Background Mentalizing, making sense of mental states, is hypothesized to have a central
role in self-organization and social learning. Findings support this notion, but the extent of …

In the past 10 years, there has been a growing interest in self-injurious behavior (SIB)
among adolescents. The lifetime prevalence of SIB is between 16 and 22% in community …

Reflective functioning or mentalizing is the capacity to interpret both the self and others in
terms of internal mental states such as feelings, wishes, goals, desires, and attitudes. This …

Abstract The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) is an 8-item self-report measure of
reflective functioning that is presumed to capture individual differences in hypo-and …

Reflective function (RF) is defined as an individual's ability to understand human behavior in
terms of underlying mental states including thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs, and …

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 …

Background Although the relationship between childhood maltreatment, self-harm and
suicidality is well-established, less is known about the mediating mechanisms explaining it …

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

Objectives Childhood trauma (physical, emotional, sexual abuse and/or physical and
emotional neglect) represents a specific risk for developmental perturbations and long-term …

Introduction Impairments in the ability to understand others and the self in terms of internal
mental states (reflective functioning [RF] or mentalizing) are thought to play a key role in the …