Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Infant Mental Health Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025
Abstract Parental reflective functioning is the parent's ability to reflect on psychological processes in their child and themselves as a parent. Recently, an infant version of Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, PRFQ‐I, has been developed validated using confirmatory factor analyses. The present study aims validate PRFQ‐I Rasch model sample 531 Danish mothers at risk depression infants aged 2–11 months. Our findings indicate that seven response categories were too many for distinguish across all items. Prementalizing showed adequate psychometric properties, while Certainty Mental States Interest Curiosity required recoding with 4 5 optimal scores, respectively. After rescoring, both subscales overall properties. However, shortening may be advisable due local dependency between items 8 17. Additionally, 2 14 ( “I always know what my wants” why I do child” ) function better separate subscale. We recommend scores should analyzed interpreted curvilinear rather than linear manner.
Язык: Английский
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Journal of Child and Family Studies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(7), С. 2140 - 2152
Опубликована: Март 24, 2023
Abstract Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to parents’ capacity reflect on mental states such as their own and child’s feelings, thoughts, intentions. Studies suggest that PRF is an important factor in parental behavior; however, only a few studies have examined the effect of early infant socioemotional development. The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) was developed brief, multidimensional measure assess PRF. Recently, modified version, PRFQ-I, suggested more accurate at-risk sample mothers infants. study aims were examine structure factorial invariance across gender PRFQ-I community sample, compare dimensions fathers, investigate association between We this within longitudinal design 1243 first-time 512 fathers. results supported expected gender. Significant differences fathers found three comprised by questionnaire. pre-mentalizing certainty about significantly predicted Findings show valid parents infants parenthood Identification with limited enables intervention may thus prevent from having potentially adverse effects
Язык: Английский
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Infant Mental Health Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 45(3), С. 301 - 317
Опубликована: Март 6, 2024
Abstract Mentalizing is, to a certain extent, considered context specific. However, research on the association between parents’ abilities reflect upon their infant's mental states outside social interaction (offline) versus during ongoing parent‐infant (online) is currently limited. This study investigated self‐reported offline and online mentalizing in sample of primarily ethnically Danish mothers ( N = 142), with symptoms postpartum depression, 1–11‐month‐old infants. Offline was assessed Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire—Infant Version (PRFQ‐I) interactional mind‐mindedness. Ordinal logistic regressions showed that higher score PRFQ‐I prementalizing subscale negatively related number overall mind‐related comments appropriate produced by infant. Our results indicate partial overlaps parental reflective functioning mind‐mindedness, particularly maladaptive associated lower levels depression. Post‐hoc examination effect depression this only evident medium high Findings implications are discussed.
Язык: Английский
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PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 19(1), С. e0297671 - e0297671
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2024
Pretend play is a signature behavior of early childhood and considered to reflect the child's emerging symbolic function, enabling interpretation social signals, language development, emotion understanding. While theory links parental mentalizing with children's pretend play, only few studies have investigated this association. These are limited infancy toddlerhood, child assessed during an adult (social play). Based on assumption that solitary reflects 'baseline' ability, in study, we at its peak, i.e., preschool age, without facilitation another player. The overall objective was investigate if increases complexity children.
Язык: Английский
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Infant Mental Health Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2025
Abstract Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is important in guiding parenting behavior. It traditionally measured with interviews that are relatively time‐consuming. A self‐report measure of PRF, the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), has been developed but not yet extensively validated across different sociocultural contexts. The aim this study was to examine factorial structure PRFQ a community‐based first‐time parent sample Finland. We further examined associations between scales and parental demographic features, depression, emotional availability (EA) parent‐child relationships, representations child. comprised 355 mothers 108 fathers part larger longitudinal study. Data were collected by an online questionnaire at child age 2 years. PRF PRFQ, depression Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression, interaction quality Emotional Availability Self‐Report, modified adjective list conjunction Interview Maternal/Paternal Representations. Our results showed factor similar original sample, demographics, variables associated expected manner, supporting validity cultures.
Язык: Английский
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Development and Psychopathology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 14
Опубликована: Март 14, 2025
Abstract The Circle of Security – Parenting (COSP™) is a psychoeducational intervention aiming at fostering secure child-parent attachment relationships. In randomized controlled trial, we investigate the effect COSP™ as an adjunct to care-as-usual compared only for at-risk families. Mothers and their 2–12-month-old infants were into +care-as-usual ( n = 197) families in Copenhagen or 100). At-risk status was either mothers diagnosed with postpartum depression and/or showed social withdrawal. primary outcome maternal sensitivity which coded Coding Interactive Behavior. Our secondary outcomes reflective functioning, assessed Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire Infant Version, child-mother attachment, Strange Situation Procedure. Results no significant differences between RCT groups on (all p s ≥ .146). We discuss these findings relation applicability targeted population who can benefit from COSP™, whether alternative programs would be more effective infants.
Язык: Английский
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Infant Mental Health Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Май 12, 2025
Abstract Profiles of parental reflective functioning (PRF) may offer valuable insights into individual differences in PRF. Previous studies have identified PRF profiles; however, further validation is needed. This study aimed to investigate the convergent validity profiles by examining their association with a related measure mentalization: representational mind‐mindedness. Participants were 1168 first‐time mothers and 490 fathers living Denmark. In an online survey, parents reported on Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire—Infant Version described 4‐month‐old infant free‐text field, which was subsequently coded for frequency mental attributes used describe infant, indicating Results support previous findings potential at‐risk typical profiles, supporting these profiles. showed that High Pre‐Mentalizing profile lowest levels mind‐mindedness compared other maternal For fathers, members Moderate Interest lower Moderately Low Certainty . The current extends work showing evidence yet research still needed examine profiles’ generalizability associations observed parent outcomes.
Язык: Английский
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Infant Behavior and Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 80, С. 102076 - 102076
Опубликована: Май 31, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Infancy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(5), С. 864 - 881
Опубликована: Май 27, 2023
Psychosocial factors have been found to relate parental reflective functioning (PRF), a parent's ability mentalize about themselves and their child. Relations between maternal psychosocial risk PRF were investigated in community sample. A sample of mothers (n = 146) was assessed for when infants 6 months, infant temperament using an observational measure, with the Parent Development Interview-Revised (PDI). measured again Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) children 4 years 105) 5 92), additional 48) tested at these two timepoints. Results showed that infancy, total related lower PDI-PRF; regression analyses highlighted low socioeconomic status, unplanned pregnancy, anxiety as independent predictors PDI-PRF. PDI-PRF scores months did not PRFQ scores, but subscales stability over time from age 4-5. are discussed regard impact on concordance measures.
Язык: Английский
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Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14
Опубликована: Май 30, 2023
Introduction The transition to parenthood is a high-risk period for many parents and an important child development. Research has identified that parental mental health, reflective functioning (capacity consider states of oneself others) coparenting work together well as parenting team) may be particularly significant predictors later outcomes, however these factors have seldom been considered together. present study therefore aimed investigate the relationship between extent which they predict social emotional Methods Three hundred fifty infants aged 0 3 years 11 months were recruited complete online Qualtrics questionnaire. Results indicate both positive (Pre-mentalizing Certainty subscales) found significantly General (Uncertainty subscale) predicted depression anxiety, unexpectedly, health was not predictor development, but did coparenting. (Certainty also coparenting, in turn functioning. We indirect effect general (Certainty) on SE development via (Pre-mentalizing). negative Discussion current results support growing body research highlighting role plays wellbeing interparental relationship.
Язык: Английский
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