The Significance of Parental Reflective Function in the Adjustment of Young Adults
The Significance of Parental Reflective Function in the Adjustment of Young Adults
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DOI：
10.1007/s10826-016-0450-5
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Shulman, Shmuel
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作者：
Benbassat, Naomi;Shulman, Shmuel
反思功能是反思自己和他人的思想和感受的能力。父母的反思功能对儿童的社会性和情感发展具有重要意义。然而，研究大多局限于母亲和发展的早期阶段，并有一个关于父母的反思功能的影响，在后期阶段的观察很少。本研究旨在探讨父母反思功能对子女成年早期适应的意义。这是一个以前的研究，探讨青少年适应的父母的反射功能的意义的延伸。在家访期间，105名14-18岁的青少年报告了父母行为（参与，温暖和控制）的指数，他们的父亲和母亲进行了采访，以评估他们的反射功能。三到五年后，年龄在18-22岁的参与者报告了症状，自我感知，自我描述和浪漫关系的水平。研究结果表明，父母的反射功能，而不是父母的行为，表达温暖和控制，预测在成年早期的调整。与我们之前的发现类似，父母的反思功能与年轻人的理想结果和可能的成本有关：一方面，自我描述和浪漫关系的水平较高，另一方面，更多的内化问题和较少的积极自我认知。结论是父母的反思功能影响他们的孩子在成年早期的适应。然而，反射功能的好处与其成本密不可分。
Reflective function is the capacity to reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings, and those of others. Parental reflective function has been found significant for children's social and emotional development. However, research has mostly been restricted to mothers and to early stages of development, and there is a paucity of observations on the effects of parental reflective function in later stages. The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of mothers' and fathers' reflective function for the adjustment of their children during early adulthood. It is an extension of a previous study that examined the significance of parental reflective function for adolescent adjustment. During home visits, 105 adolescents aged 14-18 years reported on indices of parental behavior (involvement, warmth, and control), and their fathers and mothers were interviewed in order to assess their reflective function. Three to five years later, the participants, now aged 18-22 years, reported on level of symptoms, self-perception, self-descriptions and romantic relations. The findings indicated that parental reflective function, but not parental behaviors that express warmth and control, predicted adjustment during early adulthood. Similar to our previous finding, parental reflective function was associated with both desirable outcomes and possible costs among young adults: higher levels of self-descriptions and romantic relations, on the one hand, and more internalizing problems and less positive self-perception, on the other. It is concluded that parental reflective function affects their children's adjustment also during early adulthood. However, the benefits of reflective function are inextricably linked to its costs.