Park MinKyoung, Song Hyunjoo
Samsung Electronics, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Department of Educational Psychology, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PLoS One. 2024 Dec 26;19(12):e0312350. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312350. eCollection 2024.
This study examines the relationship between maternal reflective functioning and adolescents' reflective functioning and psychosocial adjustment. In Study 1, The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Adolescents (PRFQ-A) and Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Youth (RFQ-Y), multidimensional scales used to assess reflective functioning in parents and adolescents, respectively, were validated in groups of Korean adolescents and mothers. In the results, the three factors were extracted (non-mentalizing, certainty, interest/curiosity) that were similar to those from the original version of the scale. However, the items comprising the interest/curiosity factor of the Korean validated RFQ-Y differed from the original scale. Both the reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed. Study 2 examined the mediating effects of adolescent reflective function on the relationship between parental reflective functioning and adolescent psychosocial adjustment. The structural equation modeling showed a good fit for all three models (adolescents' uncertainty/confusion, certainty, and interest/curiosity). However, some mediating effects of adolescents' reflective function were not confirmed. In conclusion, the results indicate that maternal reflective function influences the adolescents' psychosocial function through the mediating factor of adolescent reflective function, Unexpectedly, maternal interest/curiosity did not have a significant effect on adolescents' reflective function and psychosocial adjustment. Based on the results, altering Korean mothers' parenting attitudes may have a positive effect on adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. This work highlights that further research is needed to understand parent-child relationships in terms of reflective functioning, taking into account the influence of cultural context.
本研究考察了母亲的反思功能与青少年的反思功能及心理社会适应之间的关系。在研究1中，用于评估父母和青少年反思功能的多维量表——青少年父母反思功能问卷（PRFQ-A）和青少年反思功能问卷（RFQ-Y），在韩国青少年和母亲群体中得到了验证。结果提取出了与量表原始版本相似的三个因素（非心理化、确定性、兴趣/好奇心）。然而，韩国版RFQ-Y中构成兴趣/好奇心因素的项目与原始量表不同。量表的信度和效度均得到了证实。研究2考察了青少年反思功能在父母反思功能与青少年心理社会适应关系中的中介作用。结构方程模型对所有三个模型（青少年的不确定性/困惑、确定性和兴趣/好奇心）都有较好的拟合度。然而，青少年反思功能的一些中介作用未得到证实。总之，结果表明母亲的反思功能通过青少年反思功能这一中介因素影响青少年的心理社会功能。出乎意料的是，母亲的兴趣/好奇心对青少年的反思功能和心理社会适应没有显著影响。基于这些结果，改变韩国母亲的育儿态度可能会对青少年的心理社会适应产生积极影响。这项工作强调，考虑到文化背景的影响，需要进一步研究以从反思功能的角度理解亲子关系。
