The relationship of psychological-mindedness to adult perceptions of early parental rejection.
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.
Alvarez
J R
JR
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Farber
B A
BA
Schonbar
R A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D012649:Self Concept