Children who are sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others are more popular on the playground, report researchers.
Published in the journal Child Development, the study finds preschoolers and elementary school children who are good at identifying and responding to what others want, think, and feel are rated by their peers or teachers as being popular at school.
Understanding the mental perspectives of others could facilitate the type of interactions that help children become or remain popular, according to Professor Virginia Slaughter, head of the School of Psychology at University of Queensland.
