E I Severinsson
Bridging the gap between theory and practice: a supervision programme for nursing students
Journal of advanced nursing
reflective functioning mentalizing capacity interpret self others terms internal mental states feelings wishes goals desires attitudes paper part series papers outlining development psychometric features new selfreport measure reflective functioning questionnaire rfq designed provide easy administer selfreport measure mentalizing describe development initial validation rfq three studies study 1 focuses development rfq factor structure construct validity sample patients borderline personality disorder bpd eating disorder ed n 108 normal controls n 295 study 2 aims replicate findings fresh sample 129 patients personality disorder 281 normal controls study 3 addresses relationship rfq parental reflective functioning infant attachment status assessed strange situation procedure ssp sample 136 community mothers infants study 1 2 confirmatory factor analyses yielded two factors assessing certainty rfqc uncertainty rfqu mental states self others two factors relatively distinct invariant across clinical nonclinical samples satisfactory internal consistency testretest stability largely unrelated demographic features scales discriminated patients controls significantly theoretically predicted ways correlated measures empathy mindfulness perspectivetaking selfreported clinicianreported measures borderline personality features indices maladaptive personality functioning furthermore rfq scales associated levels parental reflective functioning turn predicted infant attachment status ssp overall study lends preliminary support rfq screening measure reflective functioning research needed however investigate detail psychometric qualities rfq