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Reflective functioning in parents of school-aged children.

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Borelli, Jessica L., St. John, H. Kate, Cho, Evelyn, Suchman, Nancy E.·2016·American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Parental reflective functioning (RF) has garnered tremendous support as a predictor of secure attachment in infancy, though little work has examined RF among parents of older children. In this study, we used a high-risk community sample of parent-child dyads (N = 117) to explore whether parental RF comprises self- and child-focused factors, whether parental RF is associated with parent and child attachment security, and whether parental RF mediates the association between parent and child attachment security. Results suggested that parental RF can be characterized as having both self- and child-focused components, and that child-focused parental RF is associated with child but not parent attachment security. Further, child-focused parental RF indirectly mediates the association between parent attachment avoidance and child attachment security. These findings extend previous work on parental RF to parents of school-age children and, in so doing, inform developmental models of attachment relationships in middle childhood. Discussion focuses on the importance of these findings in informing theory, prevention, clinical practice, and policy.

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Authors: Borelli, J. L., St. John, H. K., Cho, E., & Suchman, N. E.
Affiliations: Pomona College (US)
Yale University (US)
ORCID: Borelli, Jessica L.
Cho, Evelyn
Suchman, Nancy E.
Venue: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2016
Volume: 86
Issue: 1
Pages: 24-36
ISSN: 0002-9432 (ISSN-L)
1939-0025
DOI: 10.1037/ort0000141
PMC: PMC5102156
OpenAlex: W2406397457
Cited by: 99
References: 64
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3
FWCI: 9.30
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (publishedVersion)
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Funders: Sponsor name not includeds
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: parental reflective functioning, attachment security, parent-child attachment, elementary school students, attachment avoidance, mediation
MeSH terms: Adult, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Social Class, Parenting

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