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  • Effectiveness of internet-delivered dialectical behavior therapy skills training on executive functions among college students with borderline personality traits: a non-randomized controlled trial

    CV Vijayapriya, Rameshbabu Tamarana
    2023-10-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.694
    3548
    PDF: 1489
    HTML: 127
  • Effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy as a transdiagnostic treatment for improving cognitive functions: a systematic review

    CV Vijayapriya, Rameshbabu Tamarana
    2023-07-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.662
    9160
    PDF: 2927
    HTML: 197
  • 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
    3490
    PDF: 979
    HTML: 153
  • 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
    3750
    PDF: 1622
    HTML: 1371
  • Contextualizing motherhood in persons with borderline personality vulnerabilities: cultural adaptation of the Parent Development Interview-Revised in an Indian context

    Kanika Mehrotra, Poornima Bhola, Geetha Desai
    2023-02-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.675
    2533
    PDF: 892
    HTML: 28
  • 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
    6317
    PDF: 1797
    HTML: 195
  • 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
    3243
    PDF: 1411
    HTML: 604
  • 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
    3439
    PDF: 840
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 203
    HTML: 43
  • 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
    4785
    PDF: 966
    Appendix: 240
    HTML: 43
  • Change during psychotherapy: the perspective of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused

    Claudia Capella, Carolina Gutiérrez, Loreto Rodrìguez, Camila Gòmez
    2018-04-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2018.288
    2457
    PDF: 1452
    HTML: 240
  • A brief cognitive-behavioral intervention for stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in dental students

    Gabriel Gònzalez, Vanetza E. Quezada
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.192
    3091
    PDF: 1337
    HTML: 1864
  • Childhood emotional maltreatment and internalizing problems in a non-clinical sample of adolescents: a moderated-mediation model of insecure anxious attachment style and gender

    Giorgio Falgares, Giulia Costanzo, Giovanna Manna, Dorian A. Lamis
    2024-06-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.745
    3455
    PDF: 1168
    HTML: 52
  • The person behind the therapist: a recall study on significant events that contribute to therapists’ personal and professional development

    Hubert de Condé, Emmanuelle Zech, Jochem Willemsen
    2024-08-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.791
    8466
    PDF: 1589
    HTML: 102
  • Reliability and factorial validity of long and brief versions of the inventory of personality organization in a Latvian sample

    Aija de Starceva-Apele, Malgozata Rascevska
    2022-06-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.606
    2953
    PDF: 1440
    HTML: 162
  • 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
    1936
    PDF: 568
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 161
    HTML: 87
  • 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
    1011
    PDF: 395
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 52
    HTML: 176
  • A pilot study of the Italian adaptation of the Session Evaluation Questionnaire fourth version

    Diego Rocco, Silvia Salcuni, Elena Antonelli
    2017-07-06
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.269
    2512
    PDF: 1150
    HTML: 134
  • Patient experiences in receiving virtual psychotherapy: a qualitative study

    Giorgio A. Tasca, Andie Storozuk, Victoria Klimkowski, Emily O’Connor, Stephanie Baker, Danielle Baldwin, Stephanie A. Houle, Camille Garceau, John Sylvestre
    2026-03-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.888
    1505
    PDF: 548
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 70
    HTML: 181
  • 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
    3788
    PDF: 1292
    Supplementary Material: 199
    HTML: 592
  • 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
    977
    PDF: 400
    HTML: 79
  • 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
    3822
    PDF: 1333
    HTML: 122
  • 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
    2931
    PDF: 949
    HTML: 69
  • 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
    5356
    PDF: 1212
    HTML: 35
  • 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
    1732
    PDF: 695
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 79
    SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 42
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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
    712
    PDF: 331
    HTML: 22
  • 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
    3052
    PDF: 1687
    HTML: 106
  • 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
    3560
    PDF: 924
    HTML: 32
  • 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
    3291
    PDF: 662
    HTML: 77
  • Psychotherapists’ experiences of telepsychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina: impact on therapy setting, therapeutic relationship and burden

    Vera Luisa König, María Isabel Fontao, Leandro Martín Casari, Alejandra Ruth Taborda
    2023-02-03
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.632
    2560
    PDF: 786
    Appendices: 303
    HTML: 57
  • 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
    3200
    PDF: 1588
    HTML: 1158
  • A proposal for a brief-term post-adoption intervention in the attachment-perspective: a single case study with a late-adopted child and his adoptive mother

    Cecilia Serena Pace, Ester D'Onofrio, Viviana Guerriero, Giulio Cesare Zavattini
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.197
    3483
    PDF: 1719
    HTML: 638
  • 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
    879
    PDF: 397
    HTML: 166
  • ‘Isolated together’: online group treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic review

    Giorgia Margherita, Benedetta Muzii, Alessia Caffieri, Adriana Di Francia, Brenda Somma
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.639
    3682
    PDF: 931
    HTML: 57
  • Facilitative interpersonal skills are relevant in child therapy too, so why don’t we measure them?

    Jordan Bate, Angelica Tsakas
    2022-05-09
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.595
    2923
    PDF: 1303
    HTML: 51
  • 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
    1877
    PDF: 546
    HTML: 19
  • Crying in psychotherapy: an exploratory mixed-methods study on forms of emotional crying and associated therapeutic interventions

    Fabienne Gutjahr, Cord Benecke
    2024-04-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.725
    2006
    PDF: 1160
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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
    1818
    PDF: 557
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 114
    HTML: 24
  • The relationship between epistemic stance, mentalizing, paranoid distress and conspiracy mentality: an empirical investigation

    Sophie Hauschild, Lea A. Kasper, Anna Berning, Svenja Taubner
    2023-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.706
    2342
    PDF: 839
    HTML: 87
  • Exploration of psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Core Young Person’s Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)

    Rosalba Di Biase; Chris Evans, Daniela Rebecchi, Flavia Baccari, Anna Saltini, Elena Bravi, Gaspare Palmieri, Fabrizio Starace
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.554
    4019
    PDF: 959
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  • Italian validation of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-10 (CORE-10): a short measure for routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice

    Antonino La Tona, Sofia Tagini, Agostino Brugnera, Barbara Poletti, Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Gianluca Lo Coco, Lidia Del Piccolo, Angelo Compare
    2023-04-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.671
    2955
    PDF: 916
    Supplementary Material: 198
    HTML: 45
  • Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being

    Alice Fiorini Bincoletto, Ludovica Zanini, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Vittorio Lingiardi
    2023-07-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.676
    3232
    PDF: 1090
    HTML: 101
  • The real relationship: the Portuguese version of the Real Relationship Inventory-Client form

    Pedro Rodrigues Ribeiro, David Dias Neto
    2023-07-05
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.678
    2605
    PDF: 1079
    HTML: 116
  • Monitoring the effects of therapeutic interventions in depression through self-assessments

    Ines Moragrega, René Bridler, Christine Mohr, Michela Possenti, Deborah Rochat, Judit Sanchez Parramon, Hans H. Stassen
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.548
    2397
    PDF: 729
    HTML: 43
  • 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
    2218
    PDF: 900
    HTML: 60
  • 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
    3508
    PDF: 1276
    HTML: 96
  • 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
    2326
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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
    3359
    PDF: 726
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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
    1234
    PDF: 447
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 190
    HTML: 107
  • 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
    3189
    PDF: 1276
    HTML: 75
  • The transition to online psychotherapy during the pandemic: a qualitative study on patients’ perspectives

    Cecilia Giordano, Ivan Ambrosiano , Maria Teresa Graffeo, Alessandro Di Caro, Salvatore Gullo
    2022-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.638
    5634
    PDF: 1871
    HTML: 52
  • Acceptability of an adventure video game in the treatment of female adolescents with symptoms of depression

    Alvaro E. Carrasco
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.182
    8227
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    HTML: 842
  • 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
    2018
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  • The relationship among attachment styles, interpersonal needs, and suicidal ideation in patients with psychiatric disorders

    Salvatore Sarubbi, Elena Rogante, Denise Erbuto, Monica Migliorati, Isabella Berardelli, Marco Innamorati, Maurizio Pompili
    2024-12-30
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.785
    3075
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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
    3552
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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
    2883
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    HTML: 851
  • More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy

    Johannes Pries, Alexander Niecke, Annekatrin Vetter, Ulrich Schultz-Venrath
    2022-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.642
    5005
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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
    3505
    PDF: 989
    HTML: 45
  • 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
    4964
    PDF: 1341
    HTML: 47
  • Rate of speech and emotional-cognitive regulation in the psychotherapeutic process: a pilot study

    Marco Tonti, Omar C.G. Gelo
    2016-10-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.232
    2501
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    HTML: 891
  • 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
    928
    PDF: 484
    HTML: 84
  • Different epistemic stances for different traumatic experiences: implications for mentalization

    Ilaria Maria Antonietta Benzi, Nicola Carone, Laura Parolin, Gabriel Martin-Gagnon, Karin Ensink, Andrea Fontana
    2023-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.708
    3269
    PDF: 1327
    Supplementary Material: 193
    HTML: 77
  • Interpersonal emotion regulation questionnaire: psychometric properties of the Italian version and associations with psychopathology

    Irene Messina, Pietro Spataro, Alessandro Grecucci, Danielle M. Moskow, Cristina Marogna, Stefan G. Hofmann
    2022-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.616
    4731
    PDF: 2573
    Appendix: 567
    HTML: 498
  • Dreaming during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of Italian adolescents and adults

    Massimiliano Sommantico, Ilaria Iorio, Marina Lacatena, Santa Parrello
    2021-08-12
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.536
    5474
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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
    6956
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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
    1765
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  • 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
    3405
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  • The Italian version of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire: psychometric properties and validation in students, community, and clinical groups

    Giorgio Falgares, Sandro De Santis, Salvatore Gullo, Danilo Carrozzino, Daniela Marchetti, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Gianluca Lo Coco, Daniel Kopala-Sibley, Osmano Oasi
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.227
    3032
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    APPENDIX: 409
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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
    1836
    PDF: 569
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 76
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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
    2385
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    HTML: 476
  • 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
    3270
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  • Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to symptoms and emotional arousal

    Eunice Barbosa, Maria Amendoeira, Tiago Ferreira, Ana Sofia Teixeira, José Pinto-Gouveia, Joào Salgado
    2017-07-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.258
    2441
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  • Evaluating the efficacy of psychodynamic treatment on a single case of autism. A qualitative research

    Marta Vecchiato, Chiara Sacchi, Alessandra Simonelli, Nicola Purgato
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.194
    5080
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