Advancing Optimal Development in Children: Examining the Construct Validity of a Parent Reflective Functioning Questionnaire

Roo, Monica De; Wong, Gina; Rempel, Gwen R.; Fraser, Shawn N.

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“…Many measures are currently available to assess RF ( Luyten et al, 2012b ; Schiborr et al, 2013 ); however, the only well-validated gold standard measure that directly assesses RF is the interview-based Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS; Fonagy et al, 1998 ), typically applied to the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI; George et al, 1996 ) or the Parent Development Interview (PDI; Slade et al, 2004 ; Sleed et al, 2020 ). This interview-based measure of RF yields clinically rich data from which a RF score may be determined ( Bouchard et al, 2008 ), but interviews often take 1–3 h to administer, followed by 2–4 of coding by highly trained professionals ( De Roo et al, 2019 ). Therefore, there is a need for more time-saving and cost-efficient tools suitable for use in large-scale studies or in community settings.…”

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Convergent Validity of Three Measures of Reflective Function: Parent Development Interview, Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire, and Reflective Function Questionnaire

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Reflective function (RF) is defined as an individual’s ability to understand human behavior in terms of underlying mental states including thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs, and intentions. More specifically, the capacity of parents to keep their child’s mental states in mind is referred to as parental RF. RF has been linked to adult mental health and parental RF to children’s mental health and development. The gold standard measure of RF is the interview-based Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS) applied to the Parent Development Interview (PDI) or Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), which while well validated, is time-and labor-intensive to administer. Given the increasing need for reliable, valid, and rapid RF assessment in wide-ranging settings, two alternative measures were considered including the Reflective Function Questionnaire (RFQ) and Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire (PRFQ). We determined the convergent validity of these measures in comparison with the PDI-rated RFS. A sample of mothers and fathers (n = 150) was drawn from a sub-study of the ongoing Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) longitudinal cohort when their children were 42–60 months of age. Pearson correlations and multiple linear regression was conducted, followed by splitting the sample to compute Cohen’s kappas measures of agreement. Two subscales of the PRFQ correlated significantly (p < 0.05) with the gold standard PDI-rated RFS, providing evidence for convergent validity. As a brief multidimensional measure of parental RF, the PRFQ offers an alternative for measurement of RF in large-scale studies of parental development and child health.

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“…En primer lugar, el hallazgo principal de este estudio es que los resultados del AFC confirman las tres dimensiones del CFRP-18 propuestas por los autores originales del instrumento (Prementalización -PM-, Certeza en Estados Mentales -CEM-e Interés y Curiosidad -IC-) (Luyten et al, 2017a). De esta forma, el instrumento ha confirmado la solidez de su estructura conceptual, pues como ya se encontró en otros estudios con muestras de madres y padres italianos y canadienses, nuestros resultados han vuelto a replicar la estructura tridimensional original del cuestionario (De Roo et al, 2019;Pazzagli et al, 2017).…”

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“…82) (Luyten et al, 2017a). Fue la versión canadiense la que obtuvo mayores índices de fiabilidad en cada una de las dimensiones (Alpha de Cronbach (α) osciló entre .88 y .91) al eliminar los ítems 11 y 18 (De Roo et al, 2019).…”

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“…En la versión española, al igual que en la versión original (Luyten et al, 2017a), es la dimensión PM la que obtuvo una menor fiabilidad (α) en comparación con el resto de dimensiones. Al igual que lo que se observa en la versión canadiense (De Roo et al, 2019), es importante señalar que si se elimina el ítem 11 de la dimensión CEM y el ítem 18 de la dimensión IC mejoraría la fiabilidad total de su dimensión correspondiente. No obstante, en el presente estudio se ha optado por mantener la integridad de la escala con el fin de favorecer comparaciones internacionales.…”

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“…No obstante, estos datos son coherentes con los obtenidos por Luyten et al (2017a) en su estudio de validación del PRFQ, donde también encontraron que los ítems 7 y 18 obtuvieron cargas factoriales por debajo de .30 al analizar la invarianza estructural del instrumento en función del género de los progenitores (Luyten et al, 2017a). Asimismo, en los estudios desarrollados con muestra canadiense e italiana, los autores también indicaron que el ítem 18 no funcionaba adecuadamente (De Roo et al, 2019;Pazzagli et al, 2017). Según Deroo et al, (2018), esto puede ser explicado por la mezcla de una formulación tanto negativa como positiva en un mismo ítem ya que puede dar lugar a dificultades a la hora de entender y responder estos ítems.…”

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Versión Española del Cuestionario de Función Reflexiva Parental (CFRP-18)

Gordo¹,

Elejalde²,

Martínez‐Pampliega³

2020

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Hasta la fecha, no existen instrumentos de autoinforme para evaluar la función reflexiva parental en lengua española. Por ello, el principal objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la estructura factorial y las propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Función Reflexiva Parental (CFRP-18) en padres (n=113) y madres (n=433) de habla hispana de bebés entre 0 a 3 años. La media de edad de los padres fue 37.85 (DT=3.96) y la de las madres 36.15 (DT=4.19). Asimismo, se analiza la asociación entre las dimensiones del CFRP-18 y las características sociodemográficas de los progenitores. Como objetivo secundario, se analiza la invarianza factorial del CFRP-18 en madres y padres. El análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró un adecuado ajuste a los datos, aportando evidencia de la utilidad del CFRP-18 para evaluar el funcionamiento reflexivo parental. Este estudio aporta datos preliminares de la invariancia del CFRP-18.

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Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk

Carlone

Milan

DeCoste

et al. 2023

Infant Mental Health Journal

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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 understand the relationship between underlying mental states and behavior. To date, limited work evaluates its psychometric properties beyond initial validation studies. Here we examined the reliability and validity of the PRFQ in three samples of varying clinical risk (e.g., community sample, previous mental health diagnosis, substance use disorder diagnosis). Across samples, the majority (e.g., 75%–78%) of mothers identified as White; all mothers were from the USA. We compared the PRFQ to task‐based measures of mentalization, the Parent Development Interview (PDI), and measures of the parent‐child relationship. The PRFQ was a reliable measure across samples, and it was associated in theoretically consistent ways with task‐based measures of mentalization. Parental RF across the PDI and PRFQ were not highly correlated in a sample of mothers with substance use disorders. Existing RF measures may be tapping into a different component of the broader construct of parental reflective functioning (PRF). The PRFQ was further validated by demonstrating relationships with parent‐report measures of the parent‐child relationship. Taken together, these findings provide additional support for the reliability and validity of the PRFQ.

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Advancing Optimal Development in Children: Examining the Construct Validity of a Parent Reflective Functioning Questionnaire

Cited by 34 publications

References 42 publications

Convergent Validity of Three Measures of Reflective Function: Parent Development Interview, Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire, and Reflective Function Questionnaire

Convergent Validity of Three Measures of Reflective Function: Parent Development Interview, Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire, and Reflective Function Questionnaire

Versión Española del Cuestionario de Función Reflexiva Parental (CFRP-18)

Self‐report measure of parental reflective functioning: A study of reliability and validity across three samples of varying clinical risk

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