A short version of the reflective functioning questionnaire: Validation in a greek sample.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to validate the Greek version of the 54-item Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ), a measure designed to assess an individual's capacity for understanding themselves and others based on internal mental states. This capacity, also known as Reflective Functioning (RF) or mentalizing, is believed to play a significant role in both typical and atypical development. The validation process examined the factor structure of the RFQ and its relationship with a variety of psychosocial and clinical constructs that have theoretical and empirical links to RF. Additionally, this research investigated the factor structure's invariance across gender and age groups to determine the robustness of the instrument. A unique contribution of this work lies in examining the application of th

SUBMITTER: Karagiannopoulou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10846711 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature