01729nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002400118653001800142653001800160653001800178653001900196100001600215700002000231700003000251245006500281300001200346490000700358520110600365022001401471020001401485       2013                            d  c06/2013bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aEmotion Recognition10aMentalization10apsychometrics10aTest Validity10atheory of mind1 aPilar Rueda1 aRosario Cabello1 aPablo Fernández-Berrocal00aPreliminary validation of Spanish "Eyes Test-Child Version."  a173-1840 v193 aThe Eyes Test-Child version (Baron-Cohen, Wheelwright, Spong, Scahill, & Lawson, 2001) is a test that measures advanced theory of mind (ToM) skills through an emotional recognition task. The test was designed for the diagnosis of emotional recognition and mentalization and it has been widely used across different cultures as a tool for the diagnosis of disorders associated with a deficit in ToM skills, such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia or behavioral disorders. This study reports the preliminary validation of the Spanish "Eyes Test-Child Version" in an adolescent nonclinical population We examined distribution of response, item difficulty, and scores on the Spanish version with a sample of 354 adolescents aged 14 to 16 years. Additionally, we analyzed whether the right responses were associated with age and gender. Results showed that distribution of response, item difficulty, and scores on the Spanish sample coincided with the original version Eyes Test scores were not related to the age of adolescents. Females scored higher than males, which replicates earlier studies.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437