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Applying the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort to assess patients’ level of overall defensive functioning in interview data: validity and reliability

Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, John Porcerelli, Alissa Huth-Bocks, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.884

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Clinical applications of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale-Self-Report-30: a systematic review of the first five years

Gabriella Martino, Orlando Silvestro, Emanuele M. Merlo, Carmelo M. Vicario, Alessandro Meduri, Gianluca Lo Coco

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.881

2155

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 196

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The relationship between defense mechanisms and attachment: a narrative review

Rose Howell, Vera Békés

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.879

3533

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Therapists’ defense use impacts their patients’ defensive functioning: a systematic case study

Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Vera Békés, Bernard S. Gorman, Karl Stukenberg, Sherwood Waldron

2024-08-23

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.797

3486

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Defense mechanisms and social mentalities in grandiose narcissism: an empirical investigation

Annalisa Tanzilli, Marianna Liotti, Davide Guarino, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Francesco Dentale, Michele Vecchione, Vittorio Lingiardi

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.882

1353

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 224

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Beyond the mask of deference: exploring the relationship between ruptures and transference in a single-case study

Francesca Locati, Pietro De Carli, Emanuele Tarasconi, Margherita Lang, Laura Parolin

2016-10-19

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.212

2793

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Revisiting defense mechanisms in contemporary clinical practice: evidence and perspectives

Vittorio Lingiardi, Fabio Madeddu

2025-12-22

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.877

1978

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Defensive mechanisms and personality structure in an early adolescent boy: process and outcome issues in a non-intensive psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy

Daniela Di Riso, Alessandro Gennaro, Silvia Salcuni

2015-12-23

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2015.176

2331

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Assessing personality change with Blatt's anaclitic and introjective configurations and Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure profiles: two case studies in psychodynamic treatment

Osmano Oasi, Laura Buonarrivo, Alberto Codazzi, Margherita Passalacqua, Gio Matteo Risso Ricci, Francesca Straccamore, Roberto Bezzi

2017-04-19

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.231

2961

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Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Frederik J. Wienicke, William J. Burk, Erkki Heinonen, Olavi Lindfors, Tommi Härkänen, Paul Knekt, Sampo Sarvasmaa, Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza, Karen Jansen, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, Érico Nobre dos Santos, Jack J. M. Dekker, Jaap Peen, Henricus L. Van, John Christopher Perry, William M. van der Veld, Ednei Soares, Jan Spijker, Ellen Driessen

2026-02-16

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.887

1937

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 128

SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 57

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Professional burnout in therapists working with LGBTQ+ patients: associations with defenses and reflective functioning

Gianluca Cruciani, Jacopo Tracchegiani, Maria Quintigliano, Selene Mezzalira, Cristiano Scandurra, Nicola Carone

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.880

1230

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Diagnosi e valutazione della personalit alleanza terapeutica e scambio clinico nella ricerca in psicoterapia

Vittorio Lingiardi, Francesco Gazzillo, Antonello Colli, Francesco De Bei, Annalisa Tanzilli, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Nicola Nardelli, Chiara Caristo, Valeria Condino, Daniela Gentile, Nino Dazzi

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2011-02-21

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2010.36

2946

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Change and sustained recovery in defense mechanisms and depression in a pilot study of antidepressant medications plus up to 18 months of psychotherapy for recurrent major depression

John Christopher Perry, Claire J. Starrs, Trent Semeniuk, Elisabeth Banon, Ruta Westreich

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.885

821

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Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review

Orlando Silvestro, Carmelo M. Vicario, Ludovico Costa, Giorgio Sparacino, Trine Lund-Jacobsen, Chiara A. M. Spatola, Emanuele M. Merlo, Anna Viola, Concetto M. Giorgianni, Antonino Catalano, Walter Fries, Gianluca Lo Coco, Gabriella Martino

2025-03-30

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.854

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Effect of defense mechanisms on the longitudinal development of interpersonal problems during outpatient therapy

Jonas Schmitt, Matthias Volz, Cord Benecke

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.878

1952

PDF: 854

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 218

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Assessing children’s defense mechanisms with the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort for Children

Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Tracy A. Prout, Lauren Ammar, Thomas Kui, Ciro Conversano

2021-12-21

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.590

4436

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The relationship between overall defensive functioning and the Personality Assessment Inventory borderline and treatment outcome scales

Laura A. Richardson, John H. Porcerelli, Michelle Stein, Brynn DeLorenzo, Christina Massey, Emma Lindquist, Sarah McNamee, Mark Blais

2025-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.883

1079

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Problematic internet use in emerging adulthood to escape from maternal helicopter parenting: defensive functioning as a mediating mechanism

Nicola Carone, Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Laura Muzi, Laura Antonia Lucia Parolin, Andrea Fontana

2023-11-08

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.693

3149

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Defense mechanisms are associated with mental health symptoms across six countries

Vera Békés, Claire J. Starrs, J. Christopher Perry, Tracy A. Prout, Ciro Conversano, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe

2023-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.729

3934

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Supplementary Material: 231

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Preliminary findings from a brief psychodynamic counseling program for university staff: users’ psychological characteristics and implications for the program’s utility

Alessia Renzi, Eleonora Piacentini, Vittorio Lingiardi

2026-07-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.897

90

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Applying the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort to assess patients’ level of overall defensive functioning in interview data: validity and reliability

Clinical applications of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale-Self-Report-30: a systematic review of the first five years

The relationship between defense mechanisms and attachment: a narrative review

Therapists’ defense use impacts their patients’ defensive functioning: a systematic case study

Defense mechanisms and social mentalities in grandiose narcissism: an empirical investigation

Beyond the mask of deference: exploring the relationship between ruptures and transference in a single-case study

Revisiting defense mechanisms in contemporary clinical practice: evidence and perspectives

Defensive mechanisms and personality structure in an early adolescent boy: process and outcome issues in a non-intensive psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy

Assessing personality change with Blatt's anaclitic and introjective configurations and Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure profiles: two case studies in psychodynamic treatment

Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Professional burnout in therapists working with LGBTQ+ patients: associations with defenses and reflective functioning

Diagnosi e valutazione della personalit alleanza terapeutica e scambio clinico nella ricerca in psicoterapia

Change and sustained recovery in defense mechanisms and depression in a pilot study of antidepressant medications plus up to 18 months of psychotherapy for recurrent major depression

Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review

Effect of defense mechanisms on the longitudinal development of interpersonal problems during outpatient therapy

Assessing children’s defense mechanisms with the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort for Children

The relationship between overall defensive functioning and the Personality Assessment Inventory borderline and treatment outcome scales

Problematic internet use in emerging adulthood to escape from maternal helicopter parenting: defensive functioning as a mediating mechanism

Defense mechanisms are associated with mental health symptoms across six countries

Preliminary findings from a brief psychodynamic counseling program for university staff: users’ psychological characteristics and implications for the program’s utility

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