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Maria Di Blasi

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Epistemologia della valutazione: la psicoterapia fra ricerca e clinica.

2005

EPISTEMOLOGIA VALUTAZIONE PSICOTERAPIA
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Identità Migranti: uno studio sull’evoluzione identitaria di adolescenti stranieri in Sicilia.

2008

adolescenza identità immigrazione
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Aspettative e consumo di alcool fra adolescenti e giovani adulti siciliani: un contributo di ricerca

2013

Alcool aspettative
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The Influence of Retention, Turnover, and Alliance on Process and Outcomes in Rolling Group Psychotherapy for Cocaine Disorder

2016

ABSTRACTA longitudinal repeated measures design was used to investigate the influence of treatment retention, and membership turnover on individual outcomes, and the relationship between individual-level and group-level therapeutic alliance in rolling group psychotherapy for individuals with cocaine abuse disorder. Eighteen patients were studied; data were collected prior to therapy and then monthly for 24 months. Patient outcomes and process were assessed. Improvements in symptoms and psychological functioning were associated with retention in psychotherapy. Membership turnover had a negative influence on symptoms. Development of an individual alliance was affected by the development of gr…

050103 clinical psychologymedicine.medical_specialtyretentionmedicine.medical_treatment05 social sciences030508 substance abuseRepeated measures designTreatment retentionGroup psychotherapy03 medical and health sciencesClinical PsychologyAllianceGroup psychotherapySettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicamedicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciencescocaine disorder0305 other medical sciencePsychiatryPsychologyCocaine abuseClinical psychology
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The Blog, the Blogger and the Other on the Net

2008

This work describes a qualitative research, still in progress, about blogging. This experience is fully linked to the concept of "social presence": users feel "to be there" in the virtual environment. From a brief review of researches about blogging, we propose a work that, through a semi-structured interview (submitted on line), could analyze the mental representations of bloggers. Moreover, we have the purpose to read these impressions through a key pattern of interactions between blog, blogger and other users. The primary goal of this study, still preparatory, is to explore the psychological means of blogging.

internet adolescenzavirtual spacepsycological researchSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicablogging
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A study about multidimensional assessment for substance abuse patients

2006

Dual DiagnosisAssessment
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Psicoterapia di gruppo ad orientamento psicodinamico: elaborazione teorica e ricerca empirica

2012

In questo articolo vengono esaminati alcuni aspetti teorici e metodologici sulla va-lutazione della psicoterapia di gruppo ad orientamento psicodinamico. Viene esplicitata la necessità di un approccio complesso poiché a fronte di una crescente diffusione dell’utilizzo clinico del format gruppale, il numero limitato di ricerche sulle terapie di gruppo ad orientamento psicodinamico segnala la presenza di difficoltà metodologiche relative alla strutturazione di disegni ricerca capaci di tenere conto della molteplicità delle variabili in gioco e della loro difficile operazionalizzazione. L’articolo esamina come la recente costituzione di un network italiano sulla ricerca empirica in psicoterapi…

group psychotherapy empirical research clinical researchSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicapsicoterapia di gruppo ricerca empirica ricerca clinica
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Evaluating Gender Differences in Problematic Smartphone Use

2022

Abstract. The Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) is widely used to measure problematic smartphone use (PSU). Although the SPAI has been translated and validated in different countries, its measurement invariance across gender has received little research attention. This study aimed to examine whether men and women interpreted the Italian version of the SPAI (SPAI-I) similarly and, consequently, whether the observed gender differences in SPAI scores, which have been shown in previous studies, could be due to true differences, rather than to differences in measurement. Six hundred nineteen Italian young adults ( Mage = 22.02 ± 2.63; 55.7% women) took part in the study and completed the SP…

smartphone addictionmeasurement invariancegender differencesdifferential item functioningApplied Psychologybehavioral addictionEuropean Journal of Psychological Assessment
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L’uso del WHOQOL-BREF e dello EUROP-ASI nell’assessment dei disturbi da uso di sostanze: un’indagine comparativa

2010

Lo scopo del presente contributo è rintracciare, attraverso alcuni dati di ricerca, l’esistenza di correlazioni significative tra i punteggi compositi delle diverse aree dello EuropASI e le sezioni della forma breve del WHOQOL in pazienti con disturbo da uso di sostanze, con l’obiettivo di osservare le relazioni esistenti tra l’autovalutazione del benessere soggettivo e la valutazione degli operatori sulla gravità dei problemi connessi alla dipendenza da sostanze. La ricerca ha coinvolto un gruppo di 30 pazienti afferenti ad un Ser.T. del Distretto 13 della AUSL 6 di Palermo. I pazienti sono stati selezionati random, secondo i seguenti criteri di inclusione: diagnosi di dipendenza da sostan…

WHOQOL-BREF EuropASI Valutazione multidimensionale TossicodipendenzaQualità della vita.Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI): Psychometric properties and confirmatory factor analysis

2016

The Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was developed to assess smartphone addiction in Taiwanese university students. The purpose of the current research is to evaluate the factor structure and psychometric properties of the SPAI in Italian university students. A total of 485 university students (29.3% boys) completed the SPAI and the Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT).The proposed four-factor model of the SPAI-I was tested by computing CFA, and the results of the goodness of fit indices indicated an ambiguous solution. An exploratory-confirmatory cross validation strategy was applied for a better trimming of SPAI-I factorial structure. Results suggested a five-factor solution that ex…

Psychology (all)media_common.quotation_subjectBehavioural addiction050109 social psychologyCravingTest validityValidity03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineGoodness of fitArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicamedicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesGeneral Psychologymedia_commonAddiction05 social sciencesFactor analysiReliabilityConfirmatory factor analysisExploratory factor analysisSmartphone addictionTest (assessment)Human-Computer InteractionConvergent validitymedicine.symptomPsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryClinical psychology
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I gruppi di elaborazione sull'identità professionale: quali cambiamenti e quale processo?

2012

Il contributo espone i dati preliminari di una ricerca che riguarda la valutazione di esito e di processo di cinque gruppi a conduzione psicodinamica svolti in ambito universitario. L'obiettivo di tali gruppi, che hanno coinvolto 110 studenti (I anno LM in Psicologia Clinica), è sviluppare le capacità di riflessione sull'identità professionale, la capacità di analizzare i propri vissuti e la propria capacità di relazionarsi con gli altri nella dinamica gruppale. Ogni gruppo ha previsto 8 incontri settimanali della durata di tre ore ciascuno, più un incontro conclusivo a distanza di due settimane dedicato ad una valutazione condivisa dell'esperienza. Sono stati somministrati gli strumenti di…

Identità professionale Processo Esito
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“Rappresentazioni familiari di adolescenti appartenenti a famiglie mafiose. Una ricerca esplorativa".

2006

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Promoting Awareness about Psychological Consequences of Living in a Community Oppressed by the Mafia: A Group-Analytic Intervention

2017

The effects of the Mafia have been extensively studied from sociological, economic, and historical points of view. However, little research has investigated the influence of the Mafia on individuals and communities in terms of its psychological and social impact. In order to contribute to the advancement of our understanding of the psychological effects of the Mafia on individuals and communities and to promote a participative process of social change, a group analytic intervention was conducted within a Community Based Participatory Research carried out in Corleone, a small Sicilian town with a historically recognized role in the evolution of the Mafia, as well as in the fight against its …

Unconscious mindmedia_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:BF1-990Community-based participatory research050109 social psychologygroup processSocial dimensionIntervention (counseling)Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaMafia Antimafia Social unconscious Group analysis Group procesPsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesGeneral PsychologyOriginal Research0505 lawmedia_commonsocial unconscious05 social sciencesSocial changeSocial impactlcsh:PsychologyGroup analysisgroup analysisMafia Antimafia Social unconscious Group analysis Group process050501 criminologyMafiaPsychological resiliencePsychologyAntimafiaSocial psychology
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The psychological impact of the crisis: a qualitative study

2013

economic crisiSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicapsychological impactqualitative research
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I confini in adolescenza: immigrazione e appartenenze plurime. Ricerca su adolescenti Bangladesh a Palermo

2006

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Europe-Asi and Whoqol-Bref: a comparison between two instrument in the assessment of the substance abuse patients.

2006

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Sexual Satisfaction and Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients: The Mediating Role of Anxiety

2023

Background: Cardiovascular diseases represent one of the most important problems for public health. Research indicates that elderly patients consider sexual satisfaction as a fundamental aspect of their quality of life and a better sexual function is related to higher general wellbeing. Objective: The main objective of this study was to investigate the mediating role of anxiety and depression in the relationship between quality of life and sexual satisfaction in cardiovascular (CVD) patients. Methods: The sample comprised 128 adult patients, males and females, hospitalized in a Cardiology Rehabilitation clinical center. To collect data, the following were used: a demographic information she…

quality of lifeHealth Information ManagementLeadership and ManagementHealth PolicyHealth Informaticsanxietysexual satisfaction; quality of life; anxietysexual satisfactionHealthcare
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Dalla conoscenza al riconoscimento: valutazione di processo di un gruppo di supervisione attraverso l’analisi statistica lessicale e testuale

2010

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicavalutazione supervisione adolescenza
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Applicazione del G.C.Q. di MacKenzie R. (1997) a gruppi di operatori che lavorano nei setting di strada

2005

STRUMENTI VALUTAZIONE GRUPPI
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Body Building e uso di sostanze: nuove forme di manipolazione del corpo

2004

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Assessment of supervision effectiveness: burnout, job satisfaction and self esteem.

2007

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Terapia di gruppo in setting comunitario per pazienti con disturbo da uso di sostanze (DUS): un contributo di ricerca

2012

La terapia di gruppo è considerata uno dei trattamenti elettivi per i DUS, trovando ampio utilizzo nei setting ambulatoriali e residenziali statunitensi e anglosassoni. Nonostante ciò si registrano significative lacune rispetto alla valutazione dell’efficacia delle psicoterapie di gruppo, soprattutto di matrice psicodinamica. Il presente contributo di ricerca propone un’analisi dell’andamento della coesione e dei fattori terapeutici nell’arco di un anno all’interno di un gruppo psicoterapeutico slow-open in setting comunitario per pazienti DUS. Il gruppo di matrice fenomenologico-esistenziale ha coinvolto 28 pazienti che si sono alternati in funzione dei nuovi ingressi e delle uscite (compl…

valutazionedisturbo da uso di sostanzeterapia di gruppocomunità
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Mediating Effects of Global Negative Effect Expectancies on the Association between Problematic Cannabis Use and Social Anxiety

2017

The relationship between social anxiety and cannabis use among adolescents and young adults is a highly debated topic. In this cross-sectional study, we tested whether cannabis use expectancies mediated the association between social anxiety and cannabis use severity in a sample of 343 young adults (74.3% male) who used cannabis. They completed self-report measures for the screening of problematic cannabis use (Cannabis Use Problems Identification Test) and social anxiety symptoms (Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and Social Phobia Scale). A multiple mediation analysis was used to test whether marijuana effect expectancies mediate social anxiety effect on problematic cannabis use. Social an…

young adultsmedicine.medical_specialtyexpectancieslcsh:RC435-571substance use030508 substance abuse03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineNegatively associatedSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicalcsh:PsychiatryIntervention (counseling)medicine030212 general & internal medicineYoung adultAssociation (psychology)PsychiatryOriginal ResearchPsychiatrybiologySocial anxietyCannabis usebiology.organism_classificationSocial relationcannabis usePsychiatry and Mental healthsocial anxiety cannabis use expectancies young adults substance useCannabissocial anxiety0305 other medical sciencePsychologyFrontiers in Psychiatry
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Problematic video game use as an emotional coping strategy: Evidence from a sample of MMORPG gamers

2019

Background A positive relationship between problematic gaming and escapism motivation to play video games has been well established, suggesting that problematic gaming may result from attempts to deal with negative emotions. However, to date, no study has examined how emotion dysregulation affects both escapism motives and problematic gaming patterns. Methods Difficulties in emotion regulation, escapism, and problematic involvement with video games were assessed in a sample of 390 World of Warcraft players. A structural equation modeling framework was used to test the hypothesis that escapism mediates the relationship between emotion dysregulation and problematic gaming. Results Statistica…

AdultMale050103 clinical psychologyemotion regulationAdolescentFull-Length Reportmedia_common.quotation_subjectescapismMedicine (miscellaneous)Sample (statistics): Traitement & psychologie clinique [H13] [Sciences sociales & comportementales psychologie]: Treatment & clinical psychology [H13] [Social & behavioral sciences psychology]03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultInternet gaming disordergaming disorder0302 clinical medicineSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaAdaptation PsychologicalHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesAffective SymptomsVideo gameMMORPGmedia_commonAgedInternet05 social sciencesGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedproblematic gaming030227 psychiatryBehavior AddictivePsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyEscapismVideo GamesProblematic gaming Emotion regulation Internet gaming disorder Escapism MMORPG Gaming disorderPositive relationshipFemalePsychologySocial psychologyhuman activities
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“Analisi delle interviste condotte su un gruppo di adolescenti immigrati di seconda generazione attraverso T-Lab”.

2006

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Identità e omofobia in Cosa Nostra: un contributo gruppoanalitico soggettuale

2012

Il contributo propone alcune riflessioni sull’identità, la sessualità e l’omofobia nei contesti mafiosi. Gli studi sulla psicologia del fenomeno mafioso hanno sin ora consentito di evidenziare la fragilità identitaria degli appartenenti alle organizzazioni criminali mafiose e l’impossibilità a concepire la diversità in qualunque forma essa si presenti. L’omosessualità in particolare rappresenta in questi contesti la paura terrificante dell’alterità e il terrore di perdere il controllo della rigidità impenetrabile che fonda l’identità mafiosa. L’articolo attraverso l’utilizzo di frammenti di interviste a collaboranti di giustizia mette in luce come in realtà ciò che l’uomo di mafia radicalme…

lcsh:Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropologylcsh:GN301-674lcsh:P101-410Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaMafia identità sessualità omofobiahomophobiamafiaidentitylcsh:Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammarsexuality
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Sintesi dei risultati del progetto Val.Ter - Gruppi

2005

VALUTAZIONE PSICOTERAPIE GRUPPI
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Gruppi telematici e comunità virtuali: potenzialità e rischi derivanti dall'utilizzo dei nuovi strumenti interattivi

2007

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A Project of psychotherapy evaluation. Comparing different therapeutic settings

2004

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Cosa Nostra, camorra e ‘ndrangheta: essere adolescenti in terre di mafia. Uno studio empirico

2011

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaADOLESCENZA GRUPPI MAFIA
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Riflettere sulla cura attraverso la ricerca

2014

All’interno del vasto panorama empirico che attesta l’efficacia delle terapie di gruppo, poche sono le evidenze empiriche sulle psicoterapie di gruppo psicodinamicamente orientate e di lungo periodo. Tuttavia, alcuni studi evidenziano che gli esiti ottenuti dalle psicoterapie di gruppo psicodinamicamente orientate e di lungo periodo, sembrano ottenere risultati maggiormente persistenti (alle indagini di follow up) rispetto a quelli ottenuti con i trattamenti brevi e/o individuali; inoltre, in alcuni casi è stato documentato che tali esiti tendono ad aumentare nel tempo (Di Nuovo & Lo Verso, 2005; Lorentezen & Høglend, 2004; Wilberg et al., 2003). Obiettivo dello studio è la valutazione dell…

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaPsicoterapia di gruppo esito processo clinica ricerca
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Dyslexia and drug addiction: a new perspective of study

2009

dyslexia addiction
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Transition to adulthood and recession: a qualitative study

2016

While the transition to adulthood has been broadly examined, less is known about the impact of economic recession on the well-being and psychosocial functioning of young people. The present study used qualitative interviews with 12 college students to understand their experience. Consensual qualitative research was used to analyse data and develop core themes around young people’s experiences. Interviews focused on how young people perceived the impact of the economic recession on their social context and on emotional, behavioural, and interpersonal dimensions. Although students showed a proactive attitude in dealing with the crisis, findings highlighted a negative impact on psychological f…

Sociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectInterpersonal communicationRecessionDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciencescollege student0302 clinical medicinewell-beingTransition to adulthoodSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica0501 psychology and cognitive sciences030212 general & internal medicineDisengagement theoryLife-span and Life-course Studiesmedia_common05 social sciencesGeneral Social SciencesSocial environmentFeelingWell-beingpsychosocial functioningrecessionPsychologyPsychosocialSocial psychology050104 developmental & child psychologyQualitative research
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L'utilizzo di alcool in adolescenza tra aspettative e compiti evolutivi

2011

In letteratura (Maggiolini A.,et al.,2004) è presente un accordo nel considerare la fase dell’adolescenza come un momento di transizione caratterizzato da profondi cambiamenti interni e nel rapporto con lo spazio sociale. I compiti evolutivi, che caratterizzano questa fase, sono fortemente influenzati dal periodo storico e socio-culturale in cui l’adolescente si trova a vivere. Nel contesto odierno, il processo di risimbolizzazione del Sé e di soggettivazione della propria identità pone gli adolescenti di fronte ad una complessità e molteplicità di prospettive che se da un lato offrono la possibilità di avere di fronte originali e molteplici strade di costruzione del proprio sé, dall’altro …

alcool aspettative adolescenzaalcohol expectancies adolescence
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Neoemozioni e colletti bianchi. Uno studio qualitativo

2013

L’organizzazione criminale Cosa Nostra, nell’ultimo decennio, ha avviato un processo di profonda trasformazione organizzativa e culturale. Gli inevitabili ricambi generazionali, così come il processo di finanziarizzazione e internazionalizzazione della mafia, hanno comportato un progressivo abbandono del modello rigidamente centralista in favore di strutture reticolari collegate tra di loro e ricche di relazioni esterne. I colletti bianchi, punti nodali della rete criminale, svolgono un importante ruolo di cerniera tra l’organizzazione criminale, la politica, l’economia. Obiettivo dello studio è comprendere quali modalità relazionali sostengono il sistema di potere mafioso-clientelare e ind…

Colletti bianchi Neoemozioni mafia analisi del testo
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“Adolescenza: percorsi di crescita e appartenenze multiple”.

2007

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Adolescenza: percorsi di crescita e appartenenze plurime

2005

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Final evaluation of a therapeutic group process in a group-analytic therapy with eating disorders patients

2006

gruppo terapetico disturbi alimentari valutazione
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The relationship between self-Image and social anxiety in adolescence

2014

Background Self-image is the subjective perception about one's own self, body, mental functioning, social attitudes, and adjustment in different aspects of life. Research has linked negative self-image with a number of problem behaviors and psychiatric symptoms in adolescence; however, studies of the relationship between self-image and anxiety disorders are still scarce. Method This study involved a community sample of 1305 high-school students (51.4% female) who ranged in age from 14 to 19 years old. They completed self-report measures of self-image and social anxiety disorder (SAD). Results A quarter of the students reported high levels of social anxiety. Statistical analyses showed signi…

Social inhibitionSocial anxietytreatmentmedia_common.quotation_subjectSocial anxietyQuarter (United States coin)ShynessSelf-imageDevelopmental psychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaVocational educationPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthSocial attitudesmedicineAnxietyadolescenceself-imagemedicine.symptomPsychologyClinical psychologymedia_commonChild and Adolescent Mental Health
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Valutazione di un gruppo di terapia ad orientamento psicodinamico per pazienti con diagnosi di abuso da cocaina

2011

Valutazione psicoterapia DUS
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"APPARTENENZA FAMILIARE E SPAZIO SOCIALE:SOSTENIBILITA' DELLO SVINCOLO ADOLESCENZIALE NEL MONDO MAFIOSO".

2006

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Growing in Mafia Territories

2015

As a theoretical extension of other previous studies, this work represents an improvement of the notions about the relationship between adolescence and Mafia. The research has been aiming at exploring teenagers’ universe within specific social contexts where the presence of criminal organizations is significant, focusing the attention on the modalities through which evolutionary tasks are coped with in contexts with high Mafia density and often characterized by a perception of social space that makes personal, financial, and political development problematic. The research has involved 93 teenagers who live in southern regions where the presence of Mafia organizations (Camorra, ‘Ndrangheta, …

PhilosophySocial spacePoliticsModalitiesPerceptionmedia_common.quotation_subjectSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaAdolescence growth Mafia.SociologySocial psychologyFocus groupmedia_common
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“Rappresentazioni di adolescenti appartenenti a famiglie mafiose. Una ricerca esplorativa”

2006

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Cannabis Use and Social Anxiety in Adolescence: The Role of Facilitation Expectancies

2015

Cannabis use is frequently related to social anxiety in young adulthood, but the nature of this relationship is unclear. Moreover, much research has been conducted on the role of cannabis effects expectancies and their relationship to social anxiety among young adults, but less is known about adolescence. The study examined the relationship between social anxiety, cannabis use patterns, and cannabis effects expectancies among a nonclinical sample of 1,305 adolescents (51% female). Non-users reported higher social anxiety scores than non-problematic and risky users. Compared to users, non-users had more negative expectancies. Risky and problematic users showed higher social and sexual facili…

Social Psychologybiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectSocial anxietyPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCognitionadolescence cannabis expectancies social anxietyCannabis usebiology.organism_classificationEducationDevelopmental psychologySettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaPerceptionFacilitationCannabisYoung adultPsychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commonJournal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse
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Tatuati, Pierced e bodybuilders: corpo o soma?

2007

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Gruppoanalisi Soggettuale

2011

Teoria clinica gruppale Ricerca empirica
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A three-wave panel study on longitudinal relations between problematic social media use and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

Background: It still remains unclear whether problematic social media use (PSMU) is a cause or a consequence of psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the temporal relationships between PSMU and psychological distress through a three-wave panel study (between April and July 2020, with an interval of 1 month between each period of time). Methods: 3,912 adult Italian participants were surveyed during the COVID-19 pandemic for psychological distress (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) and PSMU (Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale). Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models were applied to disaggregate between-person from within-person associations as regards PSMU an…

Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyCOVID-19 problematic social media use Psychological distress Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model Social media addictionSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaProblematic social media useSocial media addictionMedicine (miscellaneous)COVID-19Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel ModelPsychological distressToxicology
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La Supervisione di gruppo come strumento di lavoro nelle Comunità Terapeutiche. Un single case.

2008

Introduzione La valutazione dello strumento della supervisione si inserisce nell’ambito del filone di ricerca sulla valutazione della psicoterapia e dei gruppi nei diversi contesti di cura. I recenti studi in tale ambito (Correale, 1993; Galli, 1994; Bolognini e Mantovani, 1999) hanno evidenziato l’utilità di approfondire gli aspetti legati all’efficacia della supervisione, nelle sue principali funzioni, attraverso la valutazione dei differenti metodi e delle diverse tecniche e modalità d’intervento. Il presente lavoro di ricerca si propone di valutare lo strumento della supervisione in un setting di lavoro gruppale, all’interno di una Comunità Terapeutica Assistita per pazienti psichiatric…

supervisione comunità terapeutica valutazioneSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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Cultura dei gruppi di lavoro nei setting di strada: osservazione attraverso il questionario sul clima di gruppo di MacKenzie

2004

Gruppi di lavoro GCQ Processo
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Manipolazioni del corpo in adolescenza. Vissuti e imaginario.

2008

adolescenza corpo manipolazioni corporee
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Italian adaptation of the Group Questionnaire: validity and factorial structure

2020

The Group Questionnaire (GQ) is a measure recently developed by Krogel et al. (2013) for the evaluation of the therapeutic relationship in group. The GQ identifies a three-factor model of the relationship that allows to measure quality (Positive Bonding, Positive Working and Negative Relationship) and structure (member-member, member-leader and member-group), dimensions in group. This work shows the results of a first study on the Italian validation of the GQ. In this study the GQ was administered to 536 subjects from 32 non-clinical groups of undergraduate students. The cross-cultural validity of the GQ in the Italian population has been examined by comparing the psychometric properties an…

Factoriallcsh:BF1-990Structure (category theory)050109 social psychologygroup processFactor structureArticlegroup psychotherapy evaluationSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia Dinamica0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesEquivalence (measure theory)cross-cultural validityGroup (mathematics)05 social sciencesGroup Questionnaire group process group psychotherapy evaluation therapeutic relationship cross-cultural validityItalian populationConfirmatory factor analysis050106 general psychology & cognitive sciencesPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical Psychologylcsh:PsychologyGroup processGroup QuestionnairePsychologytherapeutic relationshipClinical psychologyResearch in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
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Outcome and process evaluation of supervision on a group of social workers in a Therapeutic Community for psychiatric patients

2008

supervision group research
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Intolerance of Uncertainty and Risk Perception during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Fear of COVID-19

2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, a period of uncertainty and risk, has presented a threat to people’s physical and mental health worldwide. Previous research has shown that pandemic-related uncertainty can contribute to individuals’ psychological distress and coping responses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and risk perception (i.e., individual’s perceived likelihood of becoming infected both for themselves and people in one’s own country and perceived severity of the infection), and the mediating role of fear of COVID-19. This two-wave longitudinal study (T1 = April 2020; T2 = May 2020) involved 486 youn…

young adultsrisk perceptionSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicaintolerance of uncertaintyCOVID-19fearPharmacology (medical)intolerance of uncertainty; risk perception; COVID-19; fear; young adultsPsych
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A compensatory model to understand dysfunctional personality traits in problematic gaming: The role of vulnerable narcissism

2020

Abstract According to a “compensatory perspective”, this study aimed to examine the role of narcissism (both vulnerable and grandiose) in the relationship between emotion dysregulation, escapism motivation to play, and problematic gaming. In a sample of 405 World of Warcraft players, we tested a multiple mediation model in which the relationship between vulnerable/grandiose narcissism and problematic gaming was mediated by emotion dysregulation and escapism. Results showed that the model for vulnerable (but not grandiose) narcissism fitted the data very well. This study adds novel insight to our understanding of the mechanisms that support problematic gaming, suggesting that the emotion dys…

Mediation (statistics)EscapismGaming disordermedia_common.quotation_subjectAddictive behavior050109 social psychologyDysfunctional familyNarcissistic personality traitsGaming addiction050105 experimental psychologyMmorpgSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaNarcissismmedicineRelevance (law)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBig Five personality traitsGeneral Psychologymedia_common05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)Emotion dysregulationEscapismNarcissismmedicine.symptomPsychologyhuman activitiesSocial psychologyPersonality and Individual Differences
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Group as a Social Microcosm: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Intersession Intimate Behaviors and In-Session Intimate Behaviors

2021

The social microcosm is defined as group members replicating their everyday (intersession) interpersonal behaviors in group sessions and new behaviors, learned in the group (in-session), replicating in the members' everyday life. We examined intersession and in-session intimate behaviors, at the within-member (differences in intimate behaviors between weeks/sessions), between-member (average differences in intimate behaviors between group members) and between-groups (group-level differences in intimate behaviors). Participants were 178 graduate students (86% identifying as women and 14% as men) participating in 10 5-session growth groups led by experienced group therapists. Before group ses…

AdultMaleSocial Psychologymedicine.medical_treatmentInterpersonal communicationPsycINFODevelopmental psychologySocial groupInterpersonal relationshipYoung AdultInterpersonal groups Intimate behaviors Multilevel analysis Social microcosm Variance partitioningInterpersonal Relations ScalemedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesInterpersonal RelationsEducation GraduateEveryday lifeStudentsCommunication05 social sciencesMultilevel modelGeneral Medicine050106 general psychology & cognitive sciencesPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyInterpersonal psychotherapyPsychotherapy GroupFemalePsychology
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Crescere in terre di mafia

2014

Questo studio, in continuità teorica con altri che lo precedono, rappresenta un amplia-mento delle conoscenze sulla relazione tra adolescenza e mafia. La ricerca si è proposta come obiettivo l’esplorazione dell’universo adolescenziale all’interno di specifici contesti sociali in cui la presenza di organizzazioni criminali è pregnante, focalizzando l’attenzione sulle modalità at-traverso cui vengono affrontati i compiti evolutivi all’interno di contesti caratterizzati da alta densità mafiosa e spesso contraddistinti da una percezione dello spazio sociale che rende pro-blematico lo sviluppo personale, economico e politico. La ricerca ha coinvolto 93 adolescenti che vivono in regioni meridiona…

Adolescence Mafia growthSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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Group supervision: topics, process and outcome

2009

Supervision has been defined as “a formal process of professional support and learning which enables individual practitioners to develop knowledge and competence, assume responsibility for their own practice and enhance consumer protection and safety of care in complex clinical situations” ( Department of Health (DoH), 1993). The study analyzes topics, process and outcome of a Leader-Led Peer Group Supervision, inside a TC for psychiatric patients. The group was head by an expert group-analyst, whose role was not to solve the supervisee's clinical problems, but to work with supervisees to help them to develop and manage their practices (Mackereth, 1997). The research project aims to recogni…

Supervision Group EffectivenessSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia Dinamica
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La valutazione del processo di un gruppo di supervisione di operatori di C.T.A.

2007

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Consumo di cannabis, gruppo dei pari e strutturazione del Sè in adolescenza

2011

La conquista di un nuovo senso di identità e la rappresentazione di essa come frutto dell’integrazione delle trasformazioni psico-fisiche che travolgono il proprio corpo, è un percorso lento e di certo non privo di tensioni, che si snoda nel corso di tutta l’adolescenza. La costruzione identitaria adolescenziale non è però solo un processo intrapsichico, essa si articola anche attraverso il confronto che il giovane ha all’interno dello spazio sociale che lo circonda, mediante il rapporto con i pari ed i nuovi ruoli sociali progressivamente ricoperti. In questa fase di vita, il gruppo dei pari assume nuove valenze e funzioni specifiche, fornendo un modello di confronto e identificazione con …

cannabis gruppo dei pari adolescenza sviluppo del sècannabis peer group adolescence self development
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Italian Bloggers’ Stories. Their Personalities and Interpersonal Relationships Quality

2009

Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleInternetPsicologiaSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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Therapeutic Communities as " Treating contexts": evaluation of group processes in "Multi - Personal" set(ting)

2004

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Defensive strategies in a big obese group [MECCANISMI DI DIFESA IN UN GRUPPO DI PERSONE CON OBESITA']

2013

Aim. The aim of this study was to explore thè defense mechanisms of people with moderate and severe obesity. In fact, thè defensive structure is an effective predictor for thè best management of thè disease. Methods. 204 people (164 F-40 M) bave been recruited: 40 with BMI between 30 and 34.9, with moderate obesity, 36 with BMI between 35 and 39.9, with severe obesity, and 128 with BMI>40, with serious obesity, ali of them pertaining to thè clinic for obesity treatment at University Hospital of Palermo. Ali subjects were administered thè Defense Mechanisms Inventory (DMI), a type of reactive that explores defense mechanisms. The psychiatric comorbidity was excluded by thè DSM (SCIDI and II)…

Defence mechanismSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaObesityTherapeuticsSettore MED/25 - PsichiatriaSettore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria Infantile
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Il gruppo di supervisione come strumento di lavoro clinico nelle istituzioni

2011

The article analyzes the tool of group supervision on the inside several institutions underlining, specifically, the group processes. The article is formed of two parts: the first one analyzes the main studies on supervision and group supervision made by national and international authors. The second one is dedicated to clinical reflections resulting from the study of two supervision group inside different institutions for mental health care.

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSupervision Institution Setting
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Pensiero e difese nei disturbi bipolari. Studio clinico e psicopatologico su bipolari I e bipolari II. Thinking organization and defense mechanisms i…

2013

Obiettivi. Scopo del presente studio è esplorare il funzionamento psichico dei soggetti con disturbo bipolare I e II attraverso l’analisi e il confronto degli stili di pensiero e dei pattern difensivi. Metodi. Nel corso di un intero anno solare (2009-2010), presso la clinica Psichiatrica del Policlinico Universitario di Palermo sono stati reclutati 29 pazienti con disturbo bipolare I e II. È stato somministrato il seguente protocollo: Wechsler Adult Intelligent Scale-R (WAIS-R) per valutare il funzionamento cognitivo generale; Defense Mechanisms Inventory (DMI) per misurare i pattern difensivi. Sono stati quindi ana- lizzati e confrontati i risultati ai due reattivi. Risultati. I soggetti c…

disturbi bipolari stili di pensiero organizzazione difensivabipolar disorders thought styles defence mechanisms
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Valutazione multidimensionale in pazienti con disturbo da uso di sostanze.

2006

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Long term group settings: Theoretical and research findings

2005

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The role of emotion dysregulation in adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A study on adolescent/parents triads

2021

Abstract The pervasive use of mobile phones among adolescents has led researchers to evaluate the role of parental characteristics in connection with their children's problematic smartphone use (PSU). The present study involved mother/father/adolescent triads and aimed to test a model examining the role of both parents' and adolescents' emotion dysregulation (ED) in predicting children's PSU. Two hundred and fifty-two adolescent (57.5% females; M age = 13.54, SD = 0.73)/mother (M age = 43.92, SD = 4.46)/father (M age = 47.60, SD = 5.10) triads provided measures of PSU and ED. Results from path model showed that, after controlling for adolescents' age and gender as well as for parents' age a…

05 social sciences050301 education050801 communication & media studiesTest (assessment)Developmental psychologyHuman-Computer InteractionAge and gender0508 media and communicationsArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Adolescent parentsSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaProblematic smartphone useEmotion dysregulationSmartphone addictionAdolescent-parents triadsPsychology0503 educationGeneral Psychology
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Group psychotherapy in Italy

2015

This article describes the history and the prevailing orientations of group psychotherapy in Italy (psychoanalytically oriented, psychodrama, CBT groups) and particularly group analysis. Provided free of charge by the Italian health system, group psychotherapy is growing, but its expansion is patchy. The main pathways of Italian training in the different group psychotherapy orientations are also presented. Clinical-theoretical elaboration on self development, psychopathology related to group experiences, and the methodological attention paid to objectives and methods in different clinical groups are issues related to group therapy in Italy. Difficulties in the relationship between research …

Psychotherapistbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentPsychodramaHistory 20th CenturyHistory 21st CenturyPersonal developmentGroup psychotherapyClinical PsychologyEmpirical researchGroup analysisItalySettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaHealth careSettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia DinamicamedicinePsychotherapy Groupgroup psychotherapy history of group psychotherapy in Italy research in group psychotherapy group analysisHumansbusinessPsychologyPsychological treatmentClinical psychologyPsychopathology
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Gli adolescenti e il divertimento

2005

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Examining bi-directionality between Fear of Missing Out and problematic smartphone use. A two-wave panel study among adolescents.

2020

Abstract Background In recent years, the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) construct has been the object of growing attention in digital technology research with previous studies finding support for the relationship between FoMO and problematic smartphone use (PSU) among adolescents and young adults. However, no previous studies clarified the causal link between FoMO and PSU using a longitudinal design. Methods An auto-regressive, cross-lagged panel design was tested by using a longitudinal dataset with two waves of data collection (T0 and T1, one year apart). Participants included two hundred and forty-two adolescents (109 males and 133 females), with a mean age of 14.16 years, who filled out the…

MaleAdolescentTechnology research030508 substance abuseMedicine (miscellaneous)Toxicology03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaAutoregressive cross-lagged panelHumans030212 general & internal medicineLongitudinal modelingYoung adultData collectionSmartphone addictionFear of missing outFearSmartphone addictionPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyCross-Sectional StudiesScale (social sciences)Fear of Missing OutCausal linkFemaleSmartphone0305 other medical sciencePsychologyConstruct (philosophy)Emotional regulationInternet Addiction DisorderClinical psychologyAddictive behaviors
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The role of emotion regulation and intolerance to uncertainty on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and distress

2022

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic is increasing negative consequences on mental health around the globe. To date, research on what psychological factors could influence individuals’ distress is still scarce. The current study aims to test a multiple mediation model to examine the role of Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) and emotional regulation (i.e., expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal) as joint factors, which can increase understanding of psychological distress due to the COVID-19 outbreak. An online survey measuring fear of COVID-19, IU, emotional regulation, and psychological distress was administered to 3863 Italian adults (females 73.3%; Mage = 36.44; SD = 14.74) during lockdo…

Intolerance of uncertaintyPsychological distress Fear of COVID-19 Intolerance of uncertainty Emotion regulationSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaEmotion regulationCOVID-19Fear of COVID-19Psychological distressGeneral Psychology
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“reverse anorexia in un gruppo di body builders”.

2009

cuovi disturbi alimentariSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSettore MED/25 - Psichiatria
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Drugs addiction and prison: an empirical study

2010

Abstract: International literature shows us specific clinical and socio-demographic traits that characterize inmate drug addicted population, and specifically those who, after imprisonment, don’t continue therapeutic treatments. So, diagnostic process, planning and realization of rehabilitation treatments for people characterized by high levels of sufferance and chronicity, become more difficult but, at the same time, more necessary. Our study allows monitoring of inmate drug addicted population into “Ucciardone” Prison of Palermo, during nine months. The results permitted to obtain a complete evaluation of substances use style and psychiatrics symptoms of inmate drug addicted population. W…

Prison Addiction ASI SCL-90Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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“Valutazione multidimensionale in pazienti con disturbo da abuso di sostanze”.

2006

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Psicoterapia di gruppo per pazienti con diagnsi di abuso da cocaina: valutazione del processo nei primi tre mesi

2011

psicoterapia abuso da cocaina efficacia
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Terapia gruppo-analitica

2006

Il lavoro propone i risultati di una ricerca sulla valutazione empirica di una psicoterapia di gruppo costruita nello spirito di un’osservazione complessa, che aiutasse a mettere in luce molteplici sfaccettature del processo terapeutico e che consentisse una conoscenza non riduttiva dell’esperienza terapeutica stessa. L’attenzione della ricerca è stata rivolta, oltre che ai percorsi terapeutici dei singoli pazienti, allo specifico dispiegarsi dei processi gruppali, alla possibilità di aumentare la comprensione su come tali processi si caratterizzano ed evolvono nel tempo. Oggetti dell’indagine sono stati: l’esplorazione del processo di gruppo, ed in particolare la configurazione della matri…

GruppiValutazione della PsicoterapiaEsitiDisturbi del comportamento Alimentare (DCA).Processo
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I nuovi stili di consumo giovanile

2005

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Research Directions in the Study of Gaming-Related Escapism: a Commentary to Melodia, Canale, and Griffiths (2020)

2021

AbstractEscapism motivations and related processes (e.g., avoidance, dissociation, relaxation, and emotion dysregulation) have been identified as risk factors for problematic gaming. However, the escapism construct has often been poorly conceptualized and operationalized in assessment instruments. In their systematic review, Melodia et al. (2020) proposed that conceptualizing escapism as an avoidant coping strategy could provide a sound basis for further study of problematic gaming. In this commentary, we critically examine some terminological and conceptual issues in relation to escapism to guide future research.

Operationalizationmedia_common.quotation_subjectAssessment instrumentEscape Escapism Gaming disorder Problematic gaming VirtualityGaming; Escapism; Escape; Gaming Disorder; VirtualityAvoidant copingPsychiatry and Mental healthEscapismHealth psychologySettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaVirtuality (gaming)PsychologyConstruct (philosophy)Social psychologymedia_common
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Psychological distress associated with the COVID-19 lockdown: A two-wave network analysis

2021

Abstract Background Although preliminary research has evidenced negative psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among the general population, little research has been carried out examining the interplay among the broader dimensions and correlates of individual distress. Via network analysis, the current study investigated the pathways that underlie some components of psychological distress and their changes over time (during and post COVID-19-related lockdown). Methods 1,129 adult participants (79.1% women) completed a two-wave online survey during and after the lockdown, and reported on variables such as depression, anxiety, stress, fear of COVID, intolerance of uncertainty, e…

AdultMalePopulationContext (language use)AnxietyPsychological DistressIntolerance of uncertainty [Fear of COVID]03 medical and health sciencesSocial support0302 clinical medicineSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicamedicineCOVID-19 Depression Emotion regulation Fear of COVID: Intolerance of uncertainty Network analysisHumanseducationPandemicsDepression (differential diagnoses)education.field_of_studyCOVID-19; Depression; Emotion regulation; Fear of COVID: Intolerance of uncertainty; Network analysisDepression Emotion regulation Fear of COVID Intolerance of uncertainty Network analysisSARS-CoV-2DepressionEmotion regulationCOVID-19Fear of COVID: Intolerance of uncertaintyMental health030227 psychiatryDistressPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyCommunicable Disease ControlAnxietyFemaleNetwork analysismedicine.symptomPsychologyPsychosocial030217 neurology & neurosurgeryStress PsychologicalClinical psychologyResearch Paper
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L’adattamento italiano del Group Questionnaire (GQ): risultati preliminari in gruppi di training universitario.

2012

La comprensione del processo clinico e terapeutico nei gruppi, l’elaborazione concettuale sui costrutti della relazione terapeutica, l’indagine sulla sovrapposizione concettuale (e statistica) dei costrutti Clima di gruppo, Coesione ed Alleanza sono alla base della proposta del Group Questionnaire - GQ (Burlingame, McClendon, Alonso, 2011), self-report di 30 item, che fornisce informazioni sulla qualità delle relazioni in gruppo. Il Group Questionnaire - GQ si differenzia dagli strumenti precedentemente usati perché fondato su una teoria unificata della relazione gruppale (Johnson et al, 2005, 2008; Bormann and Strauss, 2007; Bakali et al, 2008), che individua un modello a tre fattori: Lega…

Group Questionnaire gruppi training valutazione relazione terapeutica
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Self-image and psychological distress in treatment-seeking adolescents

2017

Background: Adolescence has been recognized as a critical period for mental health during which it is fundamental to the well-being of adolescents to provide early and appropriate mental health interventions. Self-image perceptions play a particularly relevant role during adolescence since individuals are extensively involved in reorganizing their identity and relationships. Although the self-image development implies adaptive outcomes for most adolescents, some age-related tasks can be difficult to deal with and lead to psychological suffering for a minority of them. Method: This study examined how domain-specific self-image was associated with psychological distress in 128 treatment-seeki…

050103 clinical psychologymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesPsychological interventionIdentity (social science)Mental healthSelf-imageAdolescencepsychotherapyPsychiatry and Mental healthDistressFeelingPerceptiongender differenceSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaPediatrics Perinatology and Child Health0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesdistreSet (psychology)Psychology050104 developmental & child psychologymedia_commonClinical psychology
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Un'indagine esplorativa per la prevenzione del consumo di cannabis fra adolescenti e giovami adulti

2013

Cannabis Adolescenti
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The relationship between attachment dimensions and perceptions of group relationships over time: An actor–partner interdependence analysis.

2016

A group member’s attachment, anxiety, and avoidance is related to how the group member and the other group members (OGMs) perceive group relationships. In addition, the collective attachment strategies of the OGMs may also be related to how the individual group member and the others perceive the relationships in the group. We extend previous research, using the actor partner interdependence model (APIM), to examine how group members’ and aggregated OGMs’ attachment anxiety and avoid- ance were related to group members’ and OGMs perceptions of positive bonding, positive working, and negative relationships measured early and late in interpersonal growth groups. Three hundred twenty-five Itali…

Social PsychologyGroup (mathematics)media_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGroup composition050109 social psychologyDevelopmental psychologyPerception0502 economics and business0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesattachment anxiety and avoidance group relationships Group Questionnaire actor partner interdependence model group compositionPsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementApplied Psychologymedia_commonGroup Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
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“Diagnosi multidimensionale di soggetti tossicodipendenti detenuti”.

2007

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UNIVERSO ADOLESCENZIALE E FENOMENO MAFIOSO: un confronto fra Sicilia e Campania

2008

adolescenzafenomeno mafioso
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A research study about supervision effectiveness

2008

supervisione psicologia clinica psicopatologia
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Factors Related to Women’s Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

2021

Background. A growing body of research has highlighted the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s mental health. Previous studies showed that women have higher levels of depression, anxiety and PTSD, and worse psychological adjustment than men, which also persisted after the earlier phase of the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate changes in women’s psychological distress during the pandemic and to evaluate the factors that have a more significant impact in predicting women’s psychological distress. Methods. This two-wave longitudinal study (T1 = Italian first lockdown, and T2 = second phase, when the restrictive measures were eased) involved 893 women (Mage = 36.45, SD = 1…

AdultMaleCoping (psychology)Longitudinal studyemotion regulationprincipal component analysisHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPsychological interventionPrincipal component analysiLongitudinal StudieIntolerance of uncertainlyPsychological DistressArticleSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicawomen COVID-19 distress principal component analysis emotion regulation social stability status intolerance of uncertainlyPandemicmedicineHumansSocial stability statuWomenLongitudinal Studiessocial stability statusDistrePandemicsDepression (differential diagnoses)PandemicSARS-CoV-2Emotion regulationPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthRCOVID-19distressMental healthDistressCommunicable Disease ControlAnxietyMedicineFemalewomenmedicine.symptomPsychologyClinical psychologyHuman
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Mutamenti e nuove generazioni

2015

Scopo di questo contributo è proporre una possibile chiave di lettura delle difficoltà che in questo periodo la cultura del nostro paese incontra nell’impostare la relazione con le nuove generazioni, in particolare con la quota di giovani che assumono comportamenti che la maggioranza degli adulti considera in qualche modo devianti. Da un punto di vista generale, ogni generazione comporta e apporta delle novità sulla scena della vita individuale e collettiva, novità che possono assumere tratti di maggiore o minore discostamento da quanto sedimentato negli anni, a seconda delle differenti epoche. In periodi di maggior stabilità socioeconomica, i discostamenti sono minori e più facilmente cont…

AdolescenzaSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicacomportamenti a rischiogiovani adulti
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"Il gruppo mi è servito a...": valutazione di un'esperienza di training

2014

Il contributo espone i dati di una ricerca qualitativa che riguarda la valutazione soggettiva dell’esperienza di partecipazione a cinque gruppi a conduzione psicodinamica svolti in ambito universitario. I gruppi di training sono oggi ampiamente utilizzati in diversi settori della formazione psicologica. Molti autori suggeriscono che gli studenti devono svolgere attività esperienziali per l'apprendimento ottimale (Connolly et al, 2005;. Guth & McDonnell, 2004; Kottler, 2004; McDonnell et al, 2005;. Wilson et al. 2004); tuttavia vi sono ancora pochi studi che mostrano l’esito formativo di questo tipo di esperienza. Obiettivi della ricerca sono: (1) comprendere l’esito dell’esperienza percepit…

Gruppi training psicologia clinica studenti
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I fattori terapeutici nella psicoterapia di gruppo per disturbi da uso di sostanze. Considerazioni cliniche a partire da un contributo empirico

2013

L'articolo propone alcune riflessioni sui gruppi psicoterapeutici ad orientamento psicodinamico con pazienti tossicodipendenti a partire da una ricerca focalizzata sull'analisi del processo e sui fattori terapeutici. Viene anche presentata l'analisi degli elementi processuali che la letteratura ritiene rilevanti nel favorire i processi di cambiamento psicologico

ricerca sul processo terapeuticopsicoterapia di gruppotossicodipendenzaSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
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IDENTITÀ PROFESSIONALE E ATTACCAMENTO. UNA RICERCA SUI GRUPPI DI TRAINING UNIVERSITARI

2013

Nel corso degli ultimi anni nel campo della ricerca sui gruppi terapeutici, le dimensioni dell’attaccamento sono state ampiamente studiate nella loro relazione con misure di processo (coesione, alleanza) e di esito in numerose popolazioni cliniche. Il presente studio vuole approfondire in una popolazione non clinica l’influenza dell’attaccamento sugli esiti dei gruppi di training universitari ad orientamento psicodinamico. Gli obiettivi di tali gruppi, che hanno coinvolto 97 studenti (I anno LM in Psicologia Clinica), sono: sviluppare le capacità di riflessione sulla identità professionale, la capacità di analizzare i propri vissuti e la propria capacità di relazionarsi con gli altri nella …

Identità professionale training gruppi attaccamentoSettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia Dinamica
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“Caratteristiche dei pazienti e alleanza terapeutica nella psicoterapia sistemico-relazionale”

2011

Settore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia Dinamicavalutazione psicoterpia sistemico-familiare alleanza terapeutica
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Relationship between device acceptance and patient-reported outcomes in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) recipients

2019

AbstractThe number of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) implanted each year is rising. Nevertheless, there are minimal data on device acceptance after LVAD implant, and on its relationship with patient-reported outcomes. We designed a cross-sectional study to address this knowledge gap and test the hypothesis that low device acceptance is associated with poorer quality of life, depression and anxiety. Self-report questionnaires were administered to assess quality of life (12-item Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire quality of life subscale), level of anxiety (7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder; GAD-7), level of depression (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9) and device a…

AdultMaleQuality of life0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyGeneralized anxiety disorderdevice acceptance.body imagemedicine.medical_treatmentPsychological interventionlcsh:MedicineHeart failureArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of lifemedicineHumansPatient Reported Outcome Measureslcsh:ScienceDepression (differential diagnoses)AgedCardiac device therapyAged 80 and overMultidisciplinarybusiness.industrylcsh:RMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseLeft Ventricular Assist Deviceanxiety3. Good healthPatient Health QuestionnaireDistress030104 developmental biologyOutcomes researchVentricular assist devicedepressionPhysical therapyAnxietyFemalelcsh:QHeart-Assist Devicesmedicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryScientific Reports
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The Thin Ideal and Attitudes towards Appearance as Correlates of Exercise Addiction among Sporty People during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

The stress and anxiety caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have exacerbated body image concerns. A society that perpetuates the attempt for a perfect and thin appearance represents a fertile ground for the development of exercise addiction (EA). This cross-sectional study aims to explore EA during the second wave of the pandemic (October–December 2020) and to examine the independent influence of both time spent on moderate and vigorous physical activities and body image variables (i.e., drive for leanness and sociocultural attitudes toward appearance) on EA. A sample of Italian sporty people (N = 194; 48.5% females; Mage = 25.91 ± 6.32) was surveyed using the Exercise Addiction In…

Behavioral NeuroscienceSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaGeneticsdrive for leannessCOVID-19sociocultural attitudes towards appearanceCOVID-19; exercise addiction; moderate-to-vigorous physical activities; drive for leanness; sociocultural attitudes towards appearancemoderate-to-vigorous physical activitiesDevelopmentexercise addictionGeneral PsychologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsBehavioral Sciences; Volume 12; Issue 6; Pages: 187
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“Valutazione dell’efficacia dei percorsi terapeutici”.

2005

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Adolescenza, identità e mafia

2005

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La relazione d'aiuto nel lavoro di strada: valutazione dei setting e dei processi di gruppo

2004

Lavoro strada relazione di cura
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Comorbilità psichiatrica, tossicodipendenza e carcere

2008

Introduzione. Negli ultimi anni il nostro gruppo di ricerca si è occupato delle problematiche connesse alla comorbilità psichiatrica nei soggetti tossicodipendenti in differenti contesti di cura. Nel 2007 abbiamo condotto una ricerca all‟interno di una struttura carceraria della città di Palermo. Lo studio si è soffermato sull‟analisi delle problematiche connesse all‟uso di sostanze, con particolare attenzione alle interconnessioni tra dipendenza patologica, problemi di natura psichica e permanenza in carcere. Cornice teorica di riferimento. Diverse evidenze empiriche sottolineano l‟elevata percentuale di disturbi psichiatrici tra i soggetti tossicodipendenti detenuti in carcere (Keene J., …

comorbilità tossicodipendenza carcere
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“Come pensa la mafia. Relazioni, autonomie e dipendenze nella mente degli uomini di Cosa Nostra. (Approfondimenti clinico-sociali e modelli per il ca…

2007

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Sviluppi della ricerca sulla psicologia del fenomeno mafioso: i colletti bianchi nel sistema sanitario siciliano

2012

La rapidità con cui la mafia adegua valori arcaici con le esigenze del presente, la sofisticatezza dei metodi con cui si insinua in molti settori aziendali (pubblici e privati), la sua capacità di insediarsi in territori storicamente non attraversati dalle organizzazioni criminali di stampo mafioso, fa porre ai ricercatori impegnati in questo campo, nuove domande di ricerca. Oggi è noto come la mafia non si sviluppa solamente nelle borgate ma si caratterizza per una invisibile rete di rapporti tra persone di alto status sociale, tra professionisti di diversi settori in grado di operare per un arricchimento delle organizzazioni criminali. Negli ultimi anni si è anche avuto modo di osservare …

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinicapsicologia clinica mafia colletti bianchi
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Understanding the smartphone generation: is problematic smartphone use associated with low body esteem among adolescent girls and boys?

2020

Contemporary adolescents increasingly engage with social media via their smartphones, and problematic smartphone use has been identified as a growing concern. The aim of the current study was to examine the association between problematic smartphone use and body esteem among adolescent boys and girls. A sample of 647 adolescents (mean age: 14.15 years; 56.7% females) completed measures of problematic smartphone use, emotional regulation, and body esteem. Findings from hierarchical regression models revealed that problematic smartphone use was weakly associated with body esteem among both adolescent girls and boys. Furthermore, difficulties with emotional regulation were moderately associate…

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaAdolescents Body esteem Body image Emotion regulation Problematic smartphone useMultilevel modelEmotional regulationSocial mediaMean ageAssociation (psychology)AttributionPsychologyGeneral PsychologyDevelopmental psychologyCurrent Psychology
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Clinical Psychology

2006

Clinical Psychology
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Terapia di Gruppo Gruppo-Analitica. La valutazione empirica di un gruppo monosintomatico

2005

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