2024
Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire
Wildner A, Küçükakyüz S, Marx A, Nolte T, Reck C, Fonagy P, Luyten P, von Tettenborn A, Müller M, Zietlow A, Woll-Weber C. Parental considerations about their childs’ mental health: Validating the German adaptation of the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314074. PMID: 39630624, PMCID: PMC11616854, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental Reflective Functioning QuestionnaireReflective Functioning QuestionnaireParental reflective functioningMental healthMental statesChild mental healthReflective functioningParental attachment dimensionsInfant attachment statusFunction QuestionnaireMothers of childrenSelf-report measuresGerman validation studyThree-factor structureConfirmatory factor analysisAttachment dimensionsConcurrent validityCommunity sampleAttachment statusEmotional availabilityGerman adaptationParenting stressAssess model fitOriginal validationCronbach's aTrust under development: The Italian validation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) for adolescents
Milesi A, Liotti M, Locati F, De Carli P, Speranza A, Campbell C, Fonagy P, Lingiardi V, Parolin L. Trust under development: The Italian validation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) for adolescents. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0307229. PMID: 39186540, PMCID: PMC11346731, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-report instrumentEpistemic trustContext of personality disordersConcept of epistemic trustDevelopment of mental disordersPersonality disorderEmotion dysregulationMeasure mentalizingMental disordersPsychological functioningItalian validationMental healthPsychopathologyAdolescent populationInterpersonal trustAdolescentsDisordersResearch contextEmpirical validationHigh schoolItalian adult populationAdult populationMentalQuestionnaireValidityHuman adolescent brain similarity development is different for paralimbic versus neocortical zones
Dorfschmidt L, Váša F, White S, Romero-García R, Kitzbichler M, Alexander-Bloch A, Cieslak M, Mehta K, Satterthwaite T, Consortium T, Bethlehem R, Seidlitz J, Vértes P, Bullmore E, Bullmore E, Dolan R, Goodyer I, Fonagy P, Jones P, Moutoussis M, Hauser T, Neufeld S, Romero-Garcia R, St Clair M, Vértes P, Whitaker K, Inkster B, Prabhu G, Ooi C, Toseeb U, Widmer B, Bhatti J, Villis L, Alrumaithi A, Birt S, Bowler A, Cleridou K, Dadabhoy H, Davies E, Firkins A, Granville S, Harding E, Hopkins A, Isaacs D, King J, Kokorikou D, Maurice C, McIntosh C, Memarzia J, Mills H, O’Donnell C, Pantaleone S, Scott J, Kiddle B, Polek E, Fearon P, Suckling J, van Harmelen A, Kievit R, Chamberlain S, Bethlehem R. Human adolescent brain similarity development is different for paralimbic versus neocortical zones. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2314074121. PMID: 39121162, PMCID: PMC11331068, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2314074121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMorphometric similarity networksFunctional connectivityNeocortical areasCortical areasFunctional MRI scansCourse of adolescenceAccelerated longitudinal designMagnetic resonance imagingStructure-function couplingCingulate cortexParalimbic areasInteroceptive functionAssociated with increased strengthIncreased hubnessFMRI networksStructural scansLongitudinal designCortical thinningDevelopment of human brainAdolescent developmentMorphometric similarityHealthy adolescentsAssociated with reduced strengthHuman brainCortexExamination of a case of “treatment failure” in long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression
Willemsen J, Rost F, Hustinx M, Fonagy P, Taylor D. Examination of a case of “treatment failure” in long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression. The International Journal Of Psychoanalysis 2024, 105: 475-495. PMID: 39230487, DOI: 10.1080/00207578.2024.2352827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant depressionPsychoanalytic psychotherapyLong-term psychoanalytic psychotherapyLevels of depressionNegative therapeutic reactionExperiences of abandonmentPatients' levels of depressionStructured Clinical AssessmentPost-treatment outcomesTherapeutic relationshipPatterns of repetitionTherapy processTherapeutic reactionDepressionPsychic conflictPsychotherapyInternal worldInner worldClinical assessmentRandomized controlled trialsLack of symbolismDestructive patternsResearch contextInterpretive stanceTherapistsA short version of the reflective functioning questionnaire: Validation in a greek sample.
Karagiannopoulou E, Milienos F, Desatnik A, Rentzios C, Athanasopoulos V, Fonagy P. A short version of the reflective functioning questionnaire: Validation in a greek sample. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0298023. PMID: 38319928, PMCID: PMC10846711, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReflective Functioning QuestionnaireBorderline personality disorderPsychological mindednessEpistemic mistrustEmotion regulationReflective functioningEpistemic trustBorderline personality disorder groupAssociated with insecure attachment stylesRobust three-factor structureBorderline personality traitsFactor structure invarianceNon-clinical groupPoor emotion regulationInsecure attachment stylesThree-factor structureMental health symptomsInternal mental statesCut-off scoreSelf-report questionnairesFunction QuestionnaireImpaired mental capacityPersonality disorderInsecure attachmentAttachment classifications
2023
The online world as a means of connection and disconnection during the COVID-19 pandemic: A test of the interpersonal-connections-behaviour framework
Tibber M, Milne G, Fonagy P, Dekker T. The online world as a means of connection and disconnection during the COVID-19 pandemic: A test of the interpersonal-connections-behaviour framework. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 347: 533-540. PMID: 38070743, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with poor mental healthPoor mental healthMental healthMental health risksSample of UK adultsSocial comparisonCross-sectional samplePeriod of social isolationIndividual-level moderatorsSocial isolationDirection of causalityClinical perspectiveItem questionsLonelinessLongitudinal analysisOnline socialisationUK adultsHigher levelsAnxietyDepressionDisconnectionHealthModeratelyItemsCOVID-19 pandemicSelf-reported childhood family adversity is linked to an attenuated gain of trust during adolescence
Reiter A, Hula A, Vanes L, Hauser T, Kokorikou D, Goodyer I, Fonagy P, Moutoussis M, Dolan R. Self-reported childhood family adversity is linked to an attenuated gain of trust during adolescence. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6920. PMID: 37903767, PMCID: PMC10616102, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41531-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily adversityChildhood family adversityNormative developmental trajectoriesTrust behaviorCohort of healthy adolescentsTask-based measuresChildhood family experiencesCross-sectional findingsInter-individual differencesPsychometric dataDevelopmental gainsResilience factorsDevelopmental researchLongitudinal trajectoriesYoung adulthoodHealthy adolescentsGreat adversityAdversityAdolescentsMeasures of trustSocial relationshipsLongitudinal dataTime points T1Consistent with trustFamily experiences