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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Italian Validation of the Short Version of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire in Adults at Risk Due to Childhood Trauma.

Giulia Raimondi, Claudio Imperatori, Sara Gostoli, Paola Gremigni, Marco Innamorati

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Giulia RaimondiDepartment of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0082-3915
Claudio ImperatoriDepartment of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8207-6919
Sara GostoliDepartment of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5828-4654
Paola GremigniDepartment of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1527-2434
Marco InnamoratiDepartment of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1389-2290
European University of Rome · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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Abstract

The impact of recurrent traumatic experiences during childhood may impede the integration of mentalization abilities and lead to psychopathology. Recently, the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire (FMTQ), a comprehensive 29-item self-report scale aimed at identifying deficits in mentalization arising from childhood trauma, was developed. However, the length of the FMTQ may render it impractical for epidemiological studies involving multiple variables and measures. Furthermore, the initial testing revealed inadequate factor reliabilities for the two first-order factors. Therefore, this study aimed to shorten and create a unidimensional version (FMTQ-s) and investigate its psychometric properties, including internal consistency and convergent and concurrent validity, in a non-clinical Italian adult sample. The factor analysis supported a 13-item unidimensional version of the FMTQ with acceptable internal consistency (ordinal alpha = 0.88) and satisfactory convergent and concurrent validity. The FMTQ-s obtained scalar invariance between individuals with and without self-reported childhood traumas. Overall, the FMTQ-s appears to be a feasible and reliable tool for assessing deficits in mentalization resulting from childhood trauma.

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adverse childhood experiencesdiscriminant analysisfactor analysismentalizationpsychopathology

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