The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity
The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity
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DOI：
10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Marjanovic, Zorana Jolic
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作者：
Dimitrijevic, Aleksandar;Hanak, Natasa;Marjanovic, Zorana Jolic
一项新的 28 项心智化自我报告测量指标——心智化量表 (MentS) 的心理测量特性在两项研究中进行了检验：以就业成年人和大学生为样本 (N-1 = 288 + 278)，以边缘性人格障碍 (BPD) 和匹配对照者为样本 (N-2 = 62 + 62)。除了 MenS 之外，这两项研究还采用了依恋和大五维度的衡量标准。研究 1 还包括对同理心和情商的评估。 MentS 整体量表内部一致性在社区中良好，在临床样本中可接受（分别 = 0.84 和 0.75）。研究 1 数据的主成分分析产生了 3 个可解释的因素或分量表：自我相关心智化 (MentS-S)、其他相关心智化 (MentS-O) 和心智化动机 (MentS-M)。这些显示出可接受的可靠性 (= .74-.79)，临床样本中的 MentS-M 除外 (= .60)。 MentS 分数进一步表现出与同源结构和大五人格之间连贯的相关模式，与同理心、特质和能力、情商、开放性、外向性和责任心呈正相关，与回避依恋、焦虑和神经质呈负相关。边缘性人格障碍患者的 MentS 总分和 MentS-S 得分显着较低。因此，所提出的量表被认为适合在个体差异研究和临床环境中快速但有意义的心理化评估。
The psychometric properties of a new 28-item self-report measure of mentalization, the Mentalization Scale (MentS), were examined in 2 studies: with a sample of employed adults and university students (N-1 = 288 + 278) and with a sample of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and matched controls (N-2 = 62 + 62). Besides the MentS, both studies employed measures of attachment and the Big Five; Study 1 also included assessments of empathy and emotional intelligence. MentS whole-scale internal consistency was good in the community and acceptable in the clinical sample ( = .84 and .75, respectively). A principal components analysis of Study 1 data yielded 3 interpretable factors, or subscales: Self-Related Mentalization (MentS-S), Other-Related Mentalization (MentS-O), and Motivation to Mentalize (MentS-M). These showed acceptable reliabilities ( = .74-.79), except for MentS-M in the clinical sample ( = .60). MentS scores further exhibited a coherent pattern of correlations with cognate constructs and the Big Five, relating positively to empathy, trait and ability emotional intelligence, openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, and negatively to attachment avoidance and anxiety, and neuroticism. Persons with BPD scored significantly lower on MentS total and MentS-S. The proposed scale is thus deemed suitable for quick, yet meaningful, assessments of mentalization in both individual differences research and clinical contexts.