Defensive levels in narcissistic profiles: associations with epistemic trust, mistrust, and credulity in emerging adulthood
Current Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 29, 2025
Language: Английский
Relate-Youth (Relate-Y): An Integrative, Relationship Focused Training to Strengthen the Youth-Therapist Alliance – Background and Development
Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
24(1), P. 34 - 53
Published: Jan. 2, 2025
Language: Английский
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms, Defense Mechanisms, and Mentalized Affectivity in Individuals with Myocardial Infarction: An Empirical Investigation
Behavioral Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 528 - 528
Published: April 14, 2025
Myocardial
infarction
(MI)
is
associated
with
emotional
distress,
depression,
and
anxiety.
Defense
mechanisms
mentalized
affectivity
play
key
roles
in
affective
regulation;
however,
their
individuals
MI
remain
underexplored.
This
study
examined
the
relationship
between
depressive
anxiety
symptoms,
defensive
functioning,
patients.
Sixty-seven
patients
80
healthy
controls
completed
DSM-5
Self-Rated
Level
2
Cross-Cutting
Symptom
Measures—Depression
Anxiety—Adult,
Mechanisms
Rating
Scales-Self-Report-30,
Brief-Mentalized
Affectivity
Scale.
Multivariate
analyses
were
used
to
compare
groups,
while
correlations
mediation
models
evaluate
associations
variables
within
group.
Compared
controls,
exhibited
more
severe
maladaptive
defenses,
lower
levels
of
affectivity.
Within
group,
severity
symptoms
was
immature
functioning
poorer
abilities
regulate
affects.
Notably,
worse
mediated
by
capacity
process
emotions.
The
mediating
role
this
specific
dimension
emphasizes
potential
affect
regulation
as
a
target
for
tailored
psychosocial
interventions
aimed
at
improving
clinical
outcomes.
Language: Английский
Defenses and Attachment in Clinical Practice: What Came First?
Journal of Personality Assessment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 2
Published: Nov. 20, 2024
Richardson,
Beath,
and
Boag
(this
issue)
developed
a
questionnaire
designed
to
measure
attachment-related
defense
mechanisms
with
considerable
promise
for
research,
practice,
training.
Their
robust
design
the
sophisticated
psychometric
techniques
used
generate
validate
are
notable.
The
goal
of
this
commentary
is
situate
in
contemporary
research
on
defenses,
draw
distinction
between
defenses
linked
specifically
attachment
more
generally,
stimulate
constructive
dialogue
Language: Английский