The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity
Abstract
The psychometric properties of a new 28-item self-report measure of mentalization, the Mentalization Scale (MentS), were examined in 2 studies: with a sample of employed adults and university students (N-1 = 288 + 278) and with a sample of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and matched controls (N-2 = 62 + 62). Besides the MentS, both studies employed measures of attachment and the Big Five; Study 1 also included assessments of empathy and emotional intelligence. MentS whole-scale internal consistency was good in the community and acceptable in the clinical sample ( = .84 and .75, respectively). A principal components analysis of Study 1 data yielded 3 interpretable factors, or subscales: Self-Related Mentalization (MentS-S), Other-Related Mentalization (MentS-O), and Motivation to Mentalize (MentS-M). These showed acceptable reliabilities ( = .74-.79), except for MentS-M in the clinical sample ( = .60). MentS scores further exhibited a coherent pattern of correlations ...with cognate constructs and the Big Five, relating positively to empathy, trait and ability emotional intelligence, openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, and negatively to attachment avoidance and anxiety, and neuroticism. Persons with BPD scored significantly lower on MentS total and MentS-S. The proposed scale is thus deemed suitable for quick, yet meaningful, assessments of mentalization in both individual differences research and clinical contexts.
Source:
Journal of Personality Assessment, 2018, 100, 3, 268-280Publisher:
- Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730
ISSN: 0022-3891
PubMed: 28436689
WoS: 000430422100004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85018817908
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar AU - Hanak, Natasa AU - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana AU - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2624 AB - The psychometric properties of a new 28-item self-report measure of mentalization, the Mentalization Scale (MentS), were examined in 2 studies: with a sample of employed adults and university students (N-1 = 288 + 278) and with a sample of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and matched controls (N-2 = 62 + 62). Besides the MentS, both studies employed measures of attachment and the Big Five; Study 1 also included assessments of empathy and emotional intelligence. MentS whole-scale internal consistency was good in the community and acceptable in the clinical sample ( = .84 and .75, respectively). A principal components analysis of Study 1 data yielded 3 interpretable factors, or subscales: Self-Related Mentalization (MentS-S), Other-Related Mentalization (MentS-O), and Motivation to Mentalize (MentS-M). These showed acceptable reliabilities ( = .74-.79), except for MentS-M in the clinical sample ( = .60). MentS scores further exhibited a coherent pattern of correlations with cognate constructs and the Big Five, relating positively to empathy, trait and ability emotional intelligence, openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, and negatively to attachment avoidance and anxiety, and neuroticism. Persons with BPD scored significantly lower on MentS total and MentS-S. The proposed scale is thus deemed suitable for quick, yet meaningful, assessments of mentalization in both individual differences research and clinical contexts. PB - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon T2 - Journal of Personality Assessment T1 - The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity EP - 280 IS - 3 SP - 268 VL - 100 DO - 10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730 ER -
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Dimitrijević, A., Hanak, N., Altaras Dimitrijević, A.,& Jolić Marjanović, Z.. (2018). The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity. in Journal of Personality Assessment Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 100(3), 268-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730
Dimitrijević A, Hanak N, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z. The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity. in Journal of Personality Assessment. 2018;100(3):268-280. doi:10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730 .
Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, Hanak, Natasa, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, "The Mentalization Scale (MentS): A Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Mentalizing Capacity" in Journal of Personality Assessment, 100, no. 3 (2018):268-280, https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1310730 . .