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Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) Test

Take the online Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) Test - AI psychologist FreudlyYou can take Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) Testhere. Online version of a simple and accurate psychological test with interpretation.en
Learn how well you tune into your own feelings and your child’s emotions in about 3 minutes. With 16 quick items, it supports warmer communication, less conflict, and healthier emotional growth.
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score
3/7
Pre-Mentalizing (PM)
Measures the degree to which a parent struggles to understand a child’s inner experiences and may misattribute negative or hostile intentions to the child.
Low
Moderate
High
1 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 7: High
A score of 3 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional difficulty making sense of the child’s feelings and motives, with some risk of misreading intentions in challenging moments.
example score
5/7
Certainty (C)
Measures how certain a parent feels that their interpretations of the child’s inner thoughts and feelings are accurate while still allowing for some uncertainty.
Low confidence
Moderate confidence
High confidence
1 – 3: Low confidence | 4 – 5: Moderate confidence | 6 – 7: High confidence
A score of 5 suggests moderate confidence, indicating you generally trust your reading of your child’s mental state while still leaving room for doubt and curiosity.
example score
4/7
Interest and Curiosity (IaC)
Measures how genuinely a parent is interested in and curious about the thoughts and feelings that may underlie their child’s behavior.
Low curiosity
Moderate curiosity
High curiosity
1 – 2: Low curiosity | 3 – 5: Moderate curiosity | 6 – 7: High curiosity
A score of 4 suggests a moderate level of curiosity, with some active interest in the child’s inner experience while there may still be room to explore it more consistently.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Curious, growth-minded parents
41%OF USERS
Parents who want quick insight into how well they understand their child’s feelings and their own reactions to everyday situations.
Parents in a tough phase
34%OF USERS
Caregivers dealing with frequent tantrums, conflict, anxiety, or big transitions who want clues about what might be driving the child’s behavior.
Clinicians and researchers
25%OF USERS
Professionals who use a brief measure to screen parent–child emotional attunement and inform support or study outcomes.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Prereflection (P)
Prereflection (P)
Average
3.4
Normal range
2.6 — 4.2
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7
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Confidence (C)
Confidence (C)
Average
3.8
Normal range
2.7 — 4.9
min.
1
max.
7
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Interest and Curiosity (IaC)
Interest and Curiosity (IaC)
Average
5.1
Normal range
4.2 — 6.1
min.
1
max.
7
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

    • Strongly disagree
    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Strongly disagree
    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Strongly disagree
    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
    • Strongly agree
These are 3 of the 16 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.
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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
Parental Reflective Functioning, PRFQ Test

Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) Test - Symptoms and Signs

reflection
parental attitude

This self-report measure assesses aspects of parental reflective functioning, including a caregiver’s capacity to consider their own mental states and to interpret a child’s behavior in terms of underlying feelings, intentions, and motivations. The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), by Peter Fonagy and Miriam Steele, is commonly used in clinical and research contexts to characterize parent-child mentalizing.

The instrument includes 16 items and takes about 3 minutes to complete. Findings from the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) may help inform case conceptualization and guide discussion of parent-child interaction patterns, particularly where there are concerns about sensitivity to child cues or emotion-related understanding.

Author: Miriam Steele, Peter Fonagy
Literature: Luyten, P., Mayes, L. C., Nijssens, L., & Fonagy, P. The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Development and preliminary validation. PLOS ONE. 2017.
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