Mental State Talk Structure in Children’s Narratives: A Cluster Analysis

Table 2

Frequencies of subjects and use of mental state talk categories in the two assessments (, mean ± standard deviation).

	Beginning of the school year		End of the school year
		M ± SD		M ± SD
Physiological states	63	2.27 ± 2.27	62	1.83 ± 2.24
Perceptual states	49	1.35 ± 2.50	50	0.94 ± 1.20
Positive emotion states	29	0.50 ± 1.00	39	0.76 ± 1.09
Negative emotions states	12	0.21 ± 0.76	11	0.21 ± 0.76
Willingness states	33	0.65 ± 1.19	39	0.63 ± 0.96
Cognitive states	32	0.59 ± 1.20	34	0.53 ± 0.90
Moral states	29	0.75 ± 1.89	34	0.59 ± 1.06
Sociorelational states	15	0.24 ± 0.62	18	0.34 ± 0.85