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' capacityChildren's capacityChild's mindCross-sectional relationshipPreschool childrenMothers' estimatesMultidimensional approachToMMindChildrenAcquisitionCognitionFunctioningRelationshipConceptualizationDegree of certainty
2018
1.3 Early Parental Care, Reflective Functioning, and the Neural Markers of Maternal Sensitivity in Pregnancy
Gao L, Mayes L, Rutherford H. 1.3 Early Parental Care, Reflective Functioning, and the Neural Markers of Maternal Sensitivity in Pregnancy. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2018, 57: s136. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Parental 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 backgroundMultidimensionalityParentsPsychodynamic 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 Research