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Masoumeh Zandpour1, Fabiola Bizzi2, Dilara Hasdemir3
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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IntroductionMentalization is one's ability to understand and predict one's own mental states and those of others. It is an important developmental capacity that fosters emotional and social functioning. Mentalization research in Iran has recently received attention; hence, findings on the development of mentalization in Iranian children are limited. Since mentalization is dependent on context and culture and develops in attachment relationships, identifying these themes in Iranian children was necessary. This study aimed to investigate the attachment-based mentalization themes in middle-aged Iranian children.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 153 Iranian children aged 8-11 years. Interviews were used to assess children's attachment-based mentalization themes.ResultsThematic analysis revealed eight themes that described mentalization and non-mentalization in the examined children. Reported features in each theme lie on a continuum that describes high or low mentalization in children, as identified in the features and states associated with each theme.ConclusionThis study plays a crucial role in expanding our knowledge of how mentalization develops within attachment relationships.
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