The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire: Infant Version in Fathers of Infants and Association with Paternal Postpartum Mental Health
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The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire : Infant Version in Fathers of Infants and Association with Paternal Postpartum Mental Health. / Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella; Smith-Nielsen, Johanne; Stuart, Anne Christine; Væver, Mette Skovgaard.
In: Infant Mental Health Journal, Vol. 43, No. 6, 14.10.2022, p. 921-937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
T2 - Infant Version in Fathers of Infants and Association with Paternal Postpartum Mental Health
AU - Wendelboe, Katrine Isabella
AU - Smith-Nielsen, Johanne
AU - Stuart, Anne Christine
AU - Væver, Mette Skovgaard
PY - 2022/10/14
Y1 - 2022/10/14
N2 - The parents’ capacity to reflect upon the psychological processes in their child,termed parental reflective functioning (PRF) can be impaired by parental mentalhealth problems. The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure ofan infant version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ-I)in a low-risk sample of 259 Danish fathers of 1–11-month-old infants to investi-gate measurement invariance of the PRFQ-I between fathers and mothers; andto examine the association between PRF and paternal depressive symptoms, psy-chological distress, and parenting stress. Confirmatory factor analysis supporteda three-factor model of the PRFQ-I. Multi-group factor analysis indicated par-tial measurement invariance. Multiple linear regressions showed that paternaldepressive symptoms were not associated with PRF. There was an interactioneffect of paternal depressive symptoms and general psychological distress onpaternal interest and curiosity in their infant’s mental state and certainty ofinfantmentalstate.IncreasedparentingstresswasassociatedwithimpairedPRFon all three subscales of the PRFQ-I. These results provide further evidence for amultidimensional, brief assessment of paternal reflective skills and insight intohow variability in paternal psychological functioning relates to impaired PRF inthe postpartum period.
AB - The parents’ capacity to reflect upon the psychological processes in their child,termed parental reflective functioning (PRF) can be impaired by parental mentalhealth problems. The present study aimed to investigate the factor structure ofan infant version of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ-I)in a low-risk sample of 259 Danish fathers of 1–11-month-old infants to investi-gate measurement invariance of the PRFQ-I between fathers and mothers; andto examine the association between PRF and paternal depressive symptoms, psy-chological distress, and parenting stress. Confirmatory factor analysis supporteda three-factor model of the PRFQ-I. Multi-group factor analysis indicated par-tial measurement invariance. Multiple linear regressions showed that paternaldepressive symptoms were not associated with PRF. There was an interactioneffect of paternal depressive symptoms and general psychological distress onpaternal interest and curiosity in their infant’s mental state and certainty ofinfantmentalstate.IncreasedparentingstresswasassociatedwithimpairedPRFon all three subscales of the PRFQ-I. These results provide further evidence for amultidimensional, brief assessment of paternal reflective skills and insight intohow variability in paternal psychological functioning relates to impaired PRF inthe postpartum period.
U2 - 10.1002/imhj.22023
DO - 10.1002/imhj.22023
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36228620
VL - 43
SP - 921
EP - 937
JO - Infant Mental Health Journal
JF - Infant Mental Health Journal
SN - 0163-9641
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 323300258