The Psychometric Properties of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Turkish Mothers

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dc.authorid0000-0001-6171-3010
dc.contributor.authorBesiroglu, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorHalfon, Sibel
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:23Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractParental reflective functioning refers to parents' ability to think about, infer, and interpret the mental states of themselves as a parent and their children. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire in a sample of Turkish mothers. We investigated the factor structure, reliability, measurement invariance, and validity of the questionnaire for psychometric evaluation. We collected data from 900 Turkish mothers (M-age = 37.06 years, SD = 11.22) whose children were between the ages of 3 and 11 years (M-age = 6.04 years, SD = 2.09). Parents filled out a battery of self-report questionnaires about their childhood trauma history, attachment style, emotion regulation difficulties, parental stress, parental self-efficacy, and psychological distress via Qualtrics. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a three-factor structure: prementalizing mode, certainty about mental states, and interest and curiosity in mental states. Measurement invariance demonstrated scalar invariance across low and high SES groups. Correlation analyses revealed differential associations among the PRFQ subscales and all maternal variables. These findings demonstrated that the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire is a good measure to assess the key aspects of parental reflective functioning in Turkiye. Highlights Parental reflective functioning has a central role in child development, mental health, and childrearing behaviors. The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire has good psychometric properties across different cultures. Though widely used, the psychometric properties of the questionnaire have not been investigated thoroughly in Turkiye. The questionnaire has good psychometric properties among mothers of children in early and middle childhood in Turkiye. The scale captures individual differences in parental mentalization capacity.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10826-025-03167-z
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10826-025-03167-z
dc.identifier.endpage3041
dc.identifier.issn1062-1024
dc.identifier.issn1573-2843
dc.identifier.issue11
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105016763921
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage3028
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03167-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10396
dc.identifier.volume34
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001575974800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Child and Family Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectParental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
dc.subjectFactor Structure
dc.subjectReliability
dc.subjectMeasurement Invariance
dc.subjectValidity
dc.titleThe Psychometric Properties of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire for Turkish Mothers
dc.typeArticle

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