Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Factor structure of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire and association with maternal postpartum depression and comorbid symptoms of psychopathology
Originally published 2021-08-02 · PLoS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0254792 ↗
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How might a parent's mood relate to how they describe their baby's mind?
The study tests the structure of a self-report instrument alongside postpartum mental health, highlighting what it can and cannot measure directly.
Who was studied?
Mothers of infants who completed a parental reflective-functioning questionnaire
Age / stage: Infants ages 1–11 months
Read with three questions
- How might a parent's mood relate to how they describe their baby's mind?
- What evidence supports the reliability and validity of the measure for these particular respondents?
- Which features of the study population (mothers of infants who completed a parental reflective-functioning questionnaire) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The questionnaire was studied in mothers of infants aged one to eleven months. Postpartum symptoms could affect how mothers interpret the questions as well as their experiences with their baby.
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Katrine I Wendelboe; Johanne Smith-Nielsen; Anne C Stuart; Patrick Luyten; Mette Skovgaard Væver; Svenja Taubner (2021). Factor structure of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire and association with maternal postpartum depression and comorbid symptoms of psychopathology PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254792
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