Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
Wildner A, Küçükakyüz S, Marx A, Nolte T, Reck C, Fonagy P, Luyten P, von Tettenborn A, Müller M, Zietlow A, Woll-Weber C. Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314074. PMID: 39630624, PMCID: PMC11616854, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental Reflective Functioning QuestionnaireReflective Functioning QuestionnaireParental reflective functioningMental healthMental statesChild mental healthReflective functioningParental attachment dimensionsInfant attachment statusFunction QuestionnaireMothers of childrenSelf-report measuresGerman validation studyThree-factor structureConfirmatory factor analysisAttachment dimensionsConcurrent validityCommunity sampleAttachment statusEmotional availabilityGerman adaptationParenting stressAssess model fitOriginal validationCronbach's aThe mediating role of reflective functioning and general psychopathology in the relationship between childhood conduct disorder and adult aggression among offenders.
Yirmiya K, Constantinou M, Simes E, Bateman A, Wason J, Yakeley J, McMurran M, Crawford M, Frater A, Moran P, Barrett B, Cameron A, Hoare Z, Allison E, Pilling S, Butler S, Fonagy P. The mediating role of reflective functioning and general psychopathology in the relationship between childhood conduct disorder and adult aggression among offenders. Psychological Medicine 2024, 54: 2492-2503. PMID: 38563288, DOI: 10.1017/s003329172400062x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConduct disorderPsychopathological factorsMentalization-based treatmentStructure of psychopathologyChildhood conduct disorderAdult male offendersOne-factor modelConfirmatory factor analysisPsychopathological dimensionsTransdiagnostic approachDiverse psychopathologiesBifactor modelAntisocial behaviorCD symptomsClinical interviewPsychopathological structurePsychopathologyMale offendersAdult aggressionMediation modelDevelopmental trajectoriesIncreased aggressionMental statesReflective functioningAggression