How Does Representational Mind-Mindedness Translate Into Observable Parenting Behaviors Among Parents of Six-Year-Olds?

Riikka Pauliina Svane, Mette Skovgaard Væver, Anders Højen, Dorthe Bleses, Ida Egmose Pedersen

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Riikka Pauliina SvaneDepartment of Psychology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7115-0191

Mette Skovgaard VæverDepartment of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Anders HøjenTrygFonden's Centre for Child Research, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.

Dorthe BlesesTrygFonden's Centre for Child Research, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.

Ida Egmose PedersenDepartment of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Mind-Mindedness reflects parents' capacity to treat their child as an individual with a mind of their own. Research is lacking on how Representational Mind-Mindedness (RMM) translates into observable parenting behaviours beyond infancy. The present study examined how RMM was associated with parents' Acknowledging Behaviour (AB) and use of Mental State Talk (MST), and whether these associations were moderated by parents' educational level. The sample consisted of 133 Danish parents and their 6-year-old children, who were observed engaging in a challenging puzzle and in a shared reminiscing task during home visits. RMM was operationalized as parents' use of mental attributes when describing their child. There was no significant association between RMM and AB. RMM was significantly associated with MST, but only among parents with higher education level. The present study illuminates differences in how the representational measure of parents' mentalization capacity translates into observable parenting behaviors among early school-aged children.

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MentalizationParent-Child RelationsParentingParentsAdultChildDenmarkEducational StatusFemaleHumansMaleacknowledging behaviormentalizationmental state talkparent–child interactionsrepresentational mind‐mindedness

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PMID39465513

DOI10.1111/sjop.13081

PMCPMC11886029

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