Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
Originally published 2024-12-04 · PLOS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0314074 ↗
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Can a questionnaire distinguish curiosity about a child's mind from certainty about it?
The validation study examines how parents report thinking about a child's internal experience, a process relevant to responding without premature assumptions.
Who was studied?
Parents assessed with a German adaptation of a reflective-functioning questionnaire
Age / stage: Childhood; consult the source for eligibility
Read with three questions
- Can a questionnaire distinguish curiosity about a child's mind from certainty about it?
- What evidence supports the reliability and validity of the measure for these particular respondents?
- Which features of the study population (parents assessed with a German adaptation of a reflective-functioning questionnaire) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
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The study evaluates a German-language questionnaire; a parent's response may be influenced by how they interpret items about their child's mental states.
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Andreas S. Wildner; Su Mevsim Küçükakyüz; Anton K. G. Marx; Tobias Nolte; Corinna Reck; Peter Fonagy; Patrick Luyten; Alexandra von Tettenborn; Mitho Müller; Anna-Lena Zietlow; Christian F. J. Woll-Weber (2024). Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314074
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