eprintid: 150118 rev_number: 41 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/15/01/18 datestamp: 2010-10-29 01:47:10 lastmod: 2021-11-10 22:57:36 status_changed: 2010-10-29 01:47:10 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Sharp, C creators_name: Fonagy, P title: The parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent: constructs, measures and implications for developmental psychopathology ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F66 keywords: maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, parental mentalizing, developmental psychopathology, MATERNAL MIND-MINDEDNESS, META-EMOTION PHILOSOPHY, ATTACHMENT SECURITY, INFANT ATTACHMENT, MOTHERS REPRESENTATIONS, PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY, ADULT ATTACHMENT, SOCIAL COGNITION, TRANSMISSION GAP, BEHAVIOR note: 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 abstract: 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. date: 2008 publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Review verified: verified_manual elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 103254 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Booker, Thomas lyricists_name: Fonagy, Peter lyricists_id: BOOKE79 lyricists_id: PFONA04 full_text_status: public publication: Social Development volume: 17 number: 3 pagerange: 737 - 754 issn: 0961-205X citation: Sharp, C; Fonagy, P; (2008) The parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent: constructs, measures and implications for developmental psychopathology. Social Development , 17 (3) 737 - 754. 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00457.x>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/150118/1/Fonagy_child_as_agent_template_resubmitted_12_18_WB.pdf