2023
Knowing Your Child’s Mind and Its Relationship with Theory of Mind Acquisition
Nijssens L, Luyten P, Malcorps S, Vliegen N, Mayes L. Knowing Your Child’s Mind and Its Relationship with Theory of Mind Acquisition. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2023, 33: 1682-1693. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-023-02613-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToM acquisitionParental reflective functioningTrait-like featuresReflective capacitySocial cognitionMind acquisitionMind capacitiesReflective functioningParents' capacityChild's mindChildren's capacityCross-sectional relationshipPreschool childrenMothers' estimatesMultidimensional approachToMMindChildrenAcquisitionCognitionFunctioningRelationshipConceptualizationDegree of certainty
2017
Psychodynamic and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Motherhood
Rutherford H, Mayes L. Psychodynamic and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Motherhood. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 2017, 70: 151-153. DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2016.1277907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental Reflective Functioning: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications
Luyten P, Nijssens L, Fonagy P, Mayes L. Parental Reflective Functioning: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. The Psychoanalytic Study Of The Child 2017, 70: 174-199. DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2016.1277901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental reflective functioningInternal mental statesMental statesChild attachmentParental mentalizingInbuilt capacityReflective functioningMental experienceEpistemic trustSocial communicationChild developmentMentalizingFuture researchClinical workRecent thinkingEmpirical evidencePurported roleChildrenResearchNeurobiologyFunctioningFeelingsTheoretical backgroundMultidimensionalityParents