The relationship of psychological-mindedness to adult perceptions of early parental rejection
- 12 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 54 (8) , 1079-1084
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199812)54:8<1079::aid-jclp7>3.0.co;2-n
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that highly psychologically minded individuals perceive having grown up with rejecting parents. A Psychological Mindedness (PM) Scale, and the Parent‐Child Relations Questionnaire II (PCR), were administered to 120 college students. Contrary to prediction, a significant negative correlation was found between PM and perceptions of early maternal rejection. Psychological‐mindedness, it was suggested, may be attributable to “good enough mothering” and may be learned through modeling and imitation of mothers' empathic perceptions, affective responses, and behavior. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 1079–1084, 1998.Keywords
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