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Parental Mentalization

Parental Mentalization is a psychological construct that refers to the parent's capacity to understand and interpret the child's behavior in terms of underlying mental states, such as thoughts, feelings, intentions, and beliefs, thereby enabling responsive and emotionally attuned parenting.

242

Publications

13.6K

Citations

664

Authors

287

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

83

Variants

Parental Reflective Functioning

Parents

Publications

242

Parental Belief Systems: The Psychological Consequences for Children

Frank D. Fincham, Irving E. Sigel, Ann V. McGillicudy-DeLisi et al. · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1992 · 917 citations

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The Parent's Capacity to Treat the Child as a Psychological Agent: Constructs, Measures and Implications for Developmental Psychopathology

Carla Sharp, Peter Fonagy · Social Development · 2008 · 475 citations · Full text

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Parents’ Views of Failure Predict Children’s Fixed and Growth Intelligence Mind-Sets

Kyla Haimovitz, Carol S. Dweck · Psychological Science · 2016 · 373 citations · Full text

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Black Children: Social, Educational, and Parental Environments.

Diana T. Slaughter, Harriette Pipes McAdoo, John Lewis McAdoo · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1986 · 352 citations

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Parental representations and depression in normal young adults.

Sidney J. Blatt, Steven J. Wein, Eve S. Chevron et al. · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · 1979 · 325 citations

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Authors

664

  1. PF
    Peter Fonagy

    University College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 799 citations

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  2. DS
    Dana Shai

    Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    6 publications · 376 citations

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  3. DG
    Daphna G. Dollberg

    Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    5 publications · 172 citations

    5

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  4. MM
    Maria Muzik

    University of Michigan, United States

    4 publications · 284 citations

    4

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  5. JE
    Joan E. Grusec

    University of Toronto, Canada

    4 publications · 135 citations

    4

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Institutions

287

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    326 citations

  3. Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    388 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    373 citations

  5. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    501 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    960 citations

  7. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    653 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    241 citations

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Venues

  1. Mindfulness

    12 publications · 731 citations

    12

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 11 publications · 201 citations

    10

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  3. Journal of Child and Family Studies

    9 publications · 466 citations

    9

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  4. Developmental Psychology

    6 publications · 209 citations

    6

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  5. Attachment & Human Development

    6 publications · 316 citations

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