TY - JOUR
TI - Ekspozycja na fabularną prozę a spontaniczna versus jawna mentalizacja
AU - Putko, Adam
AU - Michałowska, Agnieszka
AU - Złotogórska-Suwińska, Agata
TI - Ekspozycja na fabularną prozę a spontaniczna versus jawna mentalizacja
AB - 
	Exposure to Narrative Fiction and Spontaneous versus Explicit Mentalization

	The main objective of the study was to check for the existence of the effect of short-term exposure to fiction in the area of mentalization abilities (Kidd, Castano, 2013), taking into account the spontaneous versus explicit aspect of these abilities. An additional aim was to verify the hypothesis that at the root of this phenomenon lies the process of imaginary simulation. In the first part of the study, participants (N = 103, aged 18 to 25) were randomly assigned to one of four groups: (1) reading literary fiction, (2) listening to the same story as the first group, and at the same time imagining the events presented in it, (3) reading popular fiction, and (4) not reading any story. In the second part of the study, all participants completed mentalization tests, a test checking familiarity with fiction, and the questionnaire on practices of reading books, magazines and watching television. The study showed no significant differences between the groups in the results of mentalization tests, even under conditions conducive to imaginary simulation. Familiarity with fiction proved to be a positive predictor of spontaneous mentalization, and exposure to television was a negative predictor of explicit mentalization. The findings lead to the conclusion that short-term exposure to fiction does not lead to a significant increase in spontaneous or explicit mentalization. However, both aspects of mentalization are connected with more long-term factors that are expressed in familiarity with fiction and exposure to television.
VL - 2020
IS - Tom 25, Numer 1
PY - 2020
SN - 1895-6297
C1 - 2084-3879
SP - 49
EP - 67
DO - 10.4467/20843879PR.20.003.12000
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/psychologia-rozwojowa/artykul/ekspozycja-na-fabularna-proze-a-spontaniczna-versus-jawna-mentalizacja
KW - teoria umysłu
KW - czytanie utworów beletrystycznych
KW - wyobrażeniowa symulacja
KW - oglądanie telewizji / theory of mind
KW - reading fiction
KW - imaginary simulation
KW - exposure to television