Theory of mind and psychosocial characteristics in older men
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The extent to which early-life cognitive ability shapes individuals' social functioning throughout life, in the context of later-life factors, is unknown. We investigated performance on the Faux Pas test (FP) in relation to psychosocial characteristics and childhood intelligence scores in 90 healthy older men. FP performance was associated with close social network size but not social contact, social support, or loneliness when accounting for both childhood and later-life intelligence, affect, personality, and sociodemography. We add to a growing literature on associations between theory of mind and intelligence, affect, and personality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Authors
- Radecki, M. A., Cox, S. R., & MacPherson, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- MacPherson, Sarah E.
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 145-151
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- PMC
- PMC6366441
- OpenAlex
- W2905614146
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 5.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Age UK-funded Disconnected Mind project
- United Kingdom’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Biological Sciences Research
- Medical Research Council (MR/K026992/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- theory of mind, Faux Pas Test, child intelligence, older men, social network size, social support, loneliness, social contact, affect, personality, cognitive aging, social functioning
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Intelligence, Loneliness, Male, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, Social Support, Theory of Mind
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