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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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PDF: 782

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 181

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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

3264

PDF: 1520

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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

3170

PDF: 635

HTML: 75
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

1896

PDF: 554

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 158

HTML: 87
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

966

PDF: 392

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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

1703

PDF: 684

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 74

SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 42

HTML: 196
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

4336

PDF: 1579

HTML: 836
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

3760

PDF: 1280

Supplementary Material: 197

HTML: 591
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

922

PDF: 474

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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

1595

PDF: 963

HTML: 141
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

707

PDF: 323

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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

3042

PDF: 1673

HTML: 106
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

1114

PDF: 438

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 186

HTML: 107
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

2734

PDF: 1344

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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

2009

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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

2878

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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

1173

PDF: 580

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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

4376

PDF: 1533

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 176

HTML: 78
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

2282

PDF: 2767
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

1001

PDF: 389

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 48

HTML: 175
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

5333

PDF: 1200

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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

2452

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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

3541

PDF: 913

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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

10797

PDF: 3047

Supplementary Material: 307

HTML: 264
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

2205

PDF: 886

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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

5542

PDF: 1740

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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

2624

PDF: 505

HTML: 9
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

6908

PDF: 2595

HTML: 255
"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

1265

PDF: 630

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 148

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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

56035

PDF: 3311

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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

3488

PDF: 971

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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

2405

PDF: 726

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Effect of defense mechanisms on the longitudinal development of interpersonal problems during outpatient therapy

Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review

The relationship between defense mechanisms and attachment: a narrative review

Clinical applications of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale-Self-Report-30: a systematic review of the first five years

Applying the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort to assess patients’ level of overall defensive functioning in interview data: validity and reliability

Examining the factor structure of the 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire among adults with depression: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Assessing children’s defense mechanisms with the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort for Children

Defense mechanisms are associated with mental health symptoms across six countries

The relationship between overall defensive functioning and the Personality Assessment Inventory borderline and treatment outcome scales

Revisiting defense mechanisms in contemporary clinical practice: evidence and perspectives

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

Problematic internet use in emerging adulthood to escape from maternal helicopter parenting: defensive functioning as a mediating mechanism

Defense mechanisms and social mentalities in grandiose narcissism: an empirical investigation

Beyond the mask of deference: exploring the relationship between ruptures and transference in a single-case study

Psychological impairment in inflammatory bowel diseases: the key role of coping and defense mechanisms

Assessing personality change with Blatt's anaclitic and introjective configurations and Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure profiles: two case studies in psychodynamic treatment

Professional burnout in therapists working with LGBTQ+ patients: associations with defenses and reflective functioning

Transference interpretation and psychotherapy outcome: a systematic review of a no-consensus relationship

Defensive mechanisms and personality structure in an early adolescent boy: process and outcome issues in a non-intensive psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy

In-session emotional experiencing in brief psychotherapy conducted by trainee psychologists: process, alliance, and the role of therapist persuasiveness

Advancement in the child attachment interview and the child and adolescent reflective functioning scale using a PDM-2 framework: case reports

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

An exploratory study on how attachment classifications manifest in group psychotherapy

Epistemic trust: a comprehensive review of empirical insights and implications for developmental psychopathology

Patient personality and therapist responses in the psychotherapy of adolescents with depressive disorders: toward the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual - third edition

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

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

Attachment orientations and emotion regulation: new insights from the study of interpersonal emotion regulation strategies

"Maybe you don’t know what answers I want": unresolved alliance ruptures preceding dropout in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents

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

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

Developing a prototype for relationship therapy psychoanalysis: an empirical study with the Psychotherapy Process Q-set

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