eprintid: 10175552 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/17/55/52 datestamp: 2023-08-22 12:50:16 lastmod: 2024-08-19 06:10:02 status_changed: 2023-08-22 12:50:16 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Coşkun, Ayşenur creators_name: Halfon, Sibel creators_name: Bate, Jordan creators_name: Midgley, Nick title: The use of mentalization-based techniques in online psychodynamic child psychotherapy ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F66 keywords: psychodynamic child psychotherapy, mentalization-based techniques, emotional lability, attention control, COVID-19 pandemic note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Objective: Psychodynamic child psychotherapy is an evidence-based approach for a range of child mental health difficulties and needs to constantly adapt to meet the needs of children. This study is the first to investigate whether the use of mentalization-based interventions (i.e., a focus on promoting attention control, emotion regulation, and explicit mentalization) predicted a good therapeutic outcome in online psychodynamic child therapy sessions conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The sample included 51 Turkish children (Mage = 7.43, 49% girls) with mixed emotional and behavioral problems. Independent raters coded 203 sessions from different phases in each child’s treatment using the Mentalization-Based Treatment for Children Adherence Scale (MBT-CAS). Results: Multilevel modeling analyses showed children with higher emotional lability benefited more from attention control interventions compared to those with lower emotional lability. Discussion: Interventions that focus on developing the basic building blocks of mentalizing may be effective components of therapeutic action for online delivery of psychodynamic child psychotherapy, especially for children with greater emotional lability. date: 2023-08-18 date_type: published publisher: Informa UK Limited official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2245962 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2045650 doi: 10.1080/10503307.2023.2245962 lyricists_name: Midgley, Nicholas lyricists_id: NJMID90 actors_name: Midgley, Nicholas actors_id: NJMID90 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Psychotherapy Research pagerange: 1-13 issn: 1050-3307 citation: Coşkun, Ayşenur; Halfon, Sibel; Bate, Jordan; Midgley, Nick; (2023) The use of mentalization-based techniques in online psychodynamic child psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research pp. 1-13. 10.1080/10503307.2023.2245962 <https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2245962>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175552/2/Midgley_Mz.child.therapy.Manuscript_anonymous_14.07%20nm.pdf