Virginia Tompkins
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Montgomery D, Tompkins V, Feng X
Front Psychol
. 2024 Dec;
15:1435685.
PMID: 39687564
There are conflicting proposals about the underlying structure of the theory of mind (ToM) construct. The lack of clarity impedes attempts to understand relationships between ToM and other cognitive abilities....
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Tompkins V, Montgomery D, Dore R, Lee B
Dev Psychol
. 2024 Nov;
PMID: 39509197
Researchers argue that theory of mind (ToM) abilities are needed for text (listening or reading) comprehension. Although many studies have supported this claim, findings are mixed and researchers have disagreed...
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Tompkins V, Feng X
J Fam Psychol
. 2024 Oct;
39(1):65-76.
PMID: 39388135
Grandparents support American families in many ways, but they have often been overlooked in research on typical families (e.g., parents raising children). We examined whether grandparents have a positive influence...
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Tompkins V, Villaruel E
Early Child Dev Care
. 2022 Apr;
192(3):410-424.
PMID: 35399602
Educators recognize children's social competence as an indicator of school readiness. Children's social competence may be promoted prior to kindergarten through parents' discipline; however, prior research largely focused on parenting...
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Tompkins V, Duffy K, Haisley E, Smith R
Dev Psychol
. 2019 Apr;
55(7):1493-1508.
PMID: 30985162
Researchers studying parent-child reminiscing in the preschool years have often focused on parents' and children's elaborative talk (i.e., provision of unique details). The current study proposes a novel conceptualization of...
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Tompkins V, Farrar M, Montgomery D
Adv Child Dev Behav
. 2019 Mar;
56:109-140.
PMID: 30846045
Research consistently finds that language and theory of mind are interrelated. The content and qualities of language that specifically predict theory of mind remain under investigation and the question of...
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Tompkins V, Logan J, Blosser D, Duffy K
J Exp Child Psychol
. 2017 Feb;
158:1-18.
PMID: 28167382
Achieving false belief understanding is an important cognitive milestone that allows children to understand that thoughts and reality can differ. Researchers have found that low-income children score significantly lower than...
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Guo Y, Tompkins V, Justice L, Petscher Y
Early Educ Dev
. 2016 Sep;
25(7):1016-1034.
PMID: 27660399
Research Findings: The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship between classroom age composition and preschoolers' vocabulary gains over an academic year and also to examine whether...
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Tompkins V
Cogn Dev
. 2015 Aug;
36:1-19.
PMID: 26294810
This study examined the efficacy of training theory of mind via storybook interactions focused on characters' mental states (i.e., beliefs and emotions) in a sample of 73 low-income preschoolers, and...
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Justice L, Logan J, Kaderavek J, Schmitt M, Tompkins V, Bartlett C
J Learn Disabil
. 2013 Nov;
48(5):482-94.
PMID: 24232733
The purpose of this study was to empirically determine whether specific profiles characterize preschool-aged children with language impairment (LI) with respect to their early literacy skills (print awareness, name-writing ability,...