The Mind and Heart of the Social Child: Developing the Empathy and Theory of Mind Scale

Table 1

Factor loading and communalities based on a confirmative factor analysis for 17 items ().

	Nice ToM	Nasty ToM	Empathy
Enjoys stories with deceptive plots	.77
Is good at taking other people’s perspective into consideration	.68
Can easily tell when another person wants to enter into conversation with them	.74
Can easily tell when somebody is joking	.68
Pretends objects are something else	.53
Tells lies to get away from punishment		.83
Is good at maintaining a lie when questioned about it		.80
Blames others for things that they themselves have done		.66
Teases, picks on, or bullies other children		.62
Has stolen something they wanted from their sibling or friend		.61
Likes to play practical jokes on others		.51
Likes to help new children integrate in class			.55
Tries to offer help when someone is hurt, upset, or feeling ill			.79
Tries to stop quarrels and fights			.47
When I make clear that I want some peace and quiet, my child tries not to bother me			.54
Would worry about how another child would feel if not invited to a party			.59
Shows embarrassment in socially awkward situations			.27