[The relationship between parental reflective functioning, parental cognitive emotion-regulation and the perception of the adolescents' quality of life].

Introduction: The literature indicates that a more genuine parental reflective function positively relates to the child's well-being and adaptive parental cognitive emotion regulation strategies. However, this relationship has not been studied among Hungarian parents of adolescents. The present research aims to explore the relationship between parental mentalization, cognitive emotion regulation, and perception of children's quality of life among parents of 12- and 18-year-old adolescents.

Methods: In our cross-sectional, non-clinical study, 100 parents completed the Parental Reflective Function Questionnaire Adolescent Version (PRFQ-A), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (ILK) after informed consent. In our mediator model, we chose the Quality of Life Questionnaire as a dependent variable and the Parental Reflective Functions Questionnaire Adolescent Version Certainty in Mental State subscale as an independent variable, and the mediator was the Positive Reappraisal subscale of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.

Results: The direct path between the Certainty in Mental Conditions subscale and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (c'=1.63, p<.001, ß=0.33) was significant. However, the indirect pathway between the Certainty in Mental Conditions subscale and the Quality of Life Questionnaire through the Positive Reappraisal subscale was insignificant (∑ab=0.32 [-0.01- 0.65], ß=0.07).

Conclusion: Our results suggest that parental mentalization plays a crucial role in the perception of child's well-being among parents of adolescents, which has practical implications.