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. 2016 Aug 23;7:1261. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01261

Table 5.

Summaries of the relationships between theory of mind and morality during development.

Middle childhood Adolescence Early adulthood Late adulthood
Theory of mind and deontological moral judgments Negative relationships Negative relationships Positive relationships Negative relationships
Theory of mind and helping behavior Positive relationships Negative relationships No relationship No relationship

The summaries are based on the significant correlations between theory of mind variables and morality variable for each age group.