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Is Acetaldehyde a substance of abuse? Evidence from a free-access, three-bottle choice paradigm
2012
At present, neuroscience literature dealing with Acetaldehyde (ACD), ethanol first metabolite, as a drug of abuse, reported conditioned taste aversion paradigm and conditioned place preference, following ICV or i.p. administration. No reports exist on ACD oral self-administration probably because of its high volatility. For this reason, this pilot study was aimed at the evaluation of ACD concentration in aqueous solutions, and consequently to the rat drinking behaviour when acetaldehyde was presented in a free-access paradigm together with water and a sweet solution. Preliminarly we investigated the loss of ACD content in aqueous standard solutions. For the investigation of ACD concentratio…
Muscle Dysmorphia in Adolescence: The Role of Parental Psychological Control on a Potential Behavioral Addiction
2019
Objective The study investigated the relationship between psychological parental control and muscle dysmorphia in adolescence, as form of exercise dependence, focusing also on the role of pathological worry. Methods Participants were 312 adolescents (140 boys and 172 girls) aged 16 to 18 years (M= 17.05; SD = 0.85) and completed the Muscle Dysmorphia Disorder Inventory, the Dependency-oriented and Achievement-oriented Parental Psychological Control, and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Results The results highlighted that boys showed higher level than girls in dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented parental psychological control and muscle dysmorphia. Furthermore, girls showed high…
The Dimensions of Facebook Addiction as Measured by Facebook Addiction Italian Questionnaire and Their Relationships with Individual Differences
2017
Abstract The studies reported analyze the factorial structure of Facebook Addiction Italian Questionnaire (FAIQ), a variant of 20-item Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT). In Study 1, we tested FAIQ psychometric properties using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In Study 2, we performed a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to verify the FAIQ factorial structure identified through EFA. Results from CFA confirm the presence of a four-factor model accounting for 58 percent of total variance, plus a general higher order factor that best fits the data. Further relationships between FAIQ factor scores, personality, and Facebook usage have been explored.
Does Attentional Style Moderate the Relationship between Time Perspective and Social Network Addiction? A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of Social…
2021
The present study investigates the role of attentional style as a moderator variable between temporal perspective and social network addiction, since little is known about users’ cognitive variables involved in this kind of addictive behavior. To achieve this goal, a sample of 186 volunteers and anonymous social networking sites users (M = 34%; F = 66%; Mage = 22.54 years; SD = 3.94; range: 18 ÷ 45 years) participated in a cross-sectional study. All participants filled out self-report instruments measuring temporal perspective, internal vs. external attentional style, and social network addiction. The results align with the previous literature and show that present fatalistic and past negat…
Internet e Facebook. Addiction a confronto.
2014
In questo studio pilota abbiamo misurato il livello di Internet Addiction dei soggetti sperimentali italiani in due condizioni: uso generale di Internet, ed uso specifico del SN Facebook, utilizzando la versione italiana di IAT sopra citata, e confrontato i risultati divisi per fasce di età.
Measurement invariance of the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF) across Albania, USA, UK, and Italy
2018
The IGDS9-SF, which assesses Internet Gaming Disorder behaviors, has been validated in a number of countries (Portugal, Italy, Iran, Slovenia), although the psychometric equivalence of the instrument has been assessed only across Australia, the USA, the UK, and India. This research aimed at providing further cross-cultural insights into IGD by assessing the factorial structure of the IGDS9-SF in Albania and investigating its measurement invariance across Albanian, Italian, American, and British gamers. Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analyses were performed on a sample of 1411 participants from Albania (n = 228), USA (n = 237), the UK (n = 275), and Italy (n = 671). The CFAs confirmed the s…
Mas alla del juego: addicion a Internet, al celular, compras compulsiva. Nueva formas de dependencia y riesgos
2012
Addiction. Aspetti biologici e di ricerca
2010
Negli ultimi anni lo studio delle dipendenze patologiche si è arricchito di numerosi contributi scientifici ma anche di osservazioni cliniche che hanno ampliato l'area di indagine sulle condotte compulsive. Obiettivo degli autori è offrire le acquisizioni più recenti per affrontare la sfida che le dipendenze patologiche pongono oggi al clinico e al ricercatore, allo psicofarmacologo e allo psicoterapeuta