Development and validation of a self-report measure of mentalizing: The reflective functioning questionnaire

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Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Fonagy, Peter ^a   Luyten, Patrick ^a,b   Moulton Perkins, Alesia ^c   Lee, Ya Wen ^a   Warren, Fiona ^d   Howard, Susan ^e   Ghinai, Rosanna ^a   Fearon, Pasco ^a   Lowyck, Benedicte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Freelance Researcher and Trainer   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTALIZING; MINDFULNESS; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSPECTIVE TAKING; PSYCHOMETRY; REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY OF MIND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84978803487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158678     Document Type: Article

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