Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the
same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-organization
19971.1k citationsPeter Fonagy, Mary Targetprofile →
The relation of attachment status, psychiatric classification, and response to psychotherapy.
1996699 citationsPeter Fonagy, Howard Steele et al.profile →
The relation of attachment status, psychiatric classification, and response to psychotherapy.
1996598 citationsPeter Fonagy, Howard Steele et al.profile →
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mary Target. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mary Target. The network helps show where Mary Target may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Target
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mary Target.
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All Works
20 of 20 papers shown
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Ensink, Karin, et al.. (2019). Childhood sexual abuse and attachment insecurity: Associations with child psychological difficulties. UCL Discovery (University College London).2 indexed citations
2.
Lemma, Alessandra, Mary Target, & Peter Fonagy. (2011). Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide. UCL Discovery (University College London).36 indexed citations
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Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (2008). The evolution of the interpersonal interpretive mechanism: Clues for effective preventive intervention in early childhood. UCL Discovery (University College London).
Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2007). In defense of the bridge to attachment theory: Response to commentaries. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
6.
Target, Mary. (2006). Can Attachment Theory Inform our Understanding of Sex and Relationships?. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
7.
Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2003). Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology. London: Whurr.. UCL Discovery (University College London).21 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (2003). Some issues in psychoanalytic training: An overview of the literature and some resulting observations. UCL Discovery (University College London).3 indexed citations
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Wolpert, Miranda, Peter Fuggle, David Cottrell, et al.. (2002). Drawing on the Evidence: Advice for mental health professionals working with children and adolescents.. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique).23 indexed citations
10.
Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (2001). Dreams in the psychoanalytic understanding of personality disorders.. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (2000). Playing with reality. III: The persistence of dual psychic reality in borderline patients. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 81, 853-874. Translated in Psyche: Zeitschrift fur Psychoanalyse und ihre Anwendungen 55(9/10), 961-995 (2001).. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (1998). Real events revisited: Fantasy, memory and psychoanalysis.. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
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Target, Mary. (1998). Remembering, repeating, and working through childhood trauma.. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Target, Mary. (1998). Recovered memories of trauma: Transferring the present to the past.. UCL Discovery (University College London).8 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1997). Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-organization. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 679-700. Translated in:. UCL Discovery (University College London).17 indexed citations
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Target, Mary & Peter Fonagy. (1996). Playing with reality. II: The development of psychic reality from a theoretical perspective. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 77, 459-479. Translated in Setting:. UCL Discovery (University College London).11 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1994). The theory and practice of resilience. UCL Discovery (University College London).186 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1994). Understanding and the Compulsion to Repeat: A Clinical Exploration. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Mary Target. (1994). Who is Helped by Child Psychoanalysis? A Sample Study of Disruptive Children, from the Anna Freud Centre Retrospective Investigation.. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1993). Aggression and the psychological self. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 74, 471-485. Translated as: (1998) Aggression und das psychische selbst Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie, 47(3), 125-143.. UCL Discovery (University College London).1 indexed citations
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