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Increased interference from conflicting perspectives and gender differences: A longitudinal study during adolescence.

Alix Weidema¹, Miriam Hollarek², Hester Sijtsma²

¹Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Summary

Adolescent perspective-taking skills develop slowly with conflicting views. While overall performance improves, cognitive interference increases, with girls showing less egocentric bias than boys.

Keywords:

Adolescence Altercentric interference Dot Perspective Task Egocentric interference Perspective taking Social cognitive development

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Area of Science:

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Background:

Adolescents require effective perspective-taking skills for social navigation.
Egocentric and altercentric interference are key cognitive processes impacting perspective-taking.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the developmental trajectory of egocentric and altercentric interference in adolescents.
To examine how these cognitive processes influence perspective-taking abilities over time.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study tracking 803 adolescents (aged 12-14) over three years.
Utilized the Dot Perspective Task to measure egocentric and altercentric interference.
Employed linear mixed model analyses to assess developmental changes.

Main Results:

Overall performance on the Dot Perspective Task improved with age.
Both egocentric and altercentric interference significantly increased across the three years.
Adolescent girls exhibited less egocentric interference compared to adolescent boys.

Conclusions:

Perspective-taking development is slower in situations with conflicting perspectives.
Cognitive interference, rather than solely improving performance, increases during adolescence.
Task-based findings support previous research indicating higher perspective-taking in adolescent girls.