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An important correlate of mental health problems is mentalizing capacity, which appears to be particularly influential during adolescence. However, quality of life has not been studied in relation to mentalizing capacity among adolescents. This study aimed to translate the Reflective Function Questionnaire for Youth (RFQY) into Hungarian, present its psychometric properties, and assess its relationship with demographic characteristics, psychopathology and quality of life. A community sample of 384 youths aged 12-18 years completed the RFQY, the Measure of Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. First, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis with direct oblimin rotation on the RFQY items. Next, we assessed the associations between the RFQY and demographics, quality of life, and psychopathology. The EFA resulted in four factors: Internal-self, Internal-other, Self-other, and Strong emotions. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the scales were .81, .82, .67, and .80, respectively. The subscales were uniquely associated with psychopathology and quality of life. Our study provides the first psychometric support for the Hungarian version of the RFQY and indicates that adolescents suffering from internalizing, externalizing symptoms or lower levels of quality of life could benefit from interventions aimed at enhancing mentalizing capacity.
An important correlate of mental health problems is mentalizing capacity, which appears to be particularly influential during adolescence. However, quality of life has not been studied in relation to mentalizing capacity among adolescents. This study aimed to translate the Reflective Function Questionnaire for Youth (RFQY) into Hungarian, present its psychometric properties, and assess its relationship with demographic characteristics, psychopathology and quality of life. A community sample of 384 youths between the ages of 12 and 18 completed the RFQY, the Measure of Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Our study provides the first psychometric support for the Hungarian version of the RFQY and indicates that adolescents suffering from internalizing, externalizing symptoms or lower levels of quality of life could benefit from interventions aimed at enhancing mentalizing capacity.
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INTRODUCTION: The literature indicates that a more genuine parental reflective function positively relates to the child's well-being and adaptive parental cognitive emotion regulation strategies. However, this relationship has not been studied among Hungarian parents of adolescents. The present research aims to explore the relationship between parental mentalization, cognitive emotion regulation, and perception of children's quality of life among parents of 12- and 18-year-old adolescents. METHODS: In our cross-sectional, non-clinical study, 100 parents completed the Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire Adolescent Version (PRFQ-A), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (ILK) after informed consent. In our mediator model, we chose the Quality of Life Questionnaire as a dependent variable and the Parental Reflective Functions Questionnaire Adolescent Version Certainty in Mental State subscale as an independent variable, and the mediator was the Positive Reappraisal subscale of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. RESULTS: The direct path between the Certainty in Mental Conditions subscale and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (c'=1.63, p<.001, ß=0.33) was significant. However, the indirect pathway between the Certainty in Mental Conditions subscale and the Quality of Life Questionnaire through the Positive Reappraisal subscale was insignificant (∑ab=0.32 [-0.01- 0.65], ß=0.07). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that parental mentalization plays a crucial role in the perception of child's well-being among parents of adolescents, which has practical implications.
