Validation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire in Finnish mothers and fathers of toddlers.

ABSTRACT: Parental reflective functioning (PRF) is important in guiding parenting behavior. It is traditionally measured with interviews that are relatively time-consuming. A self-report measure of PRF, the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), has been developed but has not yet been extensively validated across different sociocultural contexts. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure of the PRFQ in a community-based first-time parent sample in Finland. We further examined the associations between PRFQ scales and parental demographic features, depression, emotional availability (EA) in parent-child relationships, and representations of the child. The sample comprised 355 mothers and 108 fathers and was part of a larger longitudinal study. Data were collected by a

SUBMITTER: Flykt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12420897 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature