Suzanne H Verver, Mathijs P J Vervloed, Bert Steenbergen
Characteristics of peer play in children with visual impairments
Research in developmental disabilities
competence theory mind tom abilities occurs parallel development language gain deeper discernment proficiency tasks tapping higherorder tom abilities implemented study aims explore development higherorder tom abilities bilingual indian children 30 811 years age achieve insight influence language tom abilities current study followed crosssectional design along employment random convenient sampling procedure study conducted regular english medium schools participant individually assessed study done 60 kannadaenglish bilingual children participant assessed using two sets stories english kannada constructed based two different central themes verbally narrated stimulus set consisted questions tapping three levels firstsecondthird orders tom abilities descriptive statistics determined mean standard deviation total tom scores languages wilcoxon signedrank mannwhitney utests done determine level significance across age groups languages respectively results revealed significant difference across age groups addition significant difference responses english kannada obtained development metalinguistic abilities influenced socioenvironmental factors well language maturity child