Parental Attachment Dimensions and Parenting Stress: The Mediating Role of Parental Reflective Functioning.

Research suggests that parental reflective functioning—the parent’s capacity to envision the mind of his/her child—may play an important role in the intergenerational transmission of attachment and reflective functioning. Studies also suggest the importance of this capacity for the transition to par...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 2025 - 2037
Autores principales: Nijssens, Liesbet, Bleys, Dries, Casalin, Sara, Vliegen, Nicole, Luyten, Patrick
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2018
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          Nijssens, Liesbet
          Bleys, Dries
          Casalin, Sara
          Vliegen, Nicole
          Luyten, Patrick
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          Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
          Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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        Intergenerational relations
        Attachment disorder
        Parenthood
        Anxiety
        Avoidance (Psychology)
        Marriage
        Parenting
        Sex distribution
        Social isolation
        Physiological stress
        Critical thinking
        Psychological stress -- Social aspects
        Longitudinal method
        Structural equation modeling
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          Intergenerational relations
          Attachment disorder
          Parenthood
          Anxiety
          Avoidance (Psychology)
          Marriage
          Parenting
          Sex distribution
          Social isolation
          Physiological stress
          Critical thinking
          Psychological stress -- Social aspects
          Longitudinal method
          Structural equation modeling
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        Attachment
        Intervention
        Parental reflective functioning
        Parenting stress
        Psychopathology
        Attachment
        Intervention
        Parental reflective functioning
        Parenting stress
        Psychopathology
      ab: Research suggests that parental reflective functioning—the parent’s capacity to envision the mind of his/her child—may play an important role in the intergenerational transmission of attachment and reflective functioning. Studies also suggest the importance of this capacity for the transition to parenthood, and particularly parents’ capacity to deal with parenting stress. This study focused on the potential mediating role of PRF dimensions in the relationship between parental attachment dimensions (attachment anxiety and avoidance) and parenting stress, using data from a 1-year longitudinal study in biological first-time parents (<italic>N</italic> = 106). Structural equation modeling showed that parents’ use of prementalizing modes of reflecting upon their child (PM) fully mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and three parenting stress dimensions (marital relationship, role restriction, and social isolation) across a 1-year interval, while attachment avoidance was indirectly related to these parenting stress dimensions through PM. Further, PM partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment anxiety and avoidance and a fourth dimension of parenting stress, lack of trust in parental competence. In addition, multi-group analyses revealed some interesting gender differences. Implications of these findings for the conceptualization of the relationship between parental attachment, PRF, and parenting stress are discussed.
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