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  • Impact of personality disorder comorbidity on cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome for mood and anxiety disorders: results from a university training clinic

    Christopher B. Harte, Raymond C. Hawkins II
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.210
    3317
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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
    557
    PDF: 447
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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
    1152
    PDF: 478
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 86
    HTML: 188
  • A proposed conceptualization of therapeutic competence: the three level model

    Christine Koddebusch, Christiane Hermann
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.286
    3907
    PDF: 1899
    HTML: 1131
  • Therapeutic alliance in the initial phase of psychotherapy with adolescents: different perspectives and their association with therapeutic outcomes

    Olga María Fernandez, Mariane Krause, Janet Carola Pérez
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.180
    5091
    PDF: 4229
    HTML: 2869
  • Attachment insecurity predicts outcomes in an ACT-CBT group therapy for adults in a physical rehabilitation centre

    Danijela Maras, Louise Balfour, Monique Lefebvre, Giorgio A. Tasca
    2022-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.634
    4950
    PDF: 1109
    Appendix: 255
    HTML: 51
  • 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
    2156
    PDF: 926
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 234
    HTML: 87
  • 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
    4016
    PDF: 1559
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 335
    HTML: 259
  • 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
    2997
    PDF: 1467
    HTML: 1433
  • 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
    3020
    PDF: 1255
    HTML: 865
  • The associations between interoceptive awareness, emotion regulation, acceptance, and well-being in patients receiving multicomponent treatment: a dynamic panel network model

    Adam Klocek, Tomáš Řiháček
    2023-07-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.659
    3435
    PDF: 1197
    Supplementary Material: 326
    HTML: 173
  • Holding the treatment frame: borderline features, personality functioning, and psychotherapy dropout in a youth mental health service

    Francesca De Salve, Chiara Rossi, Osmano Oasi, Lara Malvini, Maria Meliante, Mauro Percudani, Irene Messina
    2026-04-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.893
    1295
    PDF: 494
    HTML: 176
  • 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
    2621
    PDF: 1141
    APPENDIX: 436
    HTML: 2122
  • Are we on the same page? Examining client-therapist alliance congruence and psychological well-being

    John Robert Rilveria
    2026-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.896
    365
    PDF: 263
    HTML: 14
  • The Lausanne Trilogue Play within the outcome evaluation in infant mental health: a preliminary report

    Michela Gatta, Marta Sisti, Laura Sudati, Marina Miscioscia, Alessandra Simonelli
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.198
    3829
    PDF: 1746
    HTML: 1378
  • Metacognitive interpersonal therapy-eating disorders versus cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders for non-underweight adults with eating disorders: study protocol for a pilot pre-registered randomized controlled trial

    Gloria Fioravanti, Martina Nicolis, Angus MacBeth, Giancarlo Dimaggio, Raffaele Popolo
    2023-08-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.690
    4205
    PDF: 1671
    HTML: 58
  • Factors of treatment success in psychotherapy: a within-therapist analysis of early session processes

    Yan Zhu, Mark J. Hilsenroth
    2025-07-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.848
    1895
    PDF: 1046
    HTML: 35
  • 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
    2777
    PDF: 607
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  • Impairment in personality functioning predicts young adult suicidal ideation and suicide attempt above and beyond depressive symptoms

    Kiran Boone, Kennedy M. Balzen, Carla Sharp
    2024-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.814
    2063
    PDF: 687
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 160
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  • Balancing clinical risk with countertransference management protects alliance

    Joào F. Barreto, Paula Mena Matos
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.279
    2452
    PDF: 1618
    HTML: 486
  • The Competing Influences of Initial Depressive Symptomatology and Early Alliance on Early Outcome: A Preliminary Study

    Giorgio Gabriele Alberti, Anna Martorano, Bruno Martorano
    109-118
    2014-05-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2013.33
    1699
    PDF: 897
  • Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the innovative moments coding system for groups

    Giovanna Esposito, Anna Sara Cutolo, Raffaella Passeggia, Silvia Formentin, Miguel Mario Gonçalves
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.648
    2006
    PDF: 636
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  • What do you expect from psychological care? A qualitative study of depressed patients’ expectations treated in mental healthcare settings Depressed patients' psychological care expectations

    Ana Karina Zúñiga Caiseo, Guillermo De la Parra, Lucía Núñez, Mariane Krause
    2025-03-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.839
    3548
    PDF: 1332
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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
    258
    PDF: 135
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  • Nightmares and bad dreams among individuals with musculoskeletal pain: a link to vitamin D and calcium

    Khalid K. Abdul-Razzak, Mohammad J. Alkhatatbeh
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.533
    11257
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  • Relational skills and self-awareness outcomes in psychotherapy trainees

    Elitsa Tilkidzhieva, Salvatore Gullo, Jutta Fiegl, Andrea Jesser, Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo
    2026-08-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.898
    143
    PDF: 81
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  • Validation of the client satisfaction questionnaire: a pilot psychometric analysis in Portuguese routine practice

    Sara Silva, Isabel Basto, João Salgado, Carla Cunha
    2023-07-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.687
    3647
    PDF: 1407
    HTML: 106
  • "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
    1384
    PDF: 784
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 203
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  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of inpatients with obesity, binge eating disorder, and traumatic experiences: a randomized controlled trial

    Anna Guerrini Usubini, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Giada Pietrabissa, Caterina Nicolazzi, Annalisa Caretti, Chiara Merlini, Valentina Villa, Alessandro Sartorio, Gianluca Castelnuovo
    2026-02-16
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.886
    2007
    PDF: 1222
    HTML: 197
  • Coping with shame: the role of self-reflective capacities in perceiving others as empathic

    Georgia J. Bush, Andrew F. Luchner
    2025-03-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.824
    3717
    PDF: 1772
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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
    7628
    PDF: 2933
    HTML: 296
  • The efficacy of transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy on reducing negative affect, anxiety sensitivity and improving perceived control in children with emotional disorders - a randomized controlled trial

    Elham Qanbari Alaee, Omid Saed, Sahel Khakpoor, Reza Ahmadi, Mahsa Ali Mohammadi, Majid Yoosefi Afrashteh, Zekrolah Morovati
    2022-05-09
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.588
    4024
    PDF: 1439
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  • Facing the coronavirus pandemic era

    Emanuela Brusadelli, Christian Schubert, Silvia Salcuni
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.509
    2949
    PDF: 704
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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
    1139
    PDF: 599
    HTML: 101
  • Psychological adaptation and health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: a 5-year follow-up study

    Gabriella Martino, Emanuele M. Merlo, Carmelo M. Vicario, Federica Bellone, Clara De Francesco, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Antonino Catalano, Walter Fries, Orlando Silvestro
    2026-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.900
    206
    PDF: 138
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 37
    HTML: 7
  • Continuity and discontinuity between psychopathology of childhood and adulthood: a review on retrospective and prospective studies

    Immacolata Zarrella, Luigi Alessandro Russolillo, Giorgio Caviglia, Raffaella Perrella
    2017-07-06
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.248
    3515
    PDF: 1548
    HTML: 2082
  • Shaping psychotherapy trainees’ potential: insights from training program directors

    Irene Messina, Giovanna Trimoldi
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.799
    3026
    PDF: 886
    HTML: 57
  • 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
    2443
    PDF: 730
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 208
    HTML: 104
  • The therapeutic relationship and change processes in child psychotherapy: a qualitative, longitudinal study of the views of children, parents and therapists

    Lucia Nuñez, Sofía Fernández, Nicolle Alamo, Nick Midgley, Claudia Capella, Mariane Krause
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.556
    8468
    PDF: 2900
    HTML: 127
  • Cooperation within the therapeutic relationship improves metacognitive functioning: preliminary findings

    Benedetto Farina, Marianna Liotti, Claudio Imperatori, Lucia Tombolini, Elena Gasperini, Paola Mallozzi, Marianna Russo, Giorgia Simoncini Malucelli, Fabio Monticelli
    2023-11-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.712
    2468
    PDF: 884
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  • Beyond the outcomes: generic change indicators in a video-feedback intervention with a depressed mother and her baby: a single case study

    Catalina Sieverson, Marcia Olhaberry, Javiera Duarte, Javier Morán-Kneer, Stefanella Costa, M. José León, Sofía Valenzuela, Fanny Leyton, Carolina Honorato, Antonia Muzard
    2022-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.584
    4371
    PDF: 984
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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
    5748
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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
    1486
    PDF: 896
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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
    5130
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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
    1318
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  • Psychological outcomes after hospitalization for COVID-19: data from a multidisciplinary follow-up screening program for recovered patients

    Federica Bonazza, Lidia Borghi, Eugenia Cao di San Marco, Kyrie Piscopo, Francesca Bai, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Elena Vegni
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.491
    6134
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  • Facets of the psychotherapy relationship: a metaphorical approach

    Tomáš Řiháček, Jan Roubal, Katarína Motalová
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.468
    2365
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  • The association of interpersonal distress with negative mental health outcomes in people with a diagnosed anxiety disorder: a meta-analytic review

    Malenka Areas, Cristoph Flückiger, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo
    2026-07-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.894
    321
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  • Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results

    Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina
    2025-02-10
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.800
    4384
    PDF: 2086
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  • A psychodynamic contribution to the understanding of anger - The importance of diagnosis before treatment

    Paola Manfredi, Claudia Taglietti
    2022-06-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.587
    6070
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    HTML: 439
  • Coping strategies and mental health: A web-based survey among the Italian population dealing with COVID-19

    Chiara Rossi, Francesca De Salve, Martina Agliati, Osmano Oasi
    2022-07-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.609
    3829
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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
    3248
    PDF: 1849
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  • Subjective experience of diagnosis and treatment in two adolescents with first-episode schizophrenia

    Marianella Abarzua, Francisco Venegas, Ximena Hidalgo
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.189
    3304
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    HTML: 609
  • Facilitative interpersonal skills in benign versus challenging therapy situations in trainee therapists: a pilot study

    Kim de Jong, Johanna Wilkens, Timothy Anderson, Kane Steggles
    2024-08-26
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.804
    2848
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  • Characteristics of effective online interventions: implications for adolescents with personality disorder during a global pandemic

    Samantha Reis, Emily L. Matthews, Brin F.S. Grenyer
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.488
    23890
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  • Reflective functioning and personal recovery process of users with borderline personality disorder on Instagram: an explorative study using computerized and thematic analysis

    Giovanna Esposito, Viviana Perla, Raffaella Passeggia, Erik Fertuck, Erhard Mergenthaler
    2021-01-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.463
    2800
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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
    876
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  • Evaluation of a dialectical behavior therapy-informed partial hospital program: outcome data and exploratory analyses

    John E. Lothes II, Kirk D. Mochrie, Emalee J.W. Quickel, Jane St. John
    2016-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.219
    2533
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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
    4177
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  • The contribution of Sidney Blatt's two-polarities model to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual

    Vittorio Lingiardi, Nancy McWilliams, Laura Muzi
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.242
    4672
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  • Perceived professional development of Chinese psychotherapy trainees: a pilot study

    Ying Zhang, Lili Shi, Jing Wei, Armin Hartmann , Rainer Leonhart, Markus Bassler, Kurt Fritzsche
    2022-08-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.580
    3650
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  • Are there gender and age differences in the effect of coping strategies on suicidal ideation among adolescents? The mediating role of emotional intelligence

    Anyerson Stiths Gómez-Tabares, Jorge Emiro Restrepo
    2025-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.843
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  • Developing relational competence in psychotherapy training: a qualitative study of trainees’ perspectives

    Giovanna Trimoldi, Marco Sambin, Pietro Spataro, Giulia Gagliardini, Irene Messina
    2026-04-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.890
    1566
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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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  • The problem of suicidality, personality disorder, and treatment: an alternative psycho-social perspective

    Marco Chiesa
    2024-12-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.779
    2666
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  • Self-assessment of patterns of subjective experience: development and psychometric study of the States of Mind Questionnaire

    Bruno Faustino, António Branco Vasco, Giancarlo Dimaggio, Ana Nunes da Silva; Sophie Seromenho
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.465
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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
    3094
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  • The effectiveness of short-term dynamic/interpersonal group therapy on perfectionism; assessment of anxiety, depression and interpersonal problems

    Shirzad Babaei, Mahmood Dehghani, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani, Ahmad Ashouri, Leila Mohamadi
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.656
    3364
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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
    5543
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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
    4561
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  • Virtue, well-being, and mentalized affectivity

    Elliot Jurist, David Greenberg, Marissa Pizziferro, Rozita Alaluf, Michael Perez Sosa
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.710
    2638
    PDF: 1085
    Supplementary Material: 297
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  • Family dynamics. An exploration of parental sensitivity and depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers of toddlers

    Antonia Muzard, Marcia Olhaberry, Nina Immel, Javier Moran-Kneer
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.551
    3665
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  • Attachment styles, mental health, and trauma during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian adult population

    Elena Ierardi, Marta Bottini, Emanuele Preti, Rossella Di Pierro, Fabio Madeddu, Cristina Riva Crugnola
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.689
    1584
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  • The contributions of Sidney J. Blatt: a personal and intellectual biography

    John S. Auerbach
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.222
    2986
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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

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