Application of the reflective self-function scale to the clinical interview for couples during pregnancy

The Reflective Self-function Scale was originally devised by Fonagy and cow orkers to assess parents' capacity ru understand and reflect on the mental slates of the self and others. The aim of this paper was to describe early normative data for rating the reflective self-function to the Clinical Inte rview for Parents During Pregnancy. The interview was administered to 112 m iddle-class couples living in northern Italy and expecting their first baby . Reflective self-function was rated in three areas of the interview: the: expected child, the couple's relationship, and the relationship, of parents -to-be with their own parents. The paper describes the: rationale, rating p rocess, and early normative data in our simple.