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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

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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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  Effectiveness is the gold standard of clinical research

  Francesco Gazzillo, Adriano Schimmenti, Ivan Formica, Alessandra Simonelli, Sergio Salvatore

  2017-07-13

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.278

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  Patient personality characteristics and therapeutic integration: treating borderline personality and emotionally dysregulated-dysphoric personality features

  Saryn R. Levy, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Francine Conway, Jesse Owen

  2022-06-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.611

  3118

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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

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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

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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

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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

  2090

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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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  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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• 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

  3465

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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

  1919

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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

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• Trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy training effectiveness in promoting professional development of psychotherapists working with unaccompanied minors in Greece: a non-blinded randomized control trial

  Vasiliki Yotsidi, Theodora Anastasiou, Konstantinos Doulgeris, Panagiota Theodosiou, Clive Richardson

  2024-08-27

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.796

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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

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• A systematic review on the role of therapist characteristics in the treatment of eating disorders

  Gaia Albano, Arianna Teti, Arianna Scrò, Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti, Lucia Fortunato, Gianluca Lo Coco

  2024-07-10

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.750

  3890

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• Sense of meaning as a predictor of long-term therapy outcome in psychiatric inpatients: results of a one-year follow-up Meaning and long-term therapy outcome

  René Hefti, Daren Sunthareswarar, Thomas Wartenweiler, Harold Koenig, Michael Ackert

  2025-09-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.859

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• Psychological interventions in the Italian national health system: appropriateness and accountability

  Alessandro Ridolfi

  2024-08-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.820

  2240

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  Antisocial personality disorder in group therapy, kindling pro-sociality and mentalizing

  Katharina T.E. Morken, Morten Øvrebø, Charlotte Klippenberg, Therese Morvik, Elisabeth Lied Gikling

  2022-11-07

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.649

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