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Mentalizing in and out of awareness: A meta-analytic review of implicit and explicit mentalizing.
Kivity, Yogev; Levy, Kenneth N; Johnson, Benjamin N; Rosenstein, Lia K; LeBreton, James M.
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  • Kivity Y; Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Israel. Electronic address: yogev.kivity@biu.ac.il.
  • Levy KN; Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Electronic address: klevy@psu.edu.
  • Johnson BN; School of Psychology and Counseling, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA.
  • Rosenstein LK; Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
  • LeBreton JM; Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Clin Psychol Rev ; 108: 102395, 2024 03.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38320421
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Mentalizing, making sense of mental states, is hypothesized to have a central role in self-organization and social learning. Findings support this notion, but the extent of the association between mentalizing and various correlates has not been meta-analyzed. Furthermore, mentalizing presumably occurs with (explicit) and without (implicit) awareness but few studies have attempted to disentangle these aspects. We conducted a meta-analysis of implicit and explicit mentalizing in relation to the domains of attachment security, personality, affect, psychopathology, and functioning.

METHODS:

We searched for studies of adult mentalizing in PsycINFO and in related reviews. Overall, 511 studies (N = 78,733) met criteria and were analyzed using multi-level meta-analysis.

RESULTS:

Implicit (r = 0.19-0.29) and explicit (r = 0.26-0.40) mentalizing were moderately correlated with psychopathology, functioning, personality, affect, and attachment security. The correlations of implicit mentalizing were stronger with more objectively measured correlates (b = 0.02, p < .001) while the correlations of explicit mentalizing were not (b = -0.07, p = .21).

CONCLUSIONS:

Mentalizing is associated with better intra- and interpersonal functioning. Implicit mentalizing is more strongly associated with objectively measured correlates. These findings underscore the importance of an integrative approach considering both implicit and explicit mentalizing.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Mentalización Límite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Clin Psychol Rev Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Mentalización Límite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Clin Psychol Rev Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos