las características de la interacción social que mantenían con sus iguales. Los resultados indicaron que además de la habilidad verbal de los niños, el nivel de simpatía y de aislamiento en las relaciones entre iguales pueden ser predictores de la ejecución de los niños en la tarea de atribución de estados mentales.
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