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  • 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
    3804
    PDF: 1426
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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
    2133
    PDF: 1019
    HTML: 36
  • 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
    1693
    PDF: 960
    HTML: 28
  • 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
    1545
    PDF: 695
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  • Impact of personality traits, coping styles, and anger on psychological symptoms of patients with arterial hypertension Psychological factors in arterial hypertension

    Francesca Giordano, Sara Guidotti, Clemente Salerno, Carlo Pruneti, Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo
    2025-07-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.867
    1508
    PDF: 729
    HTML: 23
  • 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
    3745
    PDF: 827
    HTML: 122
  • 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
    59
    PDF: 39
    HTML: 1
  • 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
    3597
    PDF: 831
    HTML: 66
  • Going through the lockdown: a longitudinal study on the psychological consequences of the coronavirus pandemic

    Salvatore Gullo, Ilaria Misici, Arianna Teti, Michele Liuzzi, Enrico Chiara
    2021-01-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.494
    4782
    PDF: 1197
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 273
    HTML: 38
  • Depression and attachment: how do personality styles and social support influence this relation?

    Paula Dagnino, Carola Pèrez, Adriana Gòmez, Sergio Gloger, Mariane Krause
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.237
    6686
    PDF: 2245
    HTML: 10915
  • 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
    3500
    PDF: 1633
    HTML: 22
  • 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
    2072
    PDF: 798
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 138
    SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 66
    HTML: 226
  • 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
    2478
    PDF: 800
    HTML: 47
  • 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
    4055
    PDF: 1411
    Supplementary Material: 238
    HTML: 625
  • 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
    4919
    PDF: 1103
    Appendix: 252
    HTML: 49
  • 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
    2184
    PDF: 1199
    HTML: 172
  • 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
    2338
    PDF: 994
    HTML: 72
  • 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
    2325
    PDF: 702
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 203
    HTML: 102
  • “Trust me, do not trust anyone”: how epistemic mistrust and credulity are associated with conspiracy mentality

    Felix Brauner, Peter Fonagy, Chloe Campbell, Julia Griem, Timo Storck, Tobias Nolte
    2023-12-28
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.705
    5321
    PDF: 1724
    HTML: 235
  • 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
    5104
    PDF: 1434
    HTML: 55
  • Personal therapeutic approach in Gestalt therapists working with clients suffering from medically unexplained psychosomatic symptoms

    Jan Roubal, Roman Hytych, Michal Čevelíček, Tomáš Řiháček
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.535
    9249
    PDF: 2164
    Appendix: 240
    HTML: 99
  • 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
    3219
    PDF: 1839
    HTML: 109
  • Parental criticism, self-criticism and their relation to depressive mood: an exploratory study among a non-clinical population

    Chiara Manfredi, Gabriele Caselli, Federica Pescini, Martina Rossi, Daniela Rebecchi, Giovanni Maria Ruggiero, Sandra Sassaroli
    2016-04-18
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.178
    5508
    PDF: 2190
    HTML: 2736
  • 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
    3167
    PDF: 1444
    HTML: 171
  • 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
    1287
    PDF: 706
    HTML: 96
  • 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
    3594
    PDF: 1271
    HTML: 57
  • 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
    1131
    PDF: 517
    HTML: 86
  • 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
    5728
    PDF: 1513
    HTML: 37
  • Group dynamic-relational therapy for perfectionism

    Samuel F. Mikail, Paul L. Hewitt, Gordon L. Flett, Sabrina Ge
    2022-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.635
    4524
    PDF: 1280
    HTML: 104
  • 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
    7460
    PDF: 2857
    HTML: 289
  • Something has sort of opened up for me: psychology students’ reflections after participating in an apprenticeship training model

    Nina Jakhelln Laugen, Torun Grøtte, Truls Ryum, Patrick A. Vogel, Heidi Brattland, Katrine Høyer Holgersen
    2024-08-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.794
    3119
    PDF: 676
    HTML: 187
  • 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
    5506
    PDF: 1309
    HTML: 38
  • 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
    3632
    PDF: 1118
    HTML: 53
  • 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
    4111
    PDF: 1474
    HTML: 353
  • 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
    11474
    PDF: 3318
    Supplementary Material: 388
    HTML: 306
  • 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
    23842
    PDF: 1308
    HTML: 42
  • 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
    3678
    PDF: 1649
    HTML: 76
  • 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
    4232
    PDF: 987
    HTML: 125
  • 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
    3334
    PDF: 1367
    HTML: 81
  • Saving a seat at the table for community members: co-creating an attachment-based intervention for low-income Latinx parent-youth dyads using a promotor/a model

    Jessica L. Borelli, Lyric N. Russo, Jose Arreola, Breana R. Cervantes, Christina M. Marquez, Gloria Montiel, Vanessa Avalos, Jacqueline Carballo, Jackie Garcia, Isha Bhatt, Gina Torres, Francisca Leal, Nancy Guerra
    2022-02-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.598
    4537
    PDF: 1247
    Appendix: 410
    HTML: 54
  • 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
    2784
    PDF: 999
    HTML: 58
  • 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
    3998
    PDF: 1421
    HTML: 123
  • 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
    2966
    PDF: 1459
    HTML: 1432
  • My story in response to the stories of my patients’ experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a relational psychoanalytic approach

    Zelda Gillian Knight
    2021-01-14
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.490
    1860
    PDF: 801
    HTML: 29
  • 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
    3977
    PDF: 1541
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 333
    HTML: 252
  • Introduction to the Special Section on Working on dreams, from psychotherapy to neuroscience

    Guido Giovanardi, Patricia Spangler
    2021-08-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.578
    6470
    PDF: 1391
    HTML: 412
  • 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
    2570
    PDF: 1153
    HTML: 900
  • 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
    9281
    PDF: 3486
    HTML: 981
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