Abstract

There is a need to have reliable and accessible screening measures of mentalizing ability to investigate the role of this capacity in social functioning and its development, emergence of psychopathological conditions, as well as to understand its role in psychotherapeutic processes. The 8-itemed Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8) has been developed for this purpose, however its factor structure and psychometric properties are unclear. The aim of the current study was to further investigate the factor structure of the RFQ-8 and explore its psychometric properties in a Polish sample. 538 participants aged 17–50 (M = 21.44, SD = 2.92) took part in the study. They were asked to complete the RFQ-8, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), the Relationship Structures (ECR-RS) questionnaire and the Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI). Results of both exploratory and confirmatory analysis indicated that the RFQ-8 may be regarded as a scale measuring a unidimensional construct. Our results confirmed good construct validity for the unidimensional RFQ-8, suggesting that the one-dimensional RFQ specifically assesses uncertainty concerning mental states. Our findings highlight the need for further studies investigating the factor structure and psychometric properties of the RFQ-8.

摘要

需要有可靠且易于使用的心智化能力筛查措施，以调查这种能力在社会功能及其发展、精神病理学状况的出现中的作用，以及了解其在心理治疗过程中的作用。为此目的开发了 8 项反思功能问卷 (RFQ-8)，但其因素结构和心理测量特性尚不清楚。当前研究的目的是进一步调查 RFQ-8 的因素结构，并探索其在波兰样本中的心理测量特性。538 名 17-50 岁的参与者（M  = 21.44，SD = 2.92) 参与了这项研究。他们被要求完成 RFQ-8、情绪调节困难量表 (DERS)、一般健康问卷 (GHQ-28)、关系结构 (ECR-RS) 问卷和边缘人格量表 (BPI)。探索性和验证性分析的结果表明，RFQ-8 可被视为衡量一维结构的量表。我们的结果证实了单维 RFQ-8 的良好结构有效性，表明一维 RFQ 专门评估有关心理状态的不确定性。我们的研究结果强调需要进一步研究调查 RFQ-8 的因素结构和心理测量特性。