Our research on emotional regulation and personality disorders focuses on difficulties in mentalization (the capacity to understand mental states, such as emotions, thoughts, and beliefs).

Prof. Yogev Kivity, who leads the research in this field, directs projects that promote innovative approaches for measuring mentalization difficulties in real-time within people's daily lives. Additionally, we are developing brief, single-session interventions designed to enhance mentalization skills.

Steinberg, N., Moshe-Cohen, R., Sheena, L., & Kivity, Y. (2024). Capturing a mentalized moment: A pilot study of the psychometric properties of a novel assessment method of mentalizing in daily life. Current Psychology, 43(8), 7596-7611.

Kivity, Y., Pasternak, N., Moshe-Cohen, R., Basson, S. A., Sheena-Peer, L., Steinberg, N., & Livni, T. (2025). A pilot randomized controlled study of a brief mentalizing enhancement intervention for borderline personality disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 12(1), 52.