In a series of meta‐analyses, paternal sensitivity was associated with children's (age range:
7 months–9 years) overall cognitive functioning (N= 3,193; k= 23; r=. 19), including …

Background Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to parents' mental capacity to
understand their own and their children's behaviors in terms of envisioned mental states. As …

Abstract The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) provides an efficient
way to measure a parent's capacity to recognize their child's mental states and to …

The period of infancy and early childhood is a critical time for interventions to prevent future
mental health problems. The first signs of mental health difficulties can be manifest in …

The present study examined the attachment patterns distribution of 60 lesbian mothers, 50
gay fathers, and 42 heterosexual parents through assisted reproduction and their 76 …

Parental reflective functioning refers to the parents' ability to reflect on their children's mental
states, and is increasingly considered to be a key feature of competent parenting. However …

Background: There is a lack of studies that examine the complex relationship between
parental mental health, parental sensitivity and responsiveness, and parent-infant bonding …

Beginning in the 1990s, there has been increasing interest in the ways in which the quality
of relationship between the parents, whether married, cohabiting, separated, or divorced …

Parental reflective functioning (RF), the ability to consider the child's behavior as a function
of mental states (cognitions, emotions), is theorized to promote emotion regulation in …

Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to the parent's capacity to envision mental states
in the infant and in themselves as a parent, and to link such underlying mental process with …