Description: In collaboration with Kenneth Levy (Penn
State) and colleagues, we have evaluated the role of attachment, affect
regulation, and reflective functioning (RF) in understanding personality
pathology, and its implications for psychotherapy process and outcome.
1. Meehan,
K. B., Levy, K. N., Temes, C. M., & Detrixhe, J. (2014). Solitude and
personality disorders. In Coplan, R. J. & Bowker, J. (Eds.), A Handbook of
Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal,
and Being Alone. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell Press.
2.
Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., & Temes, C. M. (2013). Attachment theory
and personality disorders. In A. Danquah & K. Berry (Eds.), Attachment
Theory in Adult Mental Health. London: Routledge.
3.
Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., Temes, C. M., & Yeomans, F. E. (2012).
Attachment theory and research: Implications for psychodynamic psychotherapy.
In R. Levy, J.S. Ablon, & H. Kaechele (Eds.), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence. New York:
Springer.
4.
Rutimann, D., & Meehan, K. B. (2012). Validation of a brief
interview for assessing reflective function. Journal of the American
Psychoanalytic Association, 60, 577-589.
5. Meehan,
K. B., Levy, K. N., & Clarkin, J. F. (2012). Construct validity of a
measure of affective communication in psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychology,
29, 145-165.
6.
Jurist, E. L., & Meehan, K. B. (2009). Attachment, mentalization and
reflective functioning. In Obegi, J. H. & Berant, E. (Eds.), Attachment
Theory and Research in Clinical Work with Adults. New York: Guilford.
7.
Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., Weber, M., Reynoso, J., & Clarkin, J. F.
(2005). Attachment patterns in borderline personality disorder: Implications
for psychotherapy. Psychopathology, 38, 64-74.
