Various mentalizing concepts in mothers with postpartum depression, comorbid anxiety, and personality disorders.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21914
Abstract: BACKGROUND Mentalization is defined as the human capacity to reflect upon one's own or others' behaviors in terms of underlying mental states and intentions. Several concepts of mentalizing exist, which differ in content, assessment, and… read more here.
Keywords: depression; postpartum depression; anxiety; comorbid ... See more keywords
The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22023
Abstract: Abstract The parents’ capacity to reflect upon the psychological processes in their child, termed parental reflective functioning (PRF) can be impaired by parental mental health problems. The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure… read more here.
Keywords: infant version; parental reflective; functioning; mental health ... See more keywords
Self-reported reflective functioning and father-child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22044
Abstract: Reflective functioning (RF) has been found to be associated with mother-child interactions, but less is known about the association of fathers' self and child-focused RF and father-child relationships. Fathers who have histories of intimate partner… read more here.
Keywords: intimate partner; partner violence; child; reflective functioning ... See more keywords
Evaluation of the Danish version of the prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire in early pregnancy as a screening tool.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22045
Abstract: Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is the capacity to focus on feelings and experiences in oneself as a parent and in the child. Research has demonstrated that, the better the PRF the better outcomes for the… read more here.
Keywords: version prenatal; prfq; danish version; parental reflective ... See more keywords
Self-report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22046
Abstract: The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) provides an efficient way to measure a parent's capacity to recognize their child's mental states and to understand the relationship between underlying mental states and behavior. To date, limited… read more here.
Keywords: prfq; reliability validity; parental reflective; reflective functioning ... See more keywords
Associations between Emotion Regulation and Parental Reflective Functioning
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DOI: 10.1007/s10826-018-01326-z
Abstract: Emotion regulation encapsulates the capability to successfully manage an ongoing emotional experience, particularly in social interactions, and thus may be especially significant to early parent-child relationships. In particular, the capacity to adjust emotions may support… read more here.
Keywords: reflective functioning; regulation; emotion regulation; mental states ... See more keywords
The Mediating Role of Parental Reflective Functioning in Child Social–emotional Development
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DOI: 10.1007/s10826-020-01767-5
Abstract: Parental attachment and parental reflective functioning (PRF) have been shown to be related to attachment, mentalizing capacities, and psychopathology in children. Studies also suggest that parental insecure attachment is related to lower levels of PRF.… read more here.
Keywords: emotional development; parental reflective; attachment; social emotional ... See more keywords
Testing Children’s Mentalizing in Middle Childhood: Adopting the Child and Adolescent Reflective Functioning Scale with Clinical and Community Children
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DOI: 10.1007/s10826-021-02057-4
Abstract: Beginning with Ensink’s seminal study (2015), the field entered a new era in which we were able to measure mentalizing in school-aged children. The goal of this work is to continue developing the state of… read more here.
Keywords: childhood; clinical community; functioning scale; middle childhood ... See more keywords
Psychometric properties of the prenatal-parental reflective functioning questionnaire in Iranian mothers and fathers
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01909-y
Abstract: Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is the capacity to focus on experiences and feelings in one self as a parent and in the children, and treat the children as psychological agents. This paper reports psychometric properties… read more here.
Keywords: parental reflective; reflective functioning; questionnaire; factor ... See more keywords
Parenting adoptive children: Reflective functioning and parent-child interactions. A comparative, relational and predictive study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.009
Abstract: In an attempt to go beyond the analysis of children's outcomes in adoption research, the central goal of this study was the analysis of parents' reflective functioning (PRF)—understood as the parents' capacity to reflect upon… read more here.
Keywords: child; study; parent; parent child ... See more keywords
Professional carers’ attachment style and reflective functioning: Links with adolescent behavioral and emotional adaptation in residential care
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106044
Abstract: Abstract While previous research has underscored the importance of the professional carer-adolescent relationship in residential care as a means for promoting youth adaptation, very little is known on the processes at work. Namely, can professional… read more here.
Keywords: residential care; reflective functioning; attachment; anxious attachment ... See more keywords