The aim of this study was to examine both the change in attachment state of mind and mentalization competencies as outcomes of a two-year weekly psychodynam-ic psychotherapy of a female adolescent with anorexia nervosa. The Attachment Inter-view for Childhood and Adolescence (AICA) was administered at pre and post-treatment, and coded both with the attachment coding system and the Reflective Func-tioning (RF) scale. At the pre-treatment, the anorexic adolescent was assessed as inse-cure-dismissing with very low level of RF, while in the post-treatment a secure attach-ment model and higher RF were highlighted. The AICA can be considered a useful method to assess the outcomes in adolescent psychotherapy, like the AAI is useful in adult psychotherapy.
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Titolo: | Qualitative research in adolescent psychotherapy: Attachment and Reflective Functioning as psychotherapy outcomes of an adolescent with anorexia nervosa |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 |
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Citazione: | Qualitative research in adolescent psychotherapy: Attachment and Reflective Functioning as psychotherapy outcomes of an adolescent with anorexia nervosa / D'Onofrio, Ester; Pace,Cecilia Serena; Cavanna, Donatella. - In: RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. - ISSN 2239-8031. - ELETTRONICO. - 18(2015), pp. 93-101. |
Abstract: | The aim of this study was to examine both the change in attachment state of mind and mentalization competencies as outcomes of a two-year weekly psychodynam-ic psychotherapy of a female adolescent with anorexia nervosa. The Attachment Inter-view for Childhood and Adolescence (AICA) was administered at pre and post-treatment, and coded both with the attachment coding system and the Reflective Func-tioning (RF) scale. At the pre-treatment, the anorexic adolescent was assessed as inse-cure-dismissing with very low level of RF, while in the post-treatment a secure attach-ment model and higher RF were highlighted. The AICA can be considered a useful method to assess the outcomes in adolescent psychotherapy, like the AAI is useful in adult psychotherapy. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/823837 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo su rivista |