Objective In recent decades, mentalizing has found its permanent place both in therapeutic
practice and in psychotherapy research. Inconsistent results and null results are often found …

This research consists of two studies which aimed to:(1) evaluate the psychometric
properties of a new self-report measure for the assessment of mentalizing, the …

Background: Mentalizing, the mental capacity to understand oneself and others in terms of
mental states, has been found to be reduced in several mental disorders. Some studies …

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

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been examined from a range of theoretical perspectives,
including attachment theory, with the aim of assessing psychosocial risk factors. Previous …

Following a network analysis approach, the present study aims to explore the pattern of
mutual relationships between failure in reflective functioning (RF)–defined as …

Social Cognition is a crucial transdiagnostic construct with clinical and functional relevance
across a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Most research has focused on schizophrenia …

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 …

Introduction: The concept of mentalization is of central importance not only in modern
psychotherapy but also in geriatric psychotherapy. In relation to older people, deficits in …

This contribution presents two brief reports about preliminary results of 18 months of
oriented Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), with Borderline Personality Disorder …