School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
PLoS One. 2020 Jun 15;15(6):e0234662. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234662. eCollection 2020.
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the importance of mentalization for adolescents' psychosocial functioning; however, further research is needed to understand links between mentalization and other socio-cognitive factors. The aim of this quantitative, cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between a teen's capacity to mentalize and three attachment-related factors: parent-teen trust, parent-teen communication, and parent-teen alienation.
In an online survey, 82 (mainly) Australian adolescents (57 female; 23 male; 2 non-binary; mean age 17.09 years) completed: i) The Children's Eyes Test, which measured mentalization; and ii) The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-45, which measured trust, communication quality, and alienation.
In teens' relationships with both mothers and fathers, trust and communication quality were significantly positively correlated (p = .001) when controlling for age and gender. Both were significantly negatively correlated with alienation (p = .001) with control variables included. Capacity to mentalize did not correlate with trust, communication quality, or alienation in relationships with either mothers or fathers (p ≤ .05).
Possible reasons are proposed for why no relationship was found between mentalization and trust, communication quality, or alienation. Implications for future research are discussed.
越来越多的证据表明，心理化对于青少年的社会心理功能至关重要；然而，需要进一步的研究来理解心理化与其他社会认知因素之间的联系。本定量、横断面研究的目的是调查青少年心理化能力与三个与依恋相关的因素之间的关系：父母与青少年的信任、父母与青少年的沟通和父母与青少年的疏远。
在一项在线调查中，82 名（主要是）澳大利亚青少年（57 名女性；23 名男性；2 名非二元性别；平均年龄 17.09 岁）完成了：i）儿童眼测试，用于测量心理化；ii）父母和同伴依恋-45 量表，用于测量信任、沟通质量和疏远。
在青少年与母亲和父亲的关系中，在控制年龄和性别后，信任和沟通质量呈显著正相关（p =.001）。两者与疏远呈显著负相关（p =.001），包括控制变量。心理化能力与母亲或父亲关系中的信任、沟通质量或疏远均无相关性（p ≤.05）。
为为什么心理化与信任、沟通质量或疏远之间没有关系提出了可能的原因。讨论了对未来研究的影响。
