Modal articulation: The psychological and semiotic functions of modalities in the sensemaking process

Picione, Raffaele De Luca; Martino, Maria Luisa; Freda, Maria Francesca

doi:10.1177/0959354317743580

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“…Moreover, considering the need to develop dynamic approaches to study the psychotherapeutic processes and outcomes (Bateman and Fonagy, 2012 ; Gelo and Salvatore, 2016 ; Esposito et al, 2017 ), the CTL-I could be a useful instrument for monitoring the efficacy of clinical intervention or their process-outcome connections. From a perspective which considers therapeutic change as an integration between the reorganization of affects and a different representation of objects relationships (Kernberg, 1993 ; De Luca Picione et al, 2018 ), we believe that the scale could catch the processes of therapeutic change of a clinical intervention which should aim at reorganizing the psychic mental set of a patient as a function of new relationship modalities.…”

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Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

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Introduction: Within a wider international research project aimed at operationalize the psychodynamic construct of capacity to love (Kernberg, 2011), the Capacity to Love Inventory (CTL-I) is a 41-items self-report questionnaire assessing six dimensions: interest in the life project of the other, basic trust, gratitude, common ego ideal, permanence of sexual passion, loss, and mourning.Objectives: The study is aimed at validating the Italian version of the CTL-I.Method: A total sample of 736 Italian non-clinical adults was administered a checklist assessing socio-demographic variables, and the CTL-I. A Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) was conducted to examine the construct validity of the Italian version of the CTL-I. Only a part of the total sample (320 participants) was administered an additional series of concurrent measures in order to investigate the convergent validity of the CTL-I. Correlations with measures of socio-sexual orientation, quality of romance relations, and psychopathological questionnaires were examined through Pearson's correlation coefficients.Results: CFA results suggested that the Italian CTL-I fully replicated the six-factor structure of the original CTL-I. Cronbach's alpha index provided satisfactory results for all subscales and the correlations with concurrent measures were in expected direction.Conclusion: The results showed promising psychometric characteristics of the Italian version of CTL-I. Implications of the feasibility of the instrument in clinical and psychotherapeutic settings are discussed.

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Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

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“…Conditions such as cancer are often characterized by the difficulty in the process of making sense integration of the traumatic event and coping, during the first phase (Martino et al, 2019a,b). The process of "making sense, " as a subjective experience, is an important element in promoting a patient's well-being after a traumatic event such as cancer and its related treatments (Martino and Freda, 2016;De Luca Picione et al, 2017). According to this perspective, metacognitions can play a crucial role in the adaptation process of patients and their quality of life.…”

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A Systematic Review of Metacognitive Beliefs in Chronic Medical Conditions

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Background: Psychological functioning plays an important role in medical conditions and impacts patients' quality of life. Previously, many studies have highlighted the association of metacognition to both the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. Recently, several researchers pointed out the relevant role of dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs in the context of chronic diseases. Hence, dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs could be directly related to anxiety and depression, regardless of the medical condition's expression. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the available evidence regarding the association of metacognition with anxiety, depression, and perceived quality of life, in the context of medical conditions, according to Wells' theory. Methods: A systematic review based on electronic bibliographic databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Web of Knowledge) of scientific literature was carried out. Studies involving patients evaluated in clinical settings were included in the analysis. Results: Our findings indicated that metacognition appears to be related to anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with medical chronic conditions. Therefore, dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs might be a relevant factor associated with the process of adapting to illness. Conclusions: The additional evaluation of metacognitive factors in the context of several medical chronic conditions appears valuable. Due to the rising interest in the study of metacognition, suggestions for future research have also been provided.

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“…At the same time, the narrative device helps explore the subjective experience and promotes transformation of the experience (McAdams, 2008; Esposito et al, 2017; Margherita et al, 2017). Thus, the device responds, in a natural way (Bruner, 1990; McAdams, 2008), to a fundamental need of the human being: to make experience of a sense of continuity and coherence of the self through the construction of stories in a specific intersubjective and cultural context (Bruner, 1990; De Luca Picione et al, 2017, 2018; Margherita and Gargiulo, 2018) reorganize and construct a form, make the future pre-figurable, and reposition one’s own identity following the onset of the diagnosis. The narrative process is an important mode of the functioning of the mind, allowing the organization and connection of different elements of the experience (such as time, space, behavior, relationships, and actions; Freda and Martino, 2015).…”

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“…Starting from the narrative literature and our previous study using narrative device in the context of illness (De Luca Picione et al, 2017, 2018) we highlight theoretically that the narrative plays the transformative functions of experience. Here we decline such transformations as narrative meaning-making functions that, in a transversal way, allow the development of semiotic articulation that support the processes of adaptation and articulation of the traumatic experience:…”

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Underfifty Women and Breast Cancer: Narrative Markers of Meaning-Making in Traumatic Experience

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A diagnosis of breast cancer is considered a potential traumatic event associated with physical and psychological effects. In literature, an exploration of breast cancer experience in young women is lacking, able to shed light on the narrative processes of meaning-making of the experience in specific phases of treatment, as may be the initial impact with the onset of the cancer. Meaning-making processes are determinant aspects when dealing with traumatic events. The research took place at National Cancer Institute Pascale of Naples. We collected 50 ad hoc narrative interviews to explore the different domains of the experience with under-fifty women at the first phase of the hospitalization. The Narrative Interviews were analyzed through a qualitative methodology constructed ad hoc . Starting from the functions of meaning-making that the narrative mediate we have highlight the different modes to articulate the narrative functions: The Organization of Temporality: chronicled (38%), actualized (26%), suspended (18%), interrupted (16%), and confused (2%). The Search for Meaning: internalized (42%); generalized (24%); externalized (18%); suspended (16%). The Emotional Regulation: disconnected (44%), splitted (28%), pervasive (26%), and connected (2%). The Organization of self-other Relationship: supportive (46%), avoidant (22%), overturned (16%), and sacrificial (16%). The Finding Benefit: revaluating (38%), flattened (34%), and postponed (28%). The Orientation to Action: combative (38%), blocked (36%), and suspended (26%). Findings capture the impact with the onset of the cancer, identifying both risk and resource aspects. The study allows to identify a specific use of narrative device by under-fifty women who impacted with the experience of breast cancer. The ways in which meaning-making functions are articulated highlight the specificity of the first phase of the treatment of the cancer. From a clinical psychology point of view, our findings can be used as clinical narrative markers to grasp, in a diachronic way, the process of meaning-making, integration, and coping during the first phase of breast cancer experience in young women. We consider it valuable to increase longitudinal studies with young women to highlight trajectories of meaning-making during the different phases of the treatment to think about personalized intervention practices diachronically to the experience.

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Modal articulation: The psychological and semiotic functions of modalities in the sensemaking process

Cited by 48 publications

References 64 publications

Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

A Systematic Review of Metacognitive Beliefs in Chronic Medical Conditions

Underfifty Women and Breast Cancer: Narrative Markers of Meaning-Making in Traumatic Experience

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