Paolo Stratta

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  Paolo Stratta, Cristina Capanna, Ilaria Riccardi, Claudia Carmassi, Armando Piccinni, Liliana Dell'Osso, Alessandro Rossi
• Article: Suicide in the Aftermath of the L'Aquila (Italy) Earthquake.

  Paolo Stratta, Alessandro Rossi
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  ABSTRACT: Background: Given the well-documented acute increase in psychopathology after disasters as well as the greater likelihood of suicide among persons with psychopathology, it may be expected that suicide rates also rise after such events. Aim: To investigate the suicide rate 1 year after the April 2009 earthquake that struck L'Aquila (Italy). Methods: Suicide rates were collected from administrative data sets of the Italian National Institute of Statistics for the years 2004 through 2009. Results: The number and rate of suicides during 2009 are the lowest since 2004 - and significantly lower than the two prequake years. Conclusions: The findings suggest that an investigation of resilience and posttraumatic personal growth might be useful in guiding public health efforts on suicidal prevention in the aftermath of disasters.
  Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 11/2012; · 1.09 Impact Factor
• Article: Temperament and Character Inventory-R (TCI-R) and Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ): convergence and divergence.

  Cristina Capanna, Francesca Struglia, Ilaria Riccardi, Enrico Daneluzzo, Paolo Stratta, Alessandro Rossi
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  ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the correspondence between measures of two competing theories of personality, the five-factor model as measured by the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ), and Cloninger's psychobiological theory measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R). A sample of 900 Italian participants, balanced with respect to sex (393 men and 507 women), and representative of the adult population with respect to age (range 18 to 70 years; M = 39.6, SD = 15.7) completed the TCI-R and the Big Five Questionnaire. All TCI-R personality dimensions except Self-Transcendence were moderately correlated with one or more of the Big Five dimensions (from r = .40 to .61), and the two instruments showed areas of convergence. However, the differences outweighed the similarities, indicating that these current conceptualizations and measures of personality are somewhat inconsistent with each other.
  Psychological Reports 06/2012; 110(3):1002-6. · 0.44 Impact Factor
• Article: Decision making, impulsivity, and personality traits in alcohol-dependent subjects.

  Annarita Tomassini, Francesca Struglia, Daniela Spaziani, Roberta Pacifico, Paolo Stratta, Alessandro Rossi
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  ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to assess the relationship among decision-making (DM) ability (as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task [IGT]), impulsivity, and temperament and character traits in a long-term abstinent alcohol-dependent sample. Twenty-six abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects, referred to a Drug Addiction Unit of the National Health Service of L'Aquila, were evaluated using the IGT, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, version 11 (BIS-11), and the Temperament and Character Inventory 125-item (TCI-125) version. Twenty-four control subjects were recruited and assessed with IGT only. The clinical and control samples were significantly different in their IGT performance, the former sample making disadvantageous choices leading to lower scores. Significant negative correlations between IGT total score and BIS Non-Planning Impulsivity and a trend toward significance with TCI Novelty Seeking dimension were reported. Our data confirm the results of other studies suggesting DM impairment related to impulsive dimension as an important feature in subjects with alcohol dependence: the finding suggests a role of DM impairment in increasing proneness to a chronic relapsing course.
  American Journal on Addictions 05/2012; 21(3):263-7. · 1.74 Impact Factor
• Article: How much stress is needed to increase vulnerability to psychosis? A community assessment of psychic experiences (CAPE) evaluation 10 months after an earthquake in L’Aquila (Italy)

  Alessandro Rossi, Silvia di Tommaso, Paolo Stratta, Ilaria Riccardi, Enrico Daneluzzo
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  ABSTRACT: Since severe stress can induce mental disorder symptoms that interact with vulnerability factors, the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) was evaluated in a population of 419 young adults who survived an earthquake; results were compared to a database of 1,057 ‘non-exposed’ subjects. Unexpectedly, earthquake survivors showed lower CAPE scores for ‘small’ to ‘medium’ effect size. Post-trauma positive changes or re-appraisal for successful adaptation may explain these findings. KeywordsCommunity assessment of psychic experiences (CAPE)–Earthquake–Post-traumatic growth (PTG)
  European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 04/2012; 262(3):265-268. · 3.49 Impact Factor