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Journal article
Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents
PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-21
2020
PMID: 32542008
Abstract
Introduction:
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the importance of mentalization for adolescents’ psychosocial functioning; however, further research is needed to understand links between mentalization and other socio-cognitive factors. The aim of this quantitative, cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between a teen’s capacity to mentalize and three attachment-related factors: parent-teen trust, parent-teen communication, and parent-teen alienation.
Methods:
In an online survey, 82 (mainly) Australian adolescents (57 female; 23 male; 2 non-binary; mean age 17.09 years) completed: i) The Children’s Eyes Test, which measured mentalization; and ii) The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-45, which measured trust, communication quality, and alienation.
Results:
In teens’ relationships with both mothers and fathers, trust and communication quality were significantly positively correlated (p = .001) when controlling for age and gender. Both were significantly negatively correlated with alienation (p = .001) with control variables included. Capacity to mentalize did not correlate with trust, communication quality, or alienation in relationships with either mothers or fathers (p ≤ .05).
Conclusions:
Possible reasons are proposed for why no relationship was found between mentalization and trust, communication quality, or alienation. Implications for future research are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Exploring mentalization, trust, communication quality, and alienation in adolescents
- Authors
- Angela Clarke (Author) - The University of QueenslandPamela J Meredith (Author) - The University of QueenslandTanya A Rose (Author) - The University of Queensland
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-21
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0234662
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- PMID
- 32542008
- Copyright note
- Copyright: © 2020 Clarke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Occupational Therapy; Cancer Research Cluster; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99568008102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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