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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
    1851
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    SUPPLEMENTARY: 125
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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
    4991
    PDF: 1357
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  • 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
    2240
    PDF: 923
    HTML: 60
  • 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
    2901
    PDF: 1203
    HTML: 851
  • 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
    1036
    PDF: 507
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  • 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
    3080
    PDF: 1333
    HTML: 164
  • Beyond self-criticism and dependency: structural functioning of depressive patients and its treatment

    Guillermo de la Parra, Paula Dagnino, Camila Valdés, Mariane Krause
    2017-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.236
    2860
    PDF: 1347
    HTML: 458
  • 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
    23666
    PDF: 1255
    HTML: 37
  • 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
    2543
    PDF: 914
    HTML: 28
  • 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
    1978
    PDF: 593
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 173
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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
    5392
    PDF: 1236
    HTML: 35
  • 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
    4571
    PDF: 1865
    HTML: 1152
  • 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
    2550
    PDF: 1075
    APPENDIX: 405
    HTML: 2114
  • 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
    2985
    PDF: 1464
    HTML: 162
  • 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
    2862
    PDF: 1035
    HTML: 2036
  • 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
    1193
    PDF: 627
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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
    3403
    PDF: 748
    HTML: 61
  • 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
    1275
    PDF: 473
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 204
    HTML: 108
  • 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
    1002
    PDF: 422
    HTML: 79
  • 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
    3216
    PDF: 1296
    HTML: 573
  • 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
    1874
    PDF: 808
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 196
    HTML: 75
  • 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
    3566
    PDF: 1513
    HTML: 127
  • 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
    3342
    PDF: 701
    HTML: 79
  • 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
    3079
    PDF: 1717
    HTML: 106
  • 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
    3046
    PDF: 2192
    APPENDIX: 426
    HTML: 447
  • 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
    5705
    PDF: 1786
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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
    3930
    PDF: 1385
    HTML: 338
  • Perfectionism and therapeutic alliance: a review of the clinical research

    Racheli Miller, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Paul L. Hewitt
    2017-04-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2017.264
    3782
    PDF: 1819
    HTML: 1132
  • 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
    9235
    PDF: 2971
    HTML: 198
  • 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
    1439
    PDF: 673
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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
    728
    PDF: 352
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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
    4372
    PDF: 1611
    HTML: 845
  • 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
    4450
    PDF: 1570
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 190
    HTML: 90
  • 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
    2691
    PDF: 943
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  • The interplay of mentalization and epistemic trust: a protective mechanism against emotional dysregulation in adolescent internalizing symptoms

    Laura Parolin, Alberto Milesi, Giovanni Comelli, Francesca Locati
    2023-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.707
    4358
    PDF: 1394
    HTML: 114
  • 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
    3829
    PDF: 1316
    Supplementary Material: 211
    HTML: 595
  • The role of oxytocin as an indicator of outcome and therapeutic alliance

    Chiara Durante, Giulia Di Vincenzo, Alessandra Minutoli, Giampaolo Nicolais, Valeria Carola
    2025-06-24
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.842
    1350
    PDF: 831
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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
    3423
    PDF: 1488
    HTML: 2079
  • 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
    2960
    PDF: 967
    HTML: 70
  • 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
    1894
    PDF: 572
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  • 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
    4026
    PDF: 1573
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  • 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
    3298
    PDF: 1360
    Supplementary Material: 209
    HTML: 77
  • 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
    1710
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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
    5868
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  • 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
    6636
    PDF: 2177
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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
    142
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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
    10960
    PDF: 3115
    Supplementary Material: 328
    HTML: 269
  • 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
    3529
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  • 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
    2396
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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
    4181
    PDF: 2011
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  • 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
    2760
    PDF: 1379
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  • 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
    1723
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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
    2576
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  • Effectiveness of Jungian psychotherapy in supervised training settings

    Christian Roesler, Elisabeth Schörry-Volk, Anette Müller, Edem Dotse Zikpi, Wolfram Keller, Miray Kayacan
    2025-08-25
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2025.869
    4634
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  • 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
    3476
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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
    3331
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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
    2157
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    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 88
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  • 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
    5435
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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
    1795
    PDF: 720
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: 91
    SUPPLEMENTARY R MARKDOWN: 45
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  • Development and preliminary validation of the Clinician Affective REsponse (CARE) scale

    Alberto Stefana, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Joshua Langfus, Eduard Vieta, Eric Youngstrom
    2024-03-21
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2024.736
    2218
    PDF: 1058
    APPENDIX: 279
    SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: 263
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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
    3221
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  • Exploring maternal reflective functioning as a predictor of mother-child dyadic behaviour over time in a clinical context

    Lindsey Myers, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, Anne Murphy
    2022-04-27
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.594
    2635
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  • “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
    5041
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  • 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
    2942
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  • The Model of Sequential Brief-Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (SB-APP): Specific Features in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

    Andrea Ferrero
    32-45
    2012-10-13
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2012.93
    3645
    PDF: 2400
  • 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
    4287
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  • 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
    4814
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    Appendix: 242
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  • 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
    3573
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  • When and for whom do psychodynamic therapists use guided imagery? Explicating practitioners’ tacit knowledge

    Jule Bauckhage, Christian Sell
    2021-12-20
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2021.577
    3366
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  • Personal Projects Analysis as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

    Margarida Pedroso de Lima, Isabel Albuquerque, Paulo Jorge Martins, António-José Gonzalez
    2023-05-08
    https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2023.668
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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
    2343
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  • 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
    3770
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  • 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
    8978
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  • Suicidality and self-compassion in patients with major depressive disorder: the mediating role of the avoidant attachment type

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