Mentalizing During Social Interaction: The Development and Validation of the Interactive Mentalizing Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: Studies have shown that during social interaction a shared system underlies inferring one's own mental state, and the mental states of others - processes often referred to as mentalization. However, no validated assessment has been developed to measure second order mentalization (one's beliefs about how transparent one's thoughts are to others), or whether this capacity plays a significant role in social interaction. The current work presents a interactive mentalization theory, which divides these directional and second order aspects of mentalization, and investigates whether these constructs are measurable, stable, and meaningful in social interactions. We developed a 20-item, self-report interactive mentalization questionnaire (IMQ) in order to assess the different sub-components of ment

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891136 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature