Maternal reflective functioning and intergenerational transmission of attachment orientations in Poland, the Netherlands, and Turkey

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Sümer, Nebi and Lubiewska, Katarzyna and Aran, Özlü and Głogowska, Karolina and Żegleń, Marta (2024) Maternal reflective functioning and intergenerational transmission of attachment orientations in Poland, the Netherlands, and Turkey. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33 (1). pp. 288-303. ISSN 1062-1024 (Print) 1573-2843 (Online)

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Abstract

Within the intergenerational transmission of attachment framework, this study examines the mediating role of maternal reflective functioning between mother and child attachment orientations (attachment anxiety and avoidance) in middle childhood among mother-child dyads in Poland, the Netherlands, and Turkey. Mothers (N = 758; M age = 38.5) and their children (M age = 10.0) separately completed measures of attachment anxiety and avoidance. Mothers also completed the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. Results of the mediated models showed that the prementalizing dimension of reflective functioning strongly mediated the effects of both mother attachment anxiety and avoidance on child attachment anxiety and avoidance. The mediating power of prementalizing was stronger for attachment anxiety than attachment avoidance, and its effects were stronger for mother-child dyads from Poland and Turkey than those from the Netherlands. Findings are discussed considering the cultural and developmental implications of reflective functioning and the transmission effect.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Attachment anxiety; Attachment avoidance; Culture; Intergenerational transmission of attachment; Reflective functioning
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Nebi Sümer
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2024 17:53
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2024 17:53
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/49007

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