Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University.
Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University.
J Fam Psychol. 2023 Sep;37(6):830-840. doi: 10.1037/fam0001106. Epub 2023 May 11.
Little work has examined longitudinal associations between parental reflective functioning (PRF) and mind-mindedness (MM), limiting the understanding of separate or bidirectional trajectories of these related but distinct forms of mentalization. We examined cross-lagged associations between PRF, assessed via interview, and MM, coded from play interactions, over 12 months among 90 parents (86% female; 57% White, 43% Black) of infants ( = 10.56 months, = 8.20) who were participating in The Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting. Data were collected at study enrollment Time 1 (T1) and at 6-month Time 2 (T2) and 12-month Time 3 (T3) postenrollment. Mind-minded comments were coded as appropriate, reflecting accurate interpretation of mental states or nonattuned, characterizing inaccurate interpretations. PRF and appropriate MM each remained stable over time. PRF at the T1 positively predicted appropriate MM at T2. No other cross-lagged associations between PRF and appropriate MM were significant. Concurrent correlations between appropriate MM and PRF were significant only at T3. Nonattuned MM showed stability from T1 to T2 but nonattuned MM at the T2 did not predict nonattuned MM at T3. Greater PRF at T1 predicted less nonattuned MM at T2. No other cross-lagged associations between PRF and nonattuned MM were significant. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
很少有研究考察父母的反思功能 (PRF) 和心理化 (MM) 的纵向关联，这限制了对这些相关但不同形式的心理化的单独或双向轨迹的理解。我们通过访谈评估了 PRF，通过对游戏互动的编码来评估 MM，在 12 个月内，在参与密歇根婴儿心理健康家访模式的 90 名父母（86%为女性；57%为白人，43%为黑人）中，考察了这两者之间的交叉滞后关联。研究数据是在研究开始时的第 1 时间点（T1）和 6 个月后的第 2 时间点（T2）以及 12 个月后的第 3 时间点（T3）收集的。心理化评论被编码为合适的评论，反映了对心理状态的准确解释或不协调，描述了不准确的解释。PRF 和合适的 MM 都随着时间的推移而保持稳定。T1 时的 PRF 正向预测了 T2 时的合适 MM。PRF 和合适 MM 之间没有其他交叉滞后关联具有统计学意义。仅在 T3 时，合适 MM 和 PRF 之间的同期相关性才具有统计学意义。T1 时的非协调 MM 从 T1 到 T2 保持稳定，但 T2 时的非协调 MM 并没有预测 T3 时的非协调 MM。T1 时更高的 PRF 预测了 T2 时更少的非协调 MM。PRF 和非协调 MM 之间没有其他交叉滞后关联具有统计学意义。
