A5069850489- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Child Therapy and Development
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Family Support in Illness
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Research in Social Sciences
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child Welfare and Adoption
KU Leuven
2017-2024
De Viersprong
2017-2024
This paper reports on three studies the development and validation of Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), a brief, multidimensional self-report measure that assesses parental reflective functioning or mentalizing, is, capacity to treat infant as psychological agent. Study 1 investigated factor structure, reliability, relationships PRFQ with demographic features, symptomatic distress, attachment dimensions, emotional availability in socially diverse sample 299 mothers child...
This paper reviews recent theoretical, empirical, and clinical work related to parental reflective functioning (PRF) or mentalizing. PRF refers the capacity of parent envision his her child as being motivated by internal mental states such feelings, wishes, desires, be able reflect on own experiences how they are shaped changed interactions with child. first briefly discusses historical theoretical background this concept its purported role in development, a focus development attachment,...
This study investigated theory of mind (ToM) development in 83 children aged 3-5 years and its associations with parental reflective functioning (PRF), using a multidimensional developmental approach. Results showed that ToM dimensions (i.e., affective, belief-desire, cognitive) gradually increased age. All PRF prementalizing modes, certainty about mental states, interest curiosity states) were associated dimensions, different being differentially related to ToM, including age-related effects.
The capacity for reflective functioning (RF) or mentalizing of adoptive parents is hypothesized to play an important role in fostering socio-emotional development adopted children. This paper reports on the and preliminary validation Adoption Expectations Interview (AEI), a semi-structured interview assess RF prospective parents. AEI was developed based Pregnancy Interview, Parent Development Working Model Child three interviews that have been used biological parents, capture before child...
Trauma-Focused mentalization-based treatment (MBT-TF) is an adaptation of (MBT) specifically developed for patients suffering from attachment or complex trauma, with the possibility co-occurring borderline personality pathology. The creation MBT-TF was driven by previous research and observations that interventions centered on mentalizing could be significantly improved directly addressing impact trauma. aims to mitigate symptoms arise post-trauma, such as hyperarousal, hypervigilance,...