Parental Mentalization Across Cultures: Mind-Mindedness and Parental Reflective Functioning in British and South Korean Mothers.

• DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/qx9mh
• Publication Date: 2023-10-04T05:00:44Z
• Authors: Yujin Lee; Elizabeth Meins; Fionnuala Larkin
• Keywords: Mentalization; Certainty

Differences in mind-mindedness and Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) were investigated mothers their 6-month-old infants from South Korea (N=66, 32 girls) the United Kingdom (N=63, 26 girls). Mind-mindedness was assessed terms of appropriate non-attuned mind-related comments during infant–mother interaction; PRF using a questionnaire. British commented more on infant desires preferences, whereas Korean cognitions emotions, but there no cultural differences overall levels mind-mindedness. For PRF, reported certainty about infants’ mental states compared with counterparts, mothers’ interest states. Greater positively related to self-reported parenting quality both groups, this association not seen for as observationally. unrelated mothers. Results are discussed concept mother–-infant oneness multi-dimensional nature parental mentalization.