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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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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 196

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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

3331

PDF: 1566

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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

3342

PDF: 701

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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

1795

PDF: 720

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 91

SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 45

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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

1978

PDF: 593

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 173

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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

3403

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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

1002

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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

4372

PDF: 1611

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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

3829

PDF: 1316

Supplementary Material: 211

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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

1710

PDF: 1032

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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

3079

PDF: 1717

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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

1036

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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

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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

1275

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 204

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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

2048

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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

1193

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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

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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

2310

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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

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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

4991

PDF: 1357

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Supportive psychotherapy and defense mechanisms: A Comment on the case of Matilde

Jonathan Petraglia

43–51

2011-12-28

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2011.67

1398

PDF: 1015
Defense mechanisms in adolescents at high risk of developing psychosis: An empirical investigation

Tommaso Boldrini, Gabriele Lo Buglio, Guido Giovanardi, Vittorio Lingiardi, Silvia Salcuni

2020-05-20

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.456

4690

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Transference-focused psychotherapy in an inpatient setting for borderline personality disorders: changes in symptomatology

Torvi Abel, Moritz Happel, Franca Daerr, Carsten Spitzer, Cord Benecke, Birger Dulz

2025-01-28

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.810

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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

5392

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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

1033

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 65

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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

2240

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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

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A supportive approach in psychodynamic-oriented psychotherapy. An empirically supported single case study.

Daniela Di Riso, Antonello Colli, Daphne Chessa, Cristina Marogna, Valeria Condino, Adriana Lis, Vittorio Lingiardi, Stefania Mannarini

49–89

2011-05-18

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2011.43

2496

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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

8978

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Mentalization, attachment, and defense mechanisms: a Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual-2-oriented empirical investigation

Annalisa Tanzilli, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Guido Giovanardi, Tommaso Boldrini, Giorgio Caviglia, Ciro Conversano, Vittorio Lingiardi

2021-03-29

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.531

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Referential activity, dissociation, psychopathology and psychotherapy

Raffaella Perrella, Nadia Del Villano, Giorgio Caviglia

2016-11-11

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.243

2476

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The Model of Sequential Brief-Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (SB-APP): Specific Features in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Andrea Ferrero

32-45

2012-10-13

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2012.93

3645

PDF: 2400
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

2550

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How anxious did you feel during lockdown? The roles resilience, living environment, and gender play on the level of anxiety state during pandemic isolation

Violeta Stefania Rotărescu, Diana Bianca Matei, Ioana Alexandra Mircea, Andreea Maria Mirescu, Bogdan George Nedelescu, Daniela Georgiana Nedelea, Alexandra Nicoleta Raluca Neagu, Alexandru George Necșulescu, Gabriel Angelo Oteșanu, Lucian Constantin Tudor

2021-01-14

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.496

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An exploratory study on how attachment classifications manifest in group psychotherapy

Alessandro Talia, Anna Georg, Björn Siepe, Salvatore Gullo, Madeleine Miller-Bottome, Jana Volkert, Corinne Neukel, Michael Kaess, Felix Bempohl, Sabine C. Herpertz, Svenja Taubner

2022-11-04

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.653

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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

4450

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 190

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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

10960

PDF: 3115

Supplementary Material: 328

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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

3930

PDF: 1385

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Mental footnotes: knowledge constructivism from logical thinking to personal beliefs and therapy

Jose L. Vilchez

2016-11-07

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.234

2325

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The catcher in the mind: validation of the brief-mentalized affectivity scale for adolescents in the Italian population

Marianna Liotti, Alice Fiorini Bincoletto, Fabiola Bizzi, Marta Tironi, Simone Charpentier Mora, Donatella Cavanna, Guido Giovanardi, Elliot Jurist, Anna Maria Speranza, Vittorio Lingiardi, Annalisa Tanzilli

2023-12-31

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.709

2960

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Repairing alliance ruptures in psychotherapy with adults: a scoping review

Alberto López-Vásquez, Nicolás González-Araneda, Stephanie Vaccarezza, Catherine F. Eubanks, Paula Errázuriz

2026-04-30

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.892

2157

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 88

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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

7044

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It takes two to tango: a qualitative meta-synthesis on processes of psychotherapy dropout from the Single Case Archive

Liza Notaerts, Melissa De Smet, Martin Finn, Kimberly Van Nieuwenhove, Vicky Hennissen, Reitske Meganck

2025-12-03

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.876

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Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 related social distancing on loneliness, psychological needs and symptomatology

Bruno Faustino, António Branco Vasco, João Delgado, António Farinha-Fernandes, José Carlos Guerreiro

2021-01-14

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.492

4170

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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

4142

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Assessing therapist and clinician competency in parent-infant psychotherapy: The REARING coding system (RCS) for the group attachment based intervention (GABI)

Kelsey Armusewicz, Miriam Steele, Howard Steele, Anne Murphy

2022-03-01

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.562

3529

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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

1282

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 164

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The role of suicidal motivations in adolescence: implications for the psychotherapeutic treatment of suicidal risk

Maria Pia Casini, Marta Moselli, Alice Wisniewski, Riccardo Williams

2024-12-04

https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.833

2660

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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

2439

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