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Research in Psychotherapy (2025)
ISSN 2499-7552 · PAGEPress Publications · 376 artikel di indeks
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District Functional Unit for Adolescents 2022: a pilot project in Italy to detect mental health strengths and difficulties among youth
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted young people’s mental health, leading to increased distress and reduced life satisfaction worldwide. Among the worst-hit countries, Italy saw mental health services shift online, prioritizing urgent cases. Consequently, therapy for many individuals was…
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Impairment in personality functioning predicts young adult suicidal ideation and suicide attempt above and beyond depressive symptoms
Interpersonal factors and depression are believed to be some of the main drivers of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, but other factors may be equally or more important. Drawing on psychodynamic (mentalization) theory, we propose that personality functioning, in particular an incoherent sense of…
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A systematic review of patient-therapist synchrony as an indicator of emotion regulation in psychotherapy: an integrated approach
Interpersonal synchrony is increasingly being studied in the context of psychotherapy. The Interpersonal Synchrony (In-Sync) model proposes that patient-therapist synchrony enhances working alliance by promoting emotion regulation (ER). While the link between synchrony and working alliance has been…
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Effectiveness of Jungian psychotherapy in supervised training settings
Jungian psychotherapy (JP) is an established treatment modality in modern healthcare systems, yet empirical validation remains a key requirement for its continued recognition and insurance coverage. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of JP by evaluating pre- and post-treatment changes in…
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Sense of meaning as a predictor of long-term therapy outcome in psychiatric inpatients: results of a one-year follow-up
Identifying predictors of long-term therapy outcome is crucial in shaping effective therapy programs. This study examined sense of meaning in life, religiosity, and spirituality as potential predictors for long-term therapy success following psychiatric-psychotherapeutic inpatient treatment. A…
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Impact of personality traits, coping styles, and anger on psychological symptoms of patients with arterial hypertension
This observational study aimed to investigate the interplay between psychological factors in clinical and non-clinical groups of patients with arterial hypertension. Specifically, the main objectives were: i) to examine associations between personality traits, anger, and psychological symptoms; ii)…
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Coping with shame: the role of self-reflective capacities in perceiving others as empathic
Shame is a complex negative emotion and transdiagnostic feature of psychopathology in which one feels there is something inherently wrong with oneself due to a negative self-evaluation. However, there are self-reflective capacities, such as mentalized affectivity and self-reassurance, that assist…
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Factors of treatment success in psychotherapy: a within-therapist analysis of early session processes
While psychotherapy is generally effective, outcomes can vary significantly across patients, even when treated by the same therapist. This study employed a mixed-methods design to examine early indicators of treatment success by analyzing contrasting outcomes within individual therapists’…
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The role of oxytocin as an indicator of outcome and therapeutic alliance
Oxytocin is a neuropeptide produced by the hypothalamus and involved in numerous functions, such as labor and breastfeeding. The literature has highlighted the critical role of this hormone in interpersonal relationships – particularly in mother-child and sentimental relationships – implicating it…
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Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results
The therapist’s self-disclosure (TSD) interventions are considered beneficial and often used by psychotherapists. However, their use remains controversial for several reasons, including the use of broad definitions neglecting the distinction between the TSD and the therapist's self-involving (TSI)…
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What do you expect from psychological care? A qualitative study of depressed patients’ expectations treated in mental healthcare settings
Depression is one of the main reasons for seeking mental health services; however, few studies have focused on the perspective of depressed patients to understand what they expect from this instance. This study aims to develop a comprehensive model of patients’ initial expectations regarding…
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Research in psychoanalysis across theory and practice: a systematic literature review
The present systematic review of the literature aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of research in psychoanalysis. The arguments draw a difference between psychoanalytic research and research in psychoanalysis, meaning that in the past decades, there has been an attempt…
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Are there gender and age differences in the effect of coping strategies on suicidal ideation among adolescents? The mediating role of emotional intelligence
Studies suggest that coping strategies (CS) and emotional intelligence (EI) can reduce the impact of suicidal ideation (SI) and help prevent adolescent suicide. However, it remains unclear whether EI mediates the relationship between CS and SI, and whether these effects are consistent across gender…
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"Maybe you don’t know what answers I want": unresolved alliance ruptures preceding dropout in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed adolescents
The therapeutic alliance is a predictor of therapy outcome across treatments with adolescents, with ruptures and unresolved ruptures in the alliance being associated with treatment dropout. This study investigated the psychotherapeutic process in short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP) with…
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It takes two to tango: a qualitative meta-synthesis on processes of psychotherapy dropout from the Single Case Archive
Premature termination of psychotherapy is a challenging reality for both research and practice. This study aimed to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of psychotherapy dropout by aggregating and synthesizing findings across dropout cases. A qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted on…
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Revisiting defense mechanisms in contemporary clinical practice: evidence and perspectives
The paper revisits defense mechanisms as central regulators of emotional life and self-coherence in contemporary clinical practice, showing how a classical psychodynamic construct has evolved into an empirically measurable, transdiagnostic dimension of functioning. After outlining the historical…
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Clinical applications of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale-Self-Report-30: a systematic review of the first five years
Defense mechanisms are automatic psychological processes that regulate emotional conflicts and modulate adaptation to internal and external stressors. As implicit components of emotion regulation, they play a transdiagnostic role across psychological and physical domains of health. Among the…
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Defense mechanisms and social mentalities in grandiose narcissism: an empirical investigation
Grandiose narcissism is increasingly conceptualized as encompassing two dimensions: admiration and rivalry. Clarifying how these aspects are shaped requires attention to the intrapsychic regulators and interpersonal motivational systems that organize narcissistic functioning. A total of 478…
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Trans in treatment: a mixed-method systematic review on the psychotherapeutic experiences of transgender and gender diverse people
Transgender and/or non-binary (TNB) individuals encounter a variety of attitudes from mental healthcare professionals in therapeutic contexts, ranging from microaffirmations to the reinforcement of cis- and heteronormative stereotypes and even overtly invalidating behaviors or communications. Given…
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Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review
Growing evidence highlights the crucial role of defense mechanisms in the context of chronic diseases. However, few studies have evaluated the impact of these implicit emotion regulation strategies on the adaptation processes related to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This narrative review aimed…