Associations between fiction reading, trait empathy and theory of mind ability
- Autores
- Tabullo, Ángel Javier; Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli; García, Claudia Silvana
- Año de publicación
- 2018
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli. Universidad de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: García, Claudia Silvana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina; Argentina
Abstract: Several studies suggest a link between fiction reading and Theory of Mind, a component of cognitive empathy which refers to the ability to understand other people’s mental and affective states. More frequent fiction readers perform better in tasks that require inference of intentions or emotions in others, like the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task. In addition, subjects who read a fiction text obtain better scores than controls reading non-fiction. Since most of this research has been conducted on caucasic subjects, cross-cultural replication of the effect is still needed. The present study is the first to investigate the subject in a Latin American sample (208 adults -137 females-, ranging from 18 to 59 years old (M= 27.66). We replicated the association between lifelong exposure to print fiction and performance in the Reading the Mind in the eyes task, but the effect was only significant in men. The association remained significant after controlling for age, education level and self-reported Trait Empathy scores. The results are congruent with the hypothesis that reading promotes Theory of Mind ability by engaging mentalizing processes in order to represent the thoughts and feelings of fictional characters. The sex difference we observed had not been reported before and requires further replication and analysis. - Fuente
- International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 18(3), 2018
- Materia
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EMPATIA
LECTURA
FICCION
TEORIA DE LA MENTE - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Repositorio
- Institución
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
- OAI Identificador
- oai:ucacris:123456789/8560
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Associations between fiction reading, trait empathy and theory of mind abilityTabullo, Ángel JavierNavas Jiménez, Violeta AraceliGarcía, Claudia SilvanaEMPATIALECTURAFICCIONTEORIA DE LA MENTEFil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaFil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli. Universidad de Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: García, Claudia Silvana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina; ArgentinaAbstract: Several studies suggest a link between fiction reading and Theory of Mind, a component of cognitive empathy which refers to the ability to understand other people’s mental and affective states. More frequent fiction readers perform better in tasks that require inference of intentions or emotions in others, like the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task. In addition, subjects who read a fiction text obtain better scores than controls reading non-fiction. Since most of this research has been conducted on caucasic subjects, cross-cultural replication of the effect is still needed. The present study is the first to investigate the subject in a Latin American sample (208 adults -137 females-, ranging from 18 to 59 years old (M= 27.66). We replicated the association between lifelong exposure to print fiction and performance in the Reading the Mind in the eyes task, but the effect was only significant in men. The association remained significant after controlling for age, education level and self-reported Trait Empathy scores. The results are congruent with the hypothesis that reading promotes Theory of Mind ability by engaging mentalizing processes in order to represent the thoughts and feelings of fictional characters. The sex difference we observed had not been reported before and requires further replication and analysis.Asociación de Análisis del Comportamiento2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/8560https://www.ijpsy.com/volumen18/num3/501.html1577-7057Tabullo AJ, Navas-Jiménez VA, & García CS (2018). Associations between Fiction Reading, Trait Empathy and Theory of Mind Ability [en línea]. International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 18(3). Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/8560International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 18(3), 2018reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:56:52Zoai:ucacris:123456789/8560instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:56:52.449Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse |
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Tabullo, Ángel Javier Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli García, Claudia Silvana |
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Tabullo, Ángel Javier Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli García, Claudia Silvana |
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EMPATIA LECTURA FICCION TEORIA DE LA MENTE |
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EMPATIA LECTURA FICCION TEORIA DE LA MENTE |
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Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas; Argentina Fil: Tabullo, Ángel Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Navas Jiménez, Violeta Araceli. Universidad de Mendoza; Argentina Fil: García, Claudia Silvana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina; Argentina Abstract: Several studies suggest a link between fiction reading and Theory of Mind, a component of cognitive empathy which refers to the ability to understand other people’s mental and affective states. More frequent fiction readers perform better in tasks that require inference of intentions or emotions in others, like the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task. In addition, subjects who read a fiction text obtain better scores than controls reading non-fiction. Since most of this research has been conducted on caucasic subjects, cross-cultural replication of the effect is still needed. The present study is the first to investigate the subject in a Latin American sample (208 adults -137 females-, ranging from 18 to 59 years old (M= 27.66). We replicated the association between lifelong exposure to print fiction and performance in the Reading the Mind in the eyes task, but the effect was only significant in men. The association remained significant after controlling for age, education level and self-reported Trait Empathy scores. The results are congruent with the hypothesis that reading promotes Theory of Mind ability by engaging mentalizing processes in order to represent the thoughts and feelings of fictional characters. The sex difference we observed had not been reported before and requires further replication and analysis. |
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