Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy in Group (MIT-G)

Dimaggio, Giancarlo; Ottavi, Paolo; Popolo, Raffaele; Salvatore, Giampaolo

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“…Nor have we discussed issues of impulsivity and effortful control (MacDonald, 2008). Also, we have used the term mentalizing as a common term without discussing important subtle nuances of closely related terms such as social cognition and metacognition (for a conceptual clarification of this, see e.g., Dimaggio et al., 2015). We have referred to the basics of mentalization theory but only in passing to its mature elaborations of broader narrations, e.g., its capacity for constructing a narrative identity and thereby a narrative unity in life (McLean et al., 2007; McAdams, 2018).…”

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A Temperament-Attachment-Mentalization-Based (TAM) Theory of Personality and Its Disorders

Karterud¹,

Kongerslev

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Theories of personality and its disorders need, from time to time, to be revised and updated according to new empirical and conceptual developments. Such development has taken place in the realms of affective neuroscience, evolution, and social cognition. In this article, we outline a new personality theory, which claims that phenomena we usually ascribe to the concept personality are best understood by postulating a web consisting of three major constituents: temperament (mainly primary emotions), attachment, and self-consciousness (mentalizing). We describe these constituents, their neurobiological underpinnings, the subjective experiences they evoke, and their behavioral implications. We discuss the relevance of the espoused theory in the field of personality disorders with references to borderline, narcissistic, and avoidant personality disorders as well as the DSM-5 alternative model. Implications for social psychology, psychotherapy, and common sense self-understanding are outlined. The theory aims to bridge previous contradictions between natural sciences and hermeneutics by its propositions of the evolution of self-consciousness.

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A Temperament-Attachment-Mentalization-Based (TAM) Theory of Personality and Its Disorders

Karterud¹,

Kongerslev

2019

Front. Psychol.

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“…Expectation of unfair treatment is also likely to decrease self-reflection about one's own worth, which in turn decreases ability to understand the intentions of others ( 59 ). Interventions that target social-cognitive deficits [Social Cognition and Interaction Training; ( 60 )], pre-existing biased cognitive mechanisms [e.g., Cognitive Bias Modification for paranoia, CBM-pa; ( 61 )] and metacognition [Metacognitive training, MCT; ( 62 )] including difficulties making sense of the mental states of others [Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy; ( 63 )] are key approaches for improving social and cognitive outcomes in patients with schizophrenia that act directly on affective domains or modify related underlying cognitive-affective biases. Such interventions may also have a useful application for reducing the social-cognitive effects of paranoia and delusional capacity in the general population.…”

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Moral Emotions and Social Economic Games in Paranoia

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Impaired social cognitive processes are putative psychological mechanisms implicated in the formation and maintenance of paranoid beliefs. Paranoia denotes unfounded fears about the hostile intentions of others and is prevalent in a significant proportion of the general population. We investigated social cognition in healthy participants selectively recruited to have a broad occurrence of paranoid thinking (n = 89). Participants completed a novel computerized task of moral emotions and two social economic exchange games (Prisoner's Dilemma, Ultimatum Game) from the EMOTICOM neuropsychological test battery. Regression analyses revealed that delusional ideation predicted shameful feelings when the victim of deliberate harm by another person. Cooperative behavior on the Prisoner's Dilemma was greatest when the participant and opponent contributed equally to joint earnings. Participants demonstrated significantly more punishment behavior when contributions were unequal and stole more from the opponent using a suspicious strategy of gameplay. In addition, paranoid thinking was positively associated with more stealing from the cooperative opponent. On the Ultimatum Game, participants accepted significantly more unequal offers when the opponent contributed more and sensitivity to fairness was greatest when the participant contributed more. These data demonstrate that delusional ideation predicts a maladaptive emotional response to interpersonal harm and that paranoid thinking may lead to reduced cooperation toward mutual reward. The effects of paranoia on moral emotions and pro-social behavior at more severe levels of persecutory thinking warrant further investigation.

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“…Actually, their residual interest in self-knowledge is not coincidental given that the two models are later developments of the early standard cognitive and constructivist models respectively. They are Schema Therapy (ST, Arntz and van Genderen 2009 ; Young et al 2003 ), a model primarily developed from a CBT clinical and theoretical background, and Metacognitive and Intepersonal Therapy (MIT, Dimaggio et al 2015 ; Dimaggio et al 2007 ; Semerari et al 2007 ; Semerari et al 2014 ) which can be considered a development of the constructivist model of Guidano and Liotti ( 1983 ) and Mahoney ( 2003 ). Also above mentioned Leahy’s EST could be included in this group.…”

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“…It is a complex multi-function that somehow includes either top – down or bottom – up processes. However, the therapy appears to prefer mainly bottom – up techniques of emotional and relational adjustment by encouraging the observation and appreciation of the most minute details of daily life and reality, in order to overcome the tendency to worry, ruminate and produce over-interpretations (Dimaggio et al 2015 ). After this experiential phase, MIT stimulates the development of higher metacognitive functions.…”

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A Historical and Theoretical Review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies: From Structural Self-Knowledge to Functional Processes

Ruggiero

Spada

Caselli³

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J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther

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This paper critically examines the historical conceptualization of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy approaches (CBT) as a direct clinical counterpart of the cognitive revolution. The main “second wave” cognitive psychotherapies, either standard cognitive therapy (CT) or constructivist, in spite of their differences, share a common conceptualization of psychopathological factors as superordinate structural cognitive content belonging to the self: self-beliefs, self-schemata, personality organizations and so on. On the other hand, rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is an exception given that in REBT self-knowledge is not the core psychopathological tenet, being rather a derivate mechanism. Moreover, in non clinical cognitive science cognition is conceived as a regulatory function that operates retroactively and not in a hierarchically super- ordered fashion centered on the self. A historical review suggests that in both CT and constructivist model the structuralistic model of self-centered cognition may have emerged for both cultural and scientific reasons: self-centered cognitive models may be more readily understandable to clinicians as they allow for a straightforward identification of operationalizable self-beliefs. The emergence of new “third wave” process-centered CBT approaches may represent a comeback to functionalism, where cognition is considered again a regulatory function and not a structure. In addition, REBT’s interest in dysfunctional evaluations not focused on the self presaged this clinical and scientific turning point toward functionalism.

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Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy in Group (MIT-G)

Cited by 29 publications

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A Temperament-Attachment-Mentalization-Based (TAM) Theory of Personality and Its Disorders

A Temperament-Attachment-Mentalization-Based (TAM) Theory of Personality and Its Disorders

Moral Emotions and Social Economic Games in Paranoia

A Historical and Theoretical Review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies: From Structural Self-Knowledge to Functional Processes

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