Abstract The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) was developed five decades ago to assess
infant–parent attachment relationships. Although the procedure itself has remained relatively …

In the last decade several studies have investigated the role of parental reflective functioning
(RF), defined as the parental ability to understand his/her child's mental states, on the child's …

Exposure to maltreatment during childhood (CM) can have deleterious effects throughout
the life span of an individual. A parent's history of child maltreatment can also impact his or …

Background Childhood maltreatment impacts parenting and has intergenerational
consequences. It is therefore crucial to identify clinically responsive resilience-promoting …

Background Sexual abuse is a well-recognised risk factor for child psychopathology. Little is
known regarding whether child and maternal mentalization can be considered a potential …

Theoretical conceptualizations of mentalizing postulate a close relationship between the
ability to mentalize and the regulation of emotional states. The former is viewed as a key …

Background and aims Child maltreatment is a global health priority affecting up to half of all
children worldwide, with profound and ongoing impacts on physical, social and emotional …

Background Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to parents' mental capacity to
understand their own and their children's behaviors in terms of envisioned mental states. As …

Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate associations, unique and
interactive, between mothers' and children's histories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and …

Objectives: Over the past decade, mentalization-based treatment (MBT) approaches have
been developed specifically for children, adolescents and families. This study provides a …