Resilience, Defense Mechanisms, and Implicit Emotion Regulation in Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy

Prout, Tracy A.; Malone, Anthea; Rice, Timothy; Hoffman, Leon

doi:10.1007/s10879-019-09423-w

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“…Despite all the above, this study indicates that mindfulness and socio-demographic characteristics play a key role in moderating the experience of COVID-19-related distress. Mindfulness dispositions and practice, as with other psychological resources (Lingiardi et al, 2010;Fonagy and Bateman, 2016;Prout et al, 2019;Di Giuseppe et al, 2020e), enhances adaptation and leads to a better adjustment to stress (Maffei et al, 1995;Di Giuseppe et al, 2019a;Marazziti et al, 2020). In order to stem the psychopathological consequences lying ahead in the future due to the traumatic nature of the recent pandemic and quarantine, we therefore suggest paying accurate attention to mindfulness disposition and training, with the purpose of enhancing resilience to high-stress events and preventing the onset of chronic mental disorders.…”

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Mindfulness, Age and Gender as Protective Factors Against Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Objective: Mindfulness disposition is associated with various psychological factors and prevents emotional distress in chronic diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the key role of mindfulness dispositions in protecting the individual against psychological distress consequent to COVID-19 social distancing and quarantining. Methods: An online survey was launched on March 13, 2020, with 6,412 responses by April 6, 2020. Socio-demographic information, exposure to the pandemic, and quarantining were assessed together with psychological distress and mindfulness disposition. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to study the influence of predictive factors on psychological distress and quality of life in Italian responders during the early days of lockdown. Pearson correlations were calculated to study the relationship between mindfulness and psychiatric symptoms. Results: Multivariate linear regression run on socio-demographics, COVID-19-related variables, and mindfulness disposition as moderators of overall psychological distress showed that mindfulness was the best predictor of psychological distress (β = −0.504; p < 0.0001). High negative correlations were found between mindfulness disposition and the overall Global Severity Index (r = −0.637; p < 0.0001), while moderate to high associations were found between mindfulness and all SCL-90 sub-scales. Discussion: Findings showed that high dispositional mindfulness enhances wellbeing and helps in dealing with stressful situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Mindfulness-based mental training could represent an effective intervention to stem post-traumatic psychopathological beginnings and prevent the onset of chronic mental disorders.

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“…However, it is important to note that the aforementioned studies assessed IC using self-report scales rather than a more objective performance-based tool; such self-report may include both emotional and non-emotional aspects of IC. Yet the lack of association between emotional IC and resilience was surprising, due to the relationship between emotion regulation and resilience which is often reported in the literature ( 8 – 10 ). A potential explanation for this discrepancy may be the large effect of environmental factors, especially family-related factors, such as family social support ( 66 ), family cohesion ( 67 ), childhood maltreatment ( 62 ), parental involvement, and family climate ( 67 ), which may contribute to personal resilience but were not taken into account in our study.…”

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“…Models of psychological resilience highlight the combination of physiological, neurobehavioral and psychological factors as significant contributors to protecting resilience. Psychological factors, such as optimism ( 5 ), self-efficacy ( 6 ), high intelligence ( 7 ), and the use of adaptive emotional regulation strategies ( 8 – 10 ) have all been shown to positively contribute to resilience. In addition, gender differences in resilience and psychological distress have also been documented, where male participants generally show greater psychological resilience than females, and females are more vulnerable to psychological distress than males ( 11 , 12 ).…”

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Psychological Resilience, Mental Health, and Inhibitory Control Among Youth and Young Adults Under Stress

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Psychological resilience allows one to cope successfully with adversities occurring during stressful periods, which may otherwise trigger mental illness. Recent models suggest that inhibitory control (IC), the executive control function which supports our goal-directed behavior and regulates our emotional response, may underlie resilience. However, the ways in which this is manifested during stressful situations in real life is still unclear. Here, we examined the relationship between IC, psychological resilience, psychological distress, and anxiety among 138 female and male participants in a stressful situation: during their initial combat training in the military. Using a mobile app, we assessed IC using emotional and non-emotional variations of the Go/No-Go task. Psychological resilience, psychological distress, and anxiety were assessed using mobile versions of self-report questionnaires. We found that psychological resilience is significantly correlated with non-emotional IC (r = 0.24, p < 0.005), but not with emotional IC; whereas, psychological distress and anxiety are correlated with emotional IC (r = −0.253, p < 0.005 and r = −0.224, p < 0.01, for psychological distress and anxiety, respectively), but not with non-emotional IC. A regression model predicting emotional IC confirmed non-emotional IC and distress as unique contributors to the variance, but not psychological distress. In addition, associations between psychological distress and emotional IC were found only for female participants. Collectively, the results clarify the link between IC, resilience, and mental health in real-life stressful situations, showing separate mechanisms of IC involved in resilience on the one hand, and mental health on the other hand. These results have implications for building mobile resilience interventions for youth and young adults facing stressful situations.

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“…Children who over‐rely on ineffective coping styles may benefit from mental health screening and services. The links between resilience, emotion regulation and coping strategies and defence mechanisms permits parallels between data from youth populations and the data concerning personality types in adulthood 20 …”

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We should address residential relocation to improve patient care

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Moving, or residential relocation, occurs frequently in childhood and adolescence as well as in adulthood, yet little scientific consensus exists on its impact upon health outcomes. This paper summarises the available literature on this broad topic and explores the currently known factors of importance surrounding residential relocation. There is already evidence to support an increased risk of suicidal ideation, psychiatric disorders including substance use disorders, functional impairments and future general medical health impairments in children, adolescents and adults with histories of residential relocation. Intrapersonal factors, such as personality type and the availability of coping skills, as well as interpersonal factors, such as family composition and system strengths, attenuate risk and are integral to additionally assess. While there is support for the contribution of residential relocation in the onset of youth psychopathology that warrant consideration of residential relocation in the standard assessment of a patient, further studies are needed to better explore this factor in select populations.

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Resilience, Defense Mechanisms, and Implicit Emotion Regulation in Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy

Cited by 38 publications

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Mindfulness, Age and Gender as Protective Factors Against Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic

Mindfulness, Age and Gender as Protective Factors Against Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychological Resilience, Mental Health, and Inhibitory Control Among Youth and Young Adults Under Stress

We should address residential relocation to improve patient care

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