Table 2.
Descriptions of measures and time points when used in the study
| Measures | Authors | Description | Timepoints used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire | Luyten et al. (2009); Pajulo et al. (2010) | Measures parents’ capacity to mentalize about their unborn baby/baby/child and parenting | Baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention, follow-up |
| Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire | Östberg and Hagekull (2010) | Measures stress-related to parenthood | Pre-intervention, post-intervention, follow-up |
| Index of Marital Satisfaction | Hudson (1997) | Probes experienced satisfaction and support in the marital relationship | Baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention, follow-up |
| Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screen | Cox et al. (1987) | Covers symptoms of depression during pregnancy and postpartum | Baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention |
| Center for Epdemiologic Studies Depression Scale | Radloff (1977) | Screening test for depression | Follow-up |
| Parental Bonding Index | Parker (1979) | Retrospectively measures adult recollections of parental behaviors and attitudes toward the individual in childhood. Considered a measure of the parent’s own childhood attachment | Baseline |
| Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment | Briggs-Gowan et al. (2004) | Screens social–emotional development and competencies for children from 12 to 36 months | Post-intervention |
| Child Behavior Checklist | Achenbach and Rescorla (2000) | Measures problem behaviors in children | Follow-up |
| The Emotional Availability-Self Report | M. Biringen et al. (2002), personal communication | Assesses parental perceptions of emotional availability in the parent–child relationship | |
| Sense of Coherence Scale | Antonovsky (1979) | Measures sense of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness of one’s environment | Baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention |
| Demographic questionnaire | Constructed for the study | Demographic assessment | Baseline |
| Pregnancy and delivery questionnaire | Constructed for the study | Pregnancy, delivery, and current health status of the baby | After delivery |
| Mentalizing in practice | Constructed for the study | Measures actual daily use of mentalizing | Follow-up |
Baseline=pregnancy 28–32 weeks; after delivery=one month postpartum; pre-intervention=baby three months; post-intervention=baby one year old; follow-up=child two years old.
At all time points, the family is asked about their family life, the child’s health, important life changes, and received support.