Imbalances and Impairments in Mental State Talk of Children with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

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dc.authorscopusid55929397700
dc.authorscopusid57220528535
dc.authorscopusid57194151813
dc.authorscopusid7004571268
dc.contributor.authorHalfon, S.
dc.contributor.authorCoşkun, A.
dc.contributor.authorBekar, Ö.
dc.contributor.authorSteele, H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe aims of this study were to investigate the associations between impairments and imbalances in children’s mental state talk, attachment security and abuse/neglect experiences, and to study how much of the variance in internalizing and externalizing problems was explained by mentalization problems. The sample included 100 Turkish children (M Age = 7.00 (SD = 2.01), 38% girls) referred to a outpatient psychotherapy clinic. Children were administered an attachment-based story stem task in order to code attachment security and different categories of mental state talk, including the extent of their direction (self vs other), balance, and appropriateness. Parents and teachers filled out socio-behavioral function scales. Findings indicated a significant positive association between externalizing problems and impaired mentalization. Internalizing problems were associated with mentalizing the other at the expense of one’s own mental states and underusing emotions. Attachment insecurity and adverse experiences were associated with mentalization impairments and imbalances. Finally, underuse of emotions and self-focused mental state talk predicted internalizing problems and impaired mental state talk predicted externalizing problems at trend level of significance. Qualitative analyses supported the results, which suggest that whereas children with externalizing problems suffer from severe mentalization deficits, children with internalizing problems undermentalize about themselves and emotions. © 2020 JICAP Foundation, Inc.en_US
dc.description.sponsorship215 K 180; Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu, TÜBITAKen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was partially supported by the The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBUTAK) Project No: 215 K 180 in the collection of pre-test CBCL and TRF scales.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15289168.2020.1771531
dc.identifier.endpage302en_US
dc.identifier.issn1528-9168
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85087371416en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage283en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2020.1771531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6353
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleImbalances and Impairments in Mental State Talk of Children with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems
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