Empirical evidence for the spanish validation and adaptation of Happe's Strange Stories
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Theory of mind refers to the competence of attributing mind to others, and to predict and understand their behaviour in terms of mental states such as beliefs and desires. One of the main criticisms made ??to instruments measuring TM, is that their results are not reflected in the situations of everyday life. In 1994, Happe created a test trying to overcome the constraints. The aim of this paper was to generate empirical evidence contributing to the validation and Spanish adaptation of the mind theory test named Strange Stories of Happé, used to assess the capability to recognise non literal senses. Results revealed a good internal consistency of the test. The factorial analysis showed five factors that explained the 54% of the variance of data. Significant associations were found between the recognition of non literal senses and social sensibility tests. Research seeking to contribute to the knowledge of the evidence intended to explore advanced aspects of TM.
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Aguilar, M. J., Urquijo, S., Zabala, M. L., & Lopez, M. C. (2014). Empirical evidence for the spanish validation and adaptation of Happe’s Strange Stories. Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 6(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n2.7434
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