Lee Yujin, Meins Elizabeth, Larkin Fionnuala
Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK.
Department of Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Infant Ment Health J. 2025 Mar;46(2):133-147. doi: 10.1002/imhj.22151. Epub 2024 Dec 8.
Differences in mind-mindedness and parental reflective functioning (PRF) were investigated in mothers and their 6-month-old infants from South Korea (N = 66, 32 girls) and the United Kingdom (N = 63, 26 girls). Mind-mindedness was assessed in terms of appropriate and non-attuned mind-related comments during infant-mother interaction; PRF was assessed using a questionnaire. British mothers commented more on infant desires and preferences, whereas Korean mothers commented more on cognitions and emotions, but there were no cultural differences in overall levels of mind-mindedness. For PRF, Korean mothers reported more certainty about their infants' mental states compared with their British counterparts, but there were no cultural differences in mothers' reported interest in their infants' mental states. Greater reported certainty about infants' mental states was positively related to self-reported parenting quality in both cultural groups, but this association was not seen for parenting quality as assessed observationally. Mind-mindedness and PRF were unrelated in both Korean and British mothers. Results are discussed in terms of the Korean concept of mother-infant oneness and the multi-dimensional nature of parental mentalization.
对来自韩国（N = 66，32名女孩）和英国（N = 63，26名女孩）的母亲及其6个月大的婴儿的心理关注和父母反思功能（PRF）差异进行了调查。心理关注是根据母婴互动期间适当和不协调的与心理相关的评论来评估的；PRF是使用问卷进行评估的。英国母亲更多地评论婴儿的欲望和偏好，而韩国母亲更多地评论认知和情感，但在心理关注的总体水平上没有文化差异。关于PRF，与英国母亲相比，韩国母亲对其婴儿心理状态的确定性更高，但在母亲报告的对婴儿心理状态的兴趣方面没有文化差异。在两个文化群体中，报告的对婴儿心理状态更高的确定性与自我报告的育儿质量呈正相关，但在观察评估的育儿质量方面未发现这种关联。韩国和英国母亲的心理关注与PRF均不相关。根据韩国的母婴一体概念和父母心理化的多维度性质对结果进行了讨论。
