Madsen Eva Back, Egmose Ida, Stuart Anne Christine, Thode Krogh Marianne, Wahl Haase Tina, Karstoft Karen-Inge, Væver Mette Skovgaard
Department of Psychology, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Infant Ment Health J. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.1002/imhj.70021.
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.
父母反思功能（PRF）概况可能为PRF的个体差异提供有价值的见解。先前的研究已经确定了PRF概况；然而，还需要进一步验证。本研究旨在通过考察已确定的PRF概况与父母心理化的一项相关测量指标：表征性心智化之间的关联，来探究这些概况的聚合效度。参与者为居住在丹麦的1168名初为人母者和490名父亲。在一项在线调查中，父母们填写了《父母反思功能问卷 - 婴儿版》，并在一个自由文本框中描述他们4个月大的婴儿，随后对用于描述婴儿的心理属性出现频率进行编码，以表明表征性心智化。结果支持了先前的研究发现，即显示出潜在的风险型和典型的PRF概况，支持了这些概况的聚合效度。结果表明，与其他母亲概况相比，处于“高心理化前”概况的母亲报告的表征性心智化水平最低。对于父亲而言，“中等兴趣”组的成员报告的表征性心智化水平低于“中等低确定性”组和“中等高确定性”组。本研究通过展示PRF概况聚合效度的证据扩展了先前的研究工作，但仍需要进一步研究来考察这些概况的普遍性以及与观察到的婴儿和父母结果之间的关联。
