Objective Research has identified abnormal emotion regulation (ER) as an underlying
mechanism in the onset and maintenance of eating disorders. Yet, it still remains unclear …

Introduction Mentalization or reflective functioning (RF) is the capacity to interpret oneself or
the others in terms of internal mental states. Its failures have been linked to several mental …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe illness with diverse aetiological and maintaining
contributors including neurobiological, metabolic, psychological, and social determining …

Background Anxiety disorders are often the first presentation of psychopathology in youth
and are considered the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents …

Mentalization is a complex and multifaceted trans-theoretical and trans-diagnostic construct
that has found increasing application in the clinical context. This research aimed at …

Introduction Mentalizing incapacity is increasingly identified as a common factor in
psychopathology. The Mentalization Scale (MentS) is a cost‐effective measure built upon …

Background Metacognition is a crucial aspect of understanding and attributing mental states,
playing a key role in the psychopathology of eating disorders (EDs). This study aims to …

Childhood emotional maltreatment (ie, emotional abuse and emotional neglect), attachment,
reflective functioning (RF), defense styles, and disordered eating (DE) are associated with …

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between patients'
mentalizing problematics and their personality; specifically, it aimed to identify clusters of …

Mentalization, that is the capacity to understand our and others' behaviors in terms of
intentional mental states, represents one of the core features of personality disorders (PDs) …