Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind-mindedness in first-time parents of 4-month-old infants.

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI:10.1002/imhj.70021

Eva Back Madsen, Ida Egmose, Anne Christine Stuart, Marianne Thode Krogh, Tina Wahl Haase, Karen-Inge Karstoft, Mette Skovgaard Væver

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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 of the identified PRF profiles by examining their association with a related measure of parental mentalization: representational mind-mindedness. Participants were 1168 first-time mothers and 490 fathers living in Denmark. In an online survey, parents reported on the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire-Infant Version and described their 4-month-old infant in a free-text field, which was subsequently coded for the frequency of mental attributes used to describe the infant, indicating representational mind-mindedness. Results support previous findings indicating potential at-risk and typical PRF profiles, supporting the convergent validity of these profiles. Results showed that mothers in the High Pre-Mentalizing profile reported the lowest levels of representational mind-mindedness compared to the other maternal profiles. For fathers, members of Moderate Interest reported lower levels of representational mind-mindedness compared to Moderately Low Certainty and Moderately High Certainty. The current study extends previous work by showing evidence of convergent validity of the PRF profiles, yet further research is still needed to examine the profiles' generalizability and associations with observed infant and parent outcomes.

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4个月婴儿首次为人父母的父母反思功能和心智特征。

父母反思性功能（PRF）的特征可以为研究PRF的个体差异提供有价值的见解。以前的研究已经确定了PRF的概况；然而，还需要进一步的验证。本研究旨在通过研究PRF档案与父母心理化的相关测量指标：表征性心智（representational mind-mindedness）的关联，来探讨其收敛效度。研究对象是居住在丹麦的1168名第一次做母亲的人和490名做父亲的人。在一项在线调查中，父母填写了“父母反思功能问卷-婴儿版”，并在一个自由文本字段中描述了他们4个月大的婴儿，随后该字段被编码为用于描述婴儿的心理属性的频率，表明表征思维。结果支持先前的研究结果，表明潜在的风险和典型的PRF特征，支持这些特征的收敛有效性。结果显示，与其他类型的母亲相比，具有高前心智化特征的母亲报告的代表性心智倾向水平最低。对于父亲来说，与中低确定性和中高确定性相比，中等兴趣的成员报告的代表性心智倾向水平较低。目前的研究通过显示PRF档案的收敛有效性的证据来扩展先前的工作，但仍需要进一步的研究来检验这些档案的普遍性以及与观察到的婴儿和父母结果的关联。

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Infant Mental Health Journal PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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4.10

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： The Infant Mental Health Journal (IMHJ) is the official publication of the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) and the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) and is copyrighted by MI-AIMH. The Infant Mental Health Journal publishes peer-reviewed research articles, literature reviews, program descriptions/evaluations, theoretical/conceptual papers and brief reports (clinical case studies and novel pilot studies) that focus on early social and emotional development and characteristics that influence social-emotional development from relationship-based perspectives. Examples of such influences include attachment relationships, early relationship development, caregiver-infant interactions, infant and early childhood mental health services, contextual and cultural influences on infant/toddler/child and family development, including parental/caregiver psychosocial characteristics and attachment history, prenatal experiences, and biological characteristics in interaction with relational environments that promote optimal social-emotional development or place it at higher risk. Research published in IMHJ focuses on the prenatal-age 5 period and employs relationship-based perspectives in key research questions and interpretation and implications of findings.