TY  - JOUR
TI  - The parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent: constructs, measures and implications for developmental psychopathology
EP  -  754
AV  - public
Y1  - 2008///
KW  - maternal mind-mindedness
KW  -  reflective functioning
KW  -  parental mentalizing
KW  -  developmental psychopathology
KW  -  MATERNAL MIND-MINDEDNESS
KW  -  META-EMOTION PHILOSOPHY
KW  -  ATTACHMENT SECURITY
KW  -  INFANT ATTACHMENT
KW  -  MOTHERS REPRESENTATIONS
KW  -  PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY
KW  -  ADULT ATTACHMENT
KW  -  SOCIAL COGNITION
KW  -  TRANSMISSION GAP
KW  -  BEHAVIOR
ID  - discovery150118
N2  - Recent studies of the relationship between parenting and child development have included a focus on the parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent. Several constructs have been developed to refer to this capacity, for example maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, and parental mentalizing. In this review article, we compare and contrast different constructs from diverse theoretical backgrounds that have been developed to operationalize parental mentalizing. We examine the empirical evidence to date in support of each of the constructs and review the relevant measures associated with each construct. Next, we discuss the possibility that these apparently diverse constructs may tap into the same underlying neurobiological socio-cognitive system. We conclude by proposing a testable model for describing the links between parental mentalization, the development of mentalizing in children, and child psychopathology.
PB  - BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
N1  - This is the accepted version of the following article: Sharp, C; Fonagy, P; (2008) The parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent: Constructs, measures and implications for developmental psychopathology. SOC DEV , 17 (3) 737 - 754, which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x
IS  - 3
VL  - 17
SP  - 737 
JF  - Social Development
A1  - Sharp, C
A1  - Fonagy, P
SN  - 0961-205X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x
ER  -