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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
The parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent: Constructs, measures and implications for developmental psychopathology: Topic review
Social Development, Volume 17, No. 3, Year 2008
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Recent studies of the relationship between parenting and child development have included a focus on the parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent. Several constructs have been developed to refer to this capacity, for example maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, and parental mentalizing. In this review article, we compare and contrast different constructs from diverse theoretical backgrounds that have been developed to operationalize parental mentalizing. We examine the empirical evidence to date in support of each of the constructs and review the relevant measures associated with each construct. Next, we discuss the possibility that these apparently diverse constructs may tap into the same underlying neurobiological socio-cognitive system. We conclude by proposing a testable model for describing the links between parental mentalization, the development of mentalizing in children, and child psychopathology. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sharp, Carla
United States, Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 325
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x
ISSN:
14679507
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health