Sleed, Michelle;
Slade, Arietta;
Fonagy, Peter;
(2020)
Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: Validity and reliability in relation to socio-demographic factors.
Attachment and Human Development
, 22
(3)
pp. 310-331.
10.1080/14616734.2018.1555603.
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Abstract
he Reflective Functioning coding of the Parent Development Interview (PDI-RF) is a widely used method for assessing a caregivers’ capacity for mentalization. However, little is known about its psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to examine the distributions and discriminant and criterion validity of the PDI-RF scale in relation to a number of demographic and socioeconomic factors. Mothers of infants and toddlers (N = 323) from low, medium, and high-risk samples were interviewed with the PDI and transcripts were coded for RF. Demographic and socio-economic data were recorded. The PDI-RF scale showed high inter-rater reliability, internal consistency, and criterion validity. Modest associations with some sociodemographic variables and PDI-RF were found, but together these only accounted for a small amount of variance in the measure, suggesting adequate discriminant validity. Overall, the scale had good psychometric properties, although some caveats for its use were identified.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: Validity and reliability in relation to socio-demographic factors |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14616734.2018.1555603 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2018.1555603 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Parent Development Interview, PDI, reflective functioning, psychometric properties, parental mentalizing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063317 |
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