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Tytuł:
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Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships.
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Autorzy:
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Berthelot N; Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada. Electronic address: .
Savard C; Department of Educational Fundamentals and Practices, Université Laval, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada.
Lemieux R; Department of Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada.
Garon-Bissonnette J; Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; Centre d'études interdisciplinaires sur le développement de l'enfant et la famille, Canada; CERVO Brain Research Center, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada; Groupe de recherche et d'intervention auprès de l'enfant vulnérable et négligé, Canada.
Ensink K; Department of Psychology, Université Laval, Canada.
Godbout N; Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse, Canada.
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Źródło:
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Child abuse & neglect [Child Abuse Negl] 2022 Jun; Vol. 128, pp. 105017. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 07.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Validation Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: Oxford : Elsevier Science Inc
Original Publication: Oxford, Elmsford, N. Y., Pergamon Press.
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MeSH Terms:
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Child Abuse*
Intimate Partner Violence*
Mentalization*
Surveys and Questionnaires*
Adult ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Parenting ; Self Report
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Abuse; Assessment; Maltreatment; Processing; Questionnaire; Reflective function
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210311 Date Completed: 20220523 Latest Revision: 20220813
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Update Code:
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20240105
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105017
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PMID:
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33692012
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Background: The way people process trauma and adverse relationships may be more predictive of subsequent adaptation than trauma exposure in itself. However, there is currently no self-report instrument assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships.
Objective: We developed the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire (FMTQ) and evaluated its psychometric properties. The FMTQ is a 29-item self-report instrument designed to assess different indications of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships.
Participants and Setting: A total of 975 participants (84 % women; 37 % exposed to child maltreatment) were recruited in the course of larger research protocols on parenting.
Methods: Participants completed the FMTQ and measures of childhood maltreatment, psychopathology (post-traumatic stress symptoms, dissociative symptoms, level of personality dysfunction), general mentalization and intimate partner violence.
Results: Exploratory factor analysis, supported by a confirmatory factor analysis, identified seven factors with good internal consistency that corresponded to different types of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships and that loaded on a general factor. A dose-effect association was observed between the severity of childhood maltreatment, and the severity of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships (r s = .49, p < .01). The FMTQ total score explained a significant proportion of variance in psychopathology and intimate partner violence, both in participants with histories of childhood maltreatment and participants without childhood maltreatment.
Conclusion: The FMTQ is a promising, concise and efficient measure of failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships that may facilitate clinical screening and research with adults who experienced trauma.
(Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
