Frances Larkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 142184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frances Larkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Larkin |
| SIGNATURE | LARKIN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | York St John University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3838-9165 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Parental mentalization across cultures
Differences in mind‐mindedness and parental reflective functioning (PRF) were investigated in mothers and their 6‐month‐old infants from South Korea ( N = 66, 32 girls) and the United Kingdom ( N = 63, 26 girls). Mind‐mindedness was assessed in terms of appropriate and non‐attuned mind‐related comments during infant–mother interaction; PRF was assessed using a questionnaire. British mothers commented more on infant desires and preferences, wherea…
Parents’ and professionals’ views on autistic motherhood using a participatory research design
Research on autistic women’s experience of parenthood is lacking. In this paper, two studies are presented. Study 1 comprised a small-scale qualitative study with autistic mothers ( n = 9) in which their experiences of motherhood were explored using thematic analysis. The findings showed that participants identified a range of strengths, including connection with their children, high knowledge about childhood, a reflective style of parenting, goo…
A smartphone app effectively facilitates mothers' mind-mindedness
The efficacy of a smartphone app intervention (BabyMind©) in facilitating mind-mindedness was investigated in a randomized controlled trial, assigning mothers and their 6-month-olds (N = 152; 72 girls, 146 White) to intervention or active control conditions. Mothers who had received the BabyMind© app intervention scored higher for appropriate (d = .61, 95% CI .28, .94) and lower for non-attuned (d = −.55, 95% CI −.92, −.18) mind-related comments …
Early psychosocial risk factors and postnatal parental reflective functioning
Psychosocial factors have been found to relate to parental reflective functioning (PRF), a parent's ability to mentalize about themselves and their child. Relations between maternal psychosocial risk factors and PRF were investigated in a community sample. A sample of mothers ( n = 146) was assessed for risk factors when infants were 6 months, infant temperament was assessed using an observational measure, and PRF was assessed with the Parent Dev…
Explaining the relation between early mind-mindedness and children’s mentalizing abilities
The aim of this research was to develop a new observation-based measure for assessing caregivers' mind-mindedness in the preschool years and investigate whether this measure could explain the link between mothers' early appropriate mind-related comments and children's later mentalizing abilities. The new measure was developed using a sample of mothers and 44-month-olds ( N = 171), characterizing mind-mindedness in terms of (a) solicited child inv…
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior
Mind‐mindedness is a measure of the tendency to represent significant others in internal state terms and is central to supportive parent–infant relationships. The two studies reported here explored whether mind‐mindedness generalizes to representations of unknown individuals, using a novel task that assessed individual differences in adults’ tendency to interpret others’ behavior with reference to their internal states: the Unknown Mother–Infant …
Translation and preliminary validation of a Korean version of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire
This study aimed to explore the factor structure, reliability, and validity of a Korean translation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ). The PRFQ consists of three subscales: prementalizing modes , certainty about mental states , and interest and curiosity in mental states . A convenience sample of 163 Korean parents completed the K‐PRFQ. Exploratory factor analysis showed three factors mapped on to the original PRFQ facto…
Predisposing Factors for Elevated Restricted and Repetitive Behavior in Typically Developing Toddlers
Little is known about the relation between levels of restricted and repetitive behavior (RRB) in infants and parent factors. The present study investigated maternal and psychosocial factors (depressive symptoms, socio‐economic status, social support) and mother–infant engagement factors (mind‐mindedness, sensitivity, and infant–mother attachment security) as predictors of children's RRB at age 26 months in a sample of 206 mothers and children. Ma…
Social research methods applied to nutritional assessment
As nutritionists recognize the importance of social factors influencing nutritional status, methods for collecting, processing and evaluating social data need to be incorporated into the nutrition survey. This paper describes one method of using social research techniques in nutritional assessment. Each step in the research design, from the selection of the problem to stating the conclusions, is explained in relation to nutrition evaluation and i…
The Differentiation of Households in a Ghanaian Community
One hundred and eleven households in a community in Ghana were studied to assess the applicability and generality of the concept of structural differentiation as proposed by F. W. and R. C. Young (1968). Eight individual-based and six household-based indices were used. The analysis shows that, for these households, a modification of the Youngs' proposal extracts more order from the data. This modification involves 1) a consideration of individual…
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior
Mind‐mindedness is a measure of the tendency to represent significant others in internal state terms and is central to supportive parent–infant relationships. The two studies reported here explored whether mind‐mindedness generalizes to representations of unknown individuals, using a novel task that assessed individual differences in adults’ tendency to interpret others’ behavior with reference to their internal states: the Unknown Mother–Infant …
Translation and preliminary validation of a Korean version of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire
This study aimed to explore the factor structure, reliability, and validity of a Korean translation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ). The PRFQ consists of three subscales: prementalizing modes , certainty about mental states , and interest and curiosity in mental states . A convenience sample of 163 Korean parents completed the K‐PRFQ. Exploratory factor analysis showed three factors mapped on to the original PRFQ facto…
The Differentiation of Households in a Ghanaian Community
One hundred and eleven households in a community in Ghana were studied to assess the applicability and generality of the concept of structural differentiation as proposed by F. W. and R. C. Young (1968). Eight individual-based and six household-based indices were used. The analysis shows that, for these households, a modification of the Youngs' proposal extracts more order from the data. This modification involves 1) a consideration of individual…
Explaining the relation between early mind-mindedness and children’s mentalizing abilities
The aim of this research was to develop a new observation-based measure for assessing caregivers' mind-mindedness in the preschool years and investigate whether this measure could explain the link between mothers' early appropriate mind-related comments and children's later mentalizing abilities. The new measure was developed using a sample of mothers and 44-month-olds ( N = 171), characterizing mind-mindedness in terms of (a) solicited child inv…
The Differentiation of Households in a Ghanaian Community
One hundred and eleven households in a community in Ghana were studied to assess the applicability and generality of the concept of structural differentiation as proposed by F. W. and R. C. Young (1968). Eight individual-based and six household-based indices were used. The analysis shows that, for these households, a modification of the Youngs' proposal extracts more order from the data. This modification involves 1) a consideration of individual…
Social research methods applied to nutritional assessment
As nutritionists recognize the importance of social factors influencing nutritional status, methods for collecting, processing and evaluating social data need to be incorporated into the nutrition survey. This paper describes one method of using social research techniques in nutritional assessment. Each step in the research design, from the selection of the problem to stating the conclusions, is explained in relation to nutrition evaluation and i…
Predisposing Factors for Elevated Restricted and Repetitive Behavior in Typically Developing Toddlers
Little is known about the relation between levels of restricted and repetitive behavior (RRB) in infants and parent factors. The present study investigated maternal and psychosocial factors (depressive symptoms, socio‐economic status, social support) and mother–infant engagement factors (mind‐mindedness, sensitivity, and infant–mother attachment security) as predictors of children's RRB at age 26 months in a sample of 206 mothers and children. Ma…
Mind‐mindedness versus mentalistic interpretations of behavior
Mind‐mindedness is a measure of the tendency to represent significant others in internal state terms and is central to supportive parent–infant relationships. The two studies reported here explored whether mind‐mindedness generalizes to representations of unknown individuals, using a novel task that assessed individual differences in adults’ tendency to interpret others’ behavior with reference to their internal states: the Unknown Mother–Infant …
Translation and preliminary validation of a Korean version of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire
This study aimed to explore the factor structure, reliability, and validity of a Korean translation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ). The PRFQ consists of three subscales: prementalizing modes , certainty about mental states , and interest and curiosity in mental states . A convenience sample of 163 Korean parents completed the K‐PRFQ. Exploratory factor analysis showed three factors mapped on to the original PRFQ facto…
Explaining the relation between early mind-mindedness and children’s mentalizing abilities
The aim of this research was to develop a new observation-based measure for assessing caregivers' mind-mindedness in the preschool years and investigate whether this measure could explain the link between mothers' early appropriate mind-related comments and children's later mentalizing abilities. The new measure was developed using a sample of mothers and 44-month-olds ( N = 171), characterizing mind-mindedness in terms of (a) solicited child inv…
Early psychosocial risk factors and postnatal parental reflective functioning
Psychosocial factors have been found to relate to parental reflective functioning (PRF), a parent's ability to mentalize about themselves and their child. Relations between maternal psychosocial risk factors and PRF were investigated in a community sample. A sample of mothers ( n = 146) was assessed for risk factors when infants were 6 months, infant temperament was assessed using an observational measure, and PRF was assessed with the Parent Dev…
Parents’ and professionals’ views on autistic motherhood using a participatory research design
Research on autistic women’s experience of parenthood is lacking. In this paper, two studies are presented. Study 1 comprised a small-scale qualitative study with autistic mothers ( n = 9) in which their experiences of motherhood were explored using thematic analysis. The findings showed that participants identified a range of strengths, including connection with their children, high knowledge about childhood, a reflective style of parenting, goo…
A smartphone app effectively facilitates mothers' mind-mindedness
The efficacy of a smartphone app intervention (BabyMind©) in facilitating mind-mindedness was investigated in a randomized controlled trial, assigning mothers and their 6-month-olds (N = 152; 72 girls, 146 White) to intervention or active control conditions. Mothers who had received the BabyMind© app intervention scored higher for appropriate (d = .61, 95% CI .28, .94) and lower for non-attuned (d = −.55, 95% CI −.92, −.18) mind-related comments …
Parental mentalization across cultures
Differences in mind‐mindedness and parental reflective functioning (PRF) were investigated in mothers and their 6‐month‐old infants from South Korea ( N = 66, 32 girls) and the United Kingdom ( N = 63, 26 girls). Mind‐mindedness was assessed in terms of appropriate and non‐attuned mind‐related comments during infant–mother interaction; PRF was assessed using a questionnaire. British mothers commented more on infant desires and preferences, wherea…
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 works) · Observational study (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)