Happily egocentric: the impact of mood on children’s mentalising, an exploratory study

= .43). Our exploratory study suggests that, like adults, happier children appear more egocentric in their mentalising. Future work is needed, with larger sample sizes and to understand whether the differences across age groups reflect a genuinely age-related change, or an artefact of the mood manipulation used.

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Cognition & Emotion
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2026-09-16
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2026.2723966
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Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
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Happily egocentric: the impact of mood on children’s mentalising, an exploratory study

Andrew Surtees, Bryony Fenton, Pardis Hashmezadeh
Cognition & Emotion
Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
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Happily egocentric: the impact of mood on children’s mentalising, an exploratory study

Andrew Surtees, Bryony Fenton, Pardis Hashmezadeh
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Abstract

= .43). Our exploratory study suggests that, like adults, happier children appear more egocentric in their mentalising. Future work is needed, with larger sample sizes and to understand whether the differences across age groups reflect a genuinely age-related change, or an artefact of the mood manipulation used.

Cognition & Emotion
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (GB), University of Birmingham (GB)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 7%
Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
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