Parental reflection function refers to the ability of parents to understand their own and their children’s psychological states, and how these psychological states affect behavior and relationships. Parental reflection function is an important psychological skill that can help parents establish a safe attachment to their children, promote their children's social and emotional development, and prevent and alleviate psychological problems.
According to past research, the parental reflection function will affect the family from three aspects: First, the parental reflection function is related to the parent's personal attachment, and safe attachment can promote the development of the parent's reflection function; the parental reflection function is also closely related to the parent's personal mental health level, and the two are mutually causal. Second, parents' ability to reflect will affect how parents treat children, that is, the choice of parenting methods. Third, the parental reflection function will also affect the development of young children themselves. The higher the level of parents' reflection function, the greater the possibility of children's safe sexual attachment.
If you want to know the level of your parental reflection function, you can take this online free review. The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) is a simple and effective scale that only takes you a few minutes to choose the extent to which you agree or disagree with 16 statements about your feelings and reactions to your child’s behavior, based on your true thoughts. This scale is designed to assess your understanding and response to your child’s mental state and behavior, as well as your perception and attitude towards your own parenting style.
The scale includes three dimensions of pre-mindization, certainty, interest and curiosity, which reflect your cognition, belief and attention to your child’s psychological state.
- Pre-psychopathy refers to your lack of understanding or understanding of the child’s inner state, such as blaming the child’s behavior on external factors or your own feelings, or thinking that the child’s inner state will not change.
- Determinism refers to your overly affirming or judging the child's inner state, such as thinking that you can always know what the child thinks or what he will do, or thinking that the child's inner state is very clear.
- Interest and curiosity refer to your willingness to explore and understand your child’s inner state, such as you like to think about the reasons behind your child’s behavior and feelings, or try to look at various situations from the perspective of your child.
Please select the corresponding option based on the degree of your agreement or objection to each statement. After completing the assessment, you will get scores for each dimension of your parent reflection function, as well as corresponding explanations and suggestions. Based on your score, you can learn about the advantages and disadvantages of your parent reflection function and how to improve your parent reflection function. You can also invite other parents to evaluate, compare your scores, and see how your parental reflection function is in different groups.
Our online free assessment is based on scientific research and evidence with good reliability and validity. Your answers and results will be kept confidential and will not be used for any other purpose. We hope that through this assessment, we will help you better understand the psychological state of you and your child and how to improve your relationship and happiness with your child.
If you are interested in participating in our free online review, please click the Start button below to enter the test.
