Table 1.

Mean differences between left-behind children and non-left-behind children in theory of mind.

	LBC		NLBC		t	Cohen’s d
	M	SD	M	SD
Age	10.56	1.40	10.47	1.28	0.52	0.07
Reasoning	12.95	5.89	15.00	5.90	2.54∗	0.35
Scores on strange stories	4.47	1.71	5.03	1.63	2.45∗	0.34
Second-order false belief	0.51	0.82	0.57	0.87	0.57	0.07
Faux pas understanding	3.08	1.42	3.56	1.59	2.33∗	0.32

*p < .05. LBC, left-behind children; NLBC, non-left-behind children.