21 articles in this issue
Salvatore Settineri,Emanuele Maria Merlo
The success of Freudenberger's term burnout (1974), initially used for a clinical picture of air traffic controllers, can have different interpretations. On the one hand, the context in which it was introduced is emphasised with reference to the automatio... see more
Tungki Pratama Umar,Reem Sayad,Muhammed Edib Mokresh,Maria Chakhide,Reem Mahjoub,Hasnaa Saad,Mark D. Griffiths,Kate Khair,Lubna Mohammed
Background: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a serious chronic condition that leads to diminished quality of life and psychological problems. The current study aimed to systematically reviewed the existing literature on EDS patients' health-related qu... see more
Sara Iannattone,Anna Malerba,Chiara Carloni,Alessandra Farina,Valentina Cardi,Gioia Bottesi
Background: Anxiety symptoms are rather frequent in adolescence and associated with long-term negative consequences. Therefore, expanding knowledge on the factors that may underlie anxiety symptomatology is extremely relevant; to this end, intolerance of ... see more
Sara Anne Rea,Victoria Marianne Samuel,Nuno Ferreira,Marc Owen Williams
Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is an often life-saving nutritional treatment. However, it requires meticulous adherence to line care procedures and poses challenges to daily activities which can impact a person’s quality of life (QOL) and psy... see more
Roberto Truzoli,Gessica Pistis,Stella Conte
Background: In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a lockdown in several countries all around the world. In Italy a decret-law on March 9, 2020 lockdown was extended to schools and Universities. This situation caused symptoms such as: anxiety, insomnia... see more
Nansi Dilyanova Kiskimska,Francisco Martínez-Sánchez
Background: Alexithymia study has been severely affected by the absence of psychometrically validated tests. Two tests stand out against all others: the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) and the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ). The aim of this s... see more
Francesca Boldrini,Benedetta Ragni,Daniela Barni,Teresa Grimaldi Capitello,Rosaria Giampaolo,Vanessa Marchetti,Simona De Stasio
Background: Stable parent-infant relationships and adequate ordinary care significantly support children’s development since the very early stages of life. Principal models of intervention sustain parental skills and foster quality of parent-infant intera... see more
Jessica Ranieri,Federica Guerra,Eleonora Cilli,Francesco Brancati,Dina Di Giacomo
Background: Albeit the genetic testing/counseling is increasing progressively in oncological clinical practice, psychological impact of BRCA genetic testing has been an under-researched area in oncological population; few studies have examined a wide rang... see more
Giovanni Mansueto,Danilo Carrozzino,Kaj Sparle Christensen,Chiara Patierno,Fiammetta Cosci
Background: The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) is a widely used patient-reported outcome measure. While psychometric properties of the DASS-21 have been studied, insufficient attention has been devoted to the assessment of its clinimetr... see more
Ilaria Chirico,Maria Casagrande,Gianluca Castelnuovo,Davide Maria Cammisuli,Anna Maria Della Vedova,Elisa Di Rosa,Isabella Giulia Franzoi,Mario Fulcheri,Antonella Granieri,Giovanni Ottoboni,Anna Pecchinenda,Luciano Peirone,Donatella Petretto,Maria Quattropani,Alberto Sardella,Rabih Chattat
In the context of Italian aging population, clinical psychology can play a crucial role in enabling older adults to cope with the multiple challenges associated with the aging process and disease-related issues. This manifesto was written by the 'Cl... see more
Giorgio Maria Regnoli,Gioia Tiano,Massimiliano Sommantico,Barbara De Rosa
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the social, relational, and economic transformations of the lockdown had a strong traumatic impact on the mental health of the word population, even more so on specific targets such as young adults. The spread ... see more
Esteban Moreno-Montero,Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera,Micaela Jiménez-Borja,Carlos José Jiménez-Mosquera,Diego Vaca-Quintana
Background: Cognitive Fusion (CF) limits behavior by perceiving thoughts as real events. It is a crucial process in the evaluation and intervention of contextual therapies. Its measurement is carried out through the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ), w... see more
Antonia Sorge,Alice Cancer,Stefania Balzarotti,Davide Ruzzon,Cesare Burdese,Emanuela Saita
Purpose: The prison population is considered to be vulnerable to stress caused by the physical environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychological effects of the prison’s environment on both inmates and staff. Design: We compared the psyc... see more
Annamaria Petito,Annalisa Loconsole,Melania Severo,Elisabetta Ricciardi,Marco Angelillo,Salvatore Iuso,Stefania Ferrante,Giulia Scioscia,Paola Pierucci,Andrea Portacci,Donato Lacedonia,Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano,Francesco Mancini,Maria Grazia Foschino Barbaro
Background: The Post-COVID syndrome, characterized by persistence of psychological, neurologic, and physical symptoms, affects a large proportion of COVID-19 survivors. Specifically, females seem at increased risk of experiencing more psychological manife... see more
Alessio Gori,Eleonora Topino,Alessandro Musetti,Giulia Tulli,Giuseppe Craparo,Marco Cacioppo,Luigi Janiri
Background: Among the various components of subjective well-being, satisfaction with life attracts considerable interest, and the research about the antecedents of this construct is a thriving field in the scientific literature. Therefore, the present stu... see more
Sara Beomonte Zobel,Raffaella Abate,Guyonne Rogier,Clarisse Wille,Laura Parolin,Patrizia Velotti
Objective: Despite the well documented negative outcomes related to traumatic events, people who experience traumatic events may manage the consequences in an adaptive way. This study aims to understand whether nature relatedness perception and the percei... see more
Raffaele De Luca Picione,Elvira Martini,Sara Cicchella,Alessandro Germani,Ermelinda Maio,Mirella Dragone,Gina Troisi,Simone Rollo,Alessandro Musetti,Claudia Venuleo
Introduction: Cyberbullying represents one of the main current concerns of parents, educators and clinicians on youth. It consists of aggressive, offensive and injurious behaviors against a person by means of electronic device and sharing abusive content ... see more
Fiammetta Iannuzzo,Francesco Nucera,Antonio Bruno,Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello,Gaetano Caramori
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by a burden of comorbid conditions, including depression, that has been related with an increased risk of exacerbations, low adherence to pharmacological treatments and behavioral i... see more
Anja Hildebrand,Maren Weiss,Mark Stemmler
Objective: [U25] Germany is a low-threshold, anonymous and free-of-charge online suicide prevention service for people up to 25 years of age. Its special feature is that counseling is provided by trained and continuously supervised voluntary peers. This s... see more
Carla Alexandra Fonte,Mariana Melo
Background: Positive mental health has had different definitions, but the current one embraces the presence of levels of well-being and decreased levels of psychopathology. This vision of positive mental health has increased the interest in developing pos... see more
Paola Manfredi,Andrea Clarici
Scientific production in psychology, especially in intersection with neurobiology, encompasses a vast array of methodologically impeccable works, rigorous research, and sophisticated statistical elaborations.