TY - JOUR AU - Cheli, Simone AU - Cavalletti, Veronica PY - 2021/07/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The paradox of overcontrol, perfectionism and self-criticism: A cases series on gifted students JF - Quaderni di Psicoterapia Cognitiva - Open Access JA - QPCOA VL - IS - 48 SE - Sez. generale - Ritiro sociale e patologia di personalità: una prospettiva DO - 10.3280/qpc48-2021oa12141 UR - https://journals.francoangeli.it/index.php/qpcoa/article/view/12141 SP - AB - <p>The objective of this pilot-study is to report the preliminary results of a specifically designed therapy for gifted students enrolled in highly competitive PhD programs. We outlined a case series design (n=7), with initial, final, and 1-month follow-up assessments.<br />Inclusion criteria were: to be a student in an international PhD program; to be defined as a gifted student (at least one WAIS-IV Index ≥130); to be diagnosed with a personality disorder in accordance with DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders. Primary outcomes were general symptomatology, social disconnection, and personality disorder severity.<br />Secondary outcomes were the presumed therapeutic targets: overcontrol, perfectionism, and self-criticism. The intervention was a 6-month third wave cognitive behavioral therapy aimed at promoting adaptive self-soothing and metacognitive strategies. At the end of the intervention all the participants showed reliable changes in both primary and secondary outcomes.</p> ER -