本研究旨在了解幼兒心智理論與心智語言之相關。研究參與者來自台灣北部私立幼兒園四至六歲幼兒，共93位。本研究採用之研究工具為「心智理論測驗」與「心智語言作業」兩部份。將所得之資料以描述統計、t檢定及單因子變異數分析統計方法進行分析。結果顯示幼兒在心智理論的表現上，不同年齡幼兒在錯誤信念、情緒理解及欺騙作業上皆有顯著差異存在；年齡越大者在心智理論的表現越佳。至於不同性別幼兒的心智理論並無顯著差異存在。幼兒的心智語言使用情形，不同年齡和性別之幼兒皆有顯著差異。此外，心智理論與心智語言之間呈現正相關；即幼兒的心智理論的表現越佳，其心智語言的使用情形越佳。

The purpose of this study was to explore the association between Theory of Mind and mental state language of young children. Ninety-three children in ages of four- to six-years old have been recruited from a private kindergarten in the northern area of Taiwan. Three measures of Theory of Mind including false belief task, emotional understanding task, deception task and one mental state language task were utilized. It is found that age shows a significant effect both on Theory of mind and mental state language in children. However, sex effect is not found. Furthermore, Theory of Mind and mental state language are indeed associated.

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