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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Parental reflective functioning (mentalizing) is crucial for child development.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the multidimensional nature of this construct.
  • A brief, validated tool is needed for research and clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ).
  • To assess the PRFQ's factor structure, reliability, and validity across diverse samples.
  • To examine PRFQ relationships with parental mental health, attachment, and infant attachment.

Main Methods:

  • Three studies involving mothers and fathers of infants/toddlers (N=598 total).
  • Factor analyses (exploratory and confirmatory) to determine PRFQ structure.
  • Correlational analyses with measures of parental distress, attachment, emotional availability, parenting stress, and infant attachment (Strange Situation Procedure).

Main Results:

  • Factor analyses supported a three-factor structure: pre-mentalizing modes, certainty about infant mental states, and interest in infant mental states.
  • PRFQ scores showed theoretically expected relationships with parental attachment, emotional availability, and parenting stress.
  • PRFQ factors were associated with infant attachment classifications.

Conclusions:

  • The PRFQ is a promising brief measure of parental reflective functioning.
  • The PRFQ demonstrates good reliability and validity in relation to key developmental constructs.
  • Further research is recommended to fully establish the PRFQ's psychometric properties.