Influences of maternal reflective functioning on adolescents' psychosocial adjustment: The mediating role of adolescent's reflective functioning.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationship between maternal reflective functioning and adolescents' reflective functioning and psychosocial adjustment. In Study 1, The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Adolescents (PRFQ-A) and Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Youth (RFQ-Y), multidimensional scales used to assess reflective functioning in parents and adolescents, respectively, were validated in groups of Korean adolescents and mothers. In the results, the three factors were extracted (non-mentalizing, certainty, interest/curiosity) that were similar to those from the original version of the scale. However, the items comprising the interest/curiosity factor of the Korean validated RFQ-Y differed from the original scale. Both the reliability and validity of the scale were co

SUBMITTER: Park M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671003 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature