الاكاديمية للدراسات الاجتماعية و الانسانية
Volume 12, Numéro 4, Pages 34-42
2020-07-17

Evaluation Of Social Cognitive Skills And Theory Of Mind In Children With Down's Syndrome

Authors : Rahmoun I . Benosman Djaouida .

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the impact of socio-cognitive skills on the theory of mind tasks in children with Down's syndrome according to the chronological age. The experimental protocol was implemented to evaluate the theory of mind in 60 children aged between 6 and 9 years divided into two groups (control and experimental) and also by age groups. We measured emotions in the first part and cognitive beliefs in the second part. The Vinland Adaptive Behavior Scale (socialization domain) was used to assess the social skills and the Columbia test for measuring the mental age of children with Down’s syndrome. The study showed that the chronological age has an impact on the acquisition of theory of mind and on the social adaptive level of children with Down's syndrome. Mental age has a significant impact on the tasks of the theory of mind according to the age of development of children with Down's syndrome.

Keywords

Chronological age, ; , theory of mind, ; social skill, ; Down's syndrome

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