Relations between theory of mind and executive function in middle childhood: A short-term longitudinal study

Studies with preschool children have shown significant links between children’s executive function (EF) and theory of mind (ToM), but few studies have examined these associations in primary school children. To address this gap, we designed a three-wave cross-lagged longitudinal study in which we followed a group of 113 children (61 boys) across three time points from age 9.5–10.5 years (mean age at Time 1 = 112.3 months, SD = 4.18; mean age at...