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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
    2853
    PDF: 917
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  • 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
    3674
    PDF: 1587
    HTML: 1369
  • 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
    3334
    PDF: 1450
    HTML: 2078
  • 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
    2164
    PDF: 863
    HTML: 58
  • 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
    5266
    PDF: 1183
    HTML: 34
  • 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
    1579
    PDF: 803
    HTML: 19
  • 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
    3372
    PDF: 1130
    HTML: 49
  • 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
    23524
    PDF: 1212
    HTML: 36
  • 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
    10067
    PDF: 2989
    Supplementary Material: 301
    HTML: 256
  • 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
    3416
    PDF: 1697
    HTML: 635
  • 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
    2331
    PDF: 705
    HTML: 42
  • 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
    8347
    PDF: 3211
    HTML: 915
  • 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
    3006
    PDF: 1259
    HTML: 163
  • Measuring Attachment and Reflective Functioning in Early Adolescence:An Introduction to the Friends and Family Interview

    Alexander Kriss, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele
    87-95
    2013-02-17
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2012.106
    3764
    PDF: 2385
  • 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
    2780
    PDF: 985
    HTML: 2032
  • 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
    2565
    PDF: 489
    HTML: 8
  • 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
    4811
    PDF: 1314
    HTML: 46
  • 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
    2923
    PDF: 1271
    Supplementary Material: 183
    HTML: 76
  • 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
    6842
    PDF: 1556
    HTML: 99
  • "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
    1243
    PDF: 602
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 143
    HTML: 22
  • 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
    3493
    PDF: 905
    HTML: 50
  • 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
    1627
    PDF: 527
    SUPPLEMENTARY: 105
    HTML: 22
  • 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
    3428
    PDF: 956
    HTML: 43
  • 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
    2835
    PDF: 1451
    HTML: 105
  • 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
    3698
    PDF: 1298
    HTML: 120
  • 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
    2486
    PDF: 1035
    APPENDIX: 378
    HTML: 2108
  • 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
    2476
    PDF: 862
    HTML: 27
  • 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
    824
    PDF: 377
    HTML: 78
  • 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
    4370
    PDF: 1143
    Appendix: 334
    HTML: 50
  • Effectiveness of and processes related to internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents with anxiety disorders: a randomized controlled trial

    Linnea Nissling, Sandra Weineland, Kristofer Vernmark, Ella Radvogin, Anna-Karin Engström, Sara Schmidt, Eva Nieto Granberg, Elin Larsson, Timo Hursti
    2023-07-04
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.681
    4283
    PDF: 1749
    HTML: 131
  • 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
    3010
    PDF: 534
    HTML: 15
  • 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
    4941
    PDF: 4027
    HTML: 2788
  • 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
    5430
    PDF: 680
    HTML: 85
  • 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
    3892
    PDF: 1514
    HTML: 55
  • District Functional Unit for Adolescents 2022: a pilot project in Italy to detect mental health strengths and difficulties among youth

    Renan Göksal, Silvia Salcuni, Giulia Marino, Matteo Paduanello, Guido De Renoche
    2025-02-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.831
    3059
    PDF: 1174
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 774
    HTML: 19
  • 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
    2861
    PDF: 1344
    HTML: 1426
  • 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
    1514
    PDF: 922
    HTML: 129
  • 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
    3184
    PDF: 1382
    HTML: 601
  • 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
    4981
    PDF: 2381
    HTML: 2719
  • Special issue: Research in child and adolescent psychotherapy

    Miriam Steele, Anna Maria Speranza
    2022-05-09
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.633
    1529
    PDF: 570
    HTML: 30
  • 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
    3708
    PDF: 1288
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 279
    HTML: 215
  • 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
    4172
    PDF: 1563
    HTML: 831
  • 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
    853
    PDF: 561
    HTML: 82
  • 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
    6451
    PDF: 2496
    HTML: 247
  • ‘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
    3587
    PDF: 899
    HTML: 52
  • Referential activity, dissociation, psychopathology and psychotherapy

    Raffaella Perrella, Nadia Del Villano, Giorgio Caviglia
    2016-11-11
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.243
    2419
    PDF: 1162
    HTML: 538
  • 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
    2686
    PDF: 1262
    HTML: 50
  • 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
    4482
    PDF: 1781
    HTML: 1144
  • 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
    8931
    PDF: 2865
    HTML: 190
  • 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
    3483
    PDF: 1446
    HTML: 49
  • 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
    2497
    PDF: 428
    HTML: 21
  • How secure is the secure base? Romantic attachment, emotion regulation, and psychotherapists’ role as secure base figures

    Helena Carvalho, Gil Nata, Paula Mena Matos
    2024-04-22
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.733
    2582
    PDF: 1144
    HTML: 37
  • 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
    3058
    PDF: 1244
    HTML: 72
  • 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
    2959
    PDF: 2138
    APPENDIX: 403
    HTML: 444
  • 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
    6124
    PDF: 1751
    HTML: 192
  • Analytical psychodrama with college students suffering from mental health problems: Preliminary outcomes

    Roberta Biolcati, Francesca Agostini, Giacomo Mancini
    2017-10-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.272
    2887
    PDF: 1116
    HTML: 608
  • 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
    4280
    PDF: 1151
    HTML: 90
  • 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
    8157
    PDF: 2676
    HTML: 839
  • 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
    944
    PDF: 405
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 184
    HTML: 102
  • Mental footnotes: knowledge constructivism from logical thinking to personal beliefs and therapy

    Jose L. Vilchez
    2016-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2016.234
    2216
    PDF: 1115
    HTML: 374
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