Parental reflective functioning refers to a caregiver’s capacity to envisage and interpret both their own and their child’s mental states—thoughts, feelings and intentions—and to appreciate how these ...

Reflective functioning is a term used to describe how caregivers interpret and respond to their children’s behaviors and emotions. Historically, models of reflective functioning with parents have held ...

A new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) sheds light on how a firstborn child's behavior after the arrival of a sibling can predict the quality of their sibling relationship over time ...