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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

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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

  1802

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  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 95

  SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 47

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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

  3355

  PDF: 711

  HTML: 79

• 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

  3342

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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

  1995

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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

  1006

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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

  3845

  PDF: 1330

  Supplementary Material: 212

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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

  4381

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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

  1044

  PDF: 514

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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

  1278

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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

  3086

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  Psychological impairment in inflammatory bowel diseases: the key role of coping and defense mechanisms

  Gabriella Martino, Anna Viola, Carmelo Mario Vicario, Federica Bellone, Orlando Silvestro, Giovanni Squadrito, Peter Schwarz, Gianluca Lo Coco, Walter Fries, Antonino Catalano

  2023-12-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.731

  2057

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• Suicidality and self-compassion in patients with major depressive disorder: the mediating role of the avoidant attachment type

  Vasiliki Yotsidi, Charis Ntakolia, Ioanna Rannou , Pilios-Dimitris Stavrou, Panagiotis Ferentinos, Athanasios Douzenis, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Efthimia Gavriilidou, Rossetos Gournellis

  2024-12-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.826

  3472

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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

  1197

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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

  2909

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  Psychodiagnostic Chart-Child (PDC-C): a valid and clinically sensitive diagnostic tool for patient-tailored intervention planning

  Alexandro Fortunato, Annalisa Tanzilli, Vittorio Lingiardi, Anna Maria Speranza

  2022-03-01

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.591

  4997

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  Attachment orientations and emotion regulation: new insights from the study of interpersonal emotion regulation strategies

  Irene Messina, Vincenzo Calvo, Alessandro Grecucci

  2023-12-31

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.703

  7080

  PDF: 2674

  HTML: 266

• Patient personality and therapist responses in the psychotherapy of adolescents with depressive disorders: toward the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual - third edition

  Annalisa Tanzilli, Flavia Fiorentino, Marianna Liotti, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Ivan Gualco, Vittorio Lingiardi, Carla Sharp, Riccardo Williams

  2024-03-27

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.752

  2246

  PDF: 929

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• In-session emotional experiencing in brief psychotherapy conducted by trainee psychologists: process, alliance, and the role of therapist persuasiveness

  Andreia Soares, Laura Ladislau, Ana Aleixo, João M. Santos, Daniel Sousa

  2026-04-29

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.891

  1041

  PDF: 427

  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 67

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  Advancement in the child attachment interview and the child and adolescent reflective functioning scale using a PDM-2 framework: case reports

  Fabiola Bizzi, Francesca Locati, Laura Parolin, Shmueli Goetz Yael, Emanuela Brusadelli

  2022-03-04

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.586

  5400

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  Developing a prototype for relationship therapy psychoanalysis: an empirical study with the Psychotherapy Process Q-set

  Laura Bonalume, Laura Corbelli, Mattia Ferro, Anna Lisa Mazzoleni, Maria Pia Roggero

  2023-03-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.674

  2442

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  Epistemic trust: a comprehensive review of empirical insights and implications for developmental psychopathology

  Elizabeth Li, Chloe Campbell, Nick Midgley, Patrick Luyten

  2023-12-20

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.704

  10981

  PDF: 3127

  Supplementary Material: 331

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  Dreaming in quarantine: linguistic analysis of referential process of dreams during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

  Rachele Mariani, Silvia Monaco, Christopher Christian , Michela Di Trani

  2021-08-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.537

  4148

  PDF: 923

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• Personality characteristics, music-listening, and well-being: a systematic and scoping review

  Chiara Rossi, Osmano Oasi, Barbara Colombo

  2024-03-25

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.742

  3938

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  Identifying predictors associated with the severity of eating concerns in females with eating disorders

  Stefania Cella, Annarosa Cipriano, Mara Iannaccone, Paolo Cotrufo

  2017-04-13

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.199

  2935

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• "Maybe you don’t know what answers I want": unresolved alliance ruptures preceding dropout in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

  Manuela Jose Difronzo, Lisa Thackeray, Sally O'Keeffe, Ana Calderon, Nick Midgley

  2025-03-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.841

  1284

  PDF: 676

  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 167

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• Transference interpretation and psychotherapy outcome: a systematic review of a no-consensus relationship

  Meltem Yilmaz, Kutlu Kağan Türkarslan, Ludovica Zanini, Dilara Hasdemir, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Vittorio Lingiardi

  2024-05-02

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.744

  4460

  PDF: 1578

  SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 192

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• Motivations to become psychotherapists: beyond the concept of the wounded healer

  Gianluca Cruciani, Marianna Liotti, Vittorio Lingiardi

  2024-08-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.808

  8995

  PDF: 3330

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  Changes in the anaclitic-introjective personality configurations following psychoanalytic psychotherapy with young adults

  Andrzej Werbart, Siri Aldèn, Anders Diedrichs

  2017-04-13

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.239

  2556

  PDF: 1080

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  Alexithymia and emotional processing: a longitudinal mixed methods research

  Ana Nunes da Silva, Antònio Branco Vasco, Jeanne C. Watson

  2018-04-12

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.292

  3216

  PDF: 1632

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