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It is critical to investigate the role of psychological and psychosocial factors involved in cancer diagnosis, in order to improve prevention and treatment strategies. Two hundred and six Italian participants (healthy group, 118 adult volunteers, 53.4% female; target group, 88 patients with first-time cancer diagnosis, 55.7% female) completed quest...
While all women from refugee backgrounds confront significant risk and adversity, those women who are in danger of gender-related abuse and who lack adequate protection by male family members (referred to here as women-at-risk) are at heightened risk. This study, informed by a meaning-making stance privileging wellbeing and transformation, explores...
Il presente contributo nasce dalla convinzione che la riflessione avviatasi circa l’organizzazione dei saperi scientifici in termini di settori scientifico-disciplinari vada affrontata in termini scientifici, sulla base di dati empirici affidabili. In tal senso, è stato chiesto all’universo dei professori e dei ricercatori di psicologia dinamica de...
Introduction: Studies on psychological factors associated to cancer diagnosis show that many patients have difficulty coping with the event, and their mental health and well-being can be affected by an extreme focus on the disease and its negative consequences. The aim of the study was to investigate which risk factors increased psychological impai...
Background: Scientific evidence has failed to generate conclusive evidence about the possibility that specific psychological factors are linked to cancer diagnoses. This case-control study examined whether psychological factors may contribute to the prediction of a cancer diagnosis. Methods: The study involved 215 participants (control group: 111 a...
Background: Emotion dysregulation has been linked to the development of several disorders. Accordingly, a need exists to better understand the specific domains of emotion dysregulation and their reciprocal interactions. In the current study, we examined the structure of the relationships among different domains of emotion dysregulation by applying...
Background: Scientific evidence has failed to generate conclusive evidence about the possibility that specific psychological factors are linked to cancer diagnoses. This case-control study examined whether psychological factors may contribute to the prediction of a cancer diagnosis. Methods: The study involved 215 participants (control group: 111 a...
Introduzione: Il presente contributo di ricerca è volto a indagare quali differenze intercorrono tra donne con diagnosi di tumore al seno, donne con diagnosi di sclerosi multipla e donne senza diagnosi medica rispetto a psicopatologia generale, esposizione ad esperienze potenzialmente traumatiche nel corso della vita e tratti alessitimici.
Metodo:...
Introduzione: Il presente contributo di ricerca è volto a indagare quali differenze intercorrono tra donne con diagnosi di tumore al seno, donne con diagnosi di sclerosi multipla e donne senza diagnosi medica rispetto a psicopatologia generale, esposizione ad esperienze potenzialmente traumatiche nel corso della vita e tratti alessitimici. Metodo:...
Introduzione E’ riconosciuto come la diagnosi di neoplasia possa avere un impatto destrutturante sugli individui, compromettendone il funzionamento cognitivo, emotivo e relazionale.
L’obiettivo di questo studio è stato quello di esplorare il rapporto tra l’esposizione a eventi traumatici, i tratti disadattivi di personalità, l’alessitimia, i mecca...
Introduzione E’ riconosciuto come la diagnosi di neoplasia possa avere un impatto destrutturante sugli individui, compromettendone il funzionamento cognitivo, emotivo e relazionale.
L’obiettivo di questo studio è stato quello di esplorare il rapporto tra l’esposizione a eventi traumatici, i tratti disadattivi di personalità, l’alessitimia, i mecca...
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The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to examine the efficacy of Pennebaker’s expressive writing intervention (EWI) in improving the perceived quality of life (QoL) and in reducing psychiatric symptoms among patients who received a cancer diagnosis.
Methods
Seventy-one consecutively recruited patients who received a cancer diagnosi...
Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is an extensive fantasy activity that replaces human interaction and interferes with work and interpersonal functioning. In the current study, we investigated the nomological network of the MD construct and examined the psychometric properties of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16) in an Italian sample. The MDS-1...
The Dark Triad represents a collection of three socially aversive traits, namely Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Italian translation of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) in a sample of 799 adults, and we explored the associations among Dark Triad traits, theory of mind, em...
Aim: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine-metabolic disorder. It affects women’s physical well-being and leads to great psychological distress. Indeed, women with PCOS show a compromised quality of life as well as impaired emotional well-being. The aim of this study is to assess personality characteristics, body image and alexithy...
Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the relationships between child maltreatment, alterations in interoceptive awareness, and somatic symptoms. Method: 370 adult participants (54% females) completed a battery of self-reportmeasures for the assessment of childhood trauma, interoceptive awareness, and somatic symptoms. Results: Signific...
Introduction: The use of reliable and valid measures to assess personality domains is crucial to
examine the psychological phenomena underlying criminal conduct. The current study explored the
relationship between maladaptive personality traits as measured by the Personality Inventory for
DSM-5 (PID-5) and psychopathy as measured by the Psychopathy...
Aim: Research has extensively examined the relationship between defense mechanisms (DM) and personality traits. However, no study to date has explored if specific defenses (alone or in combination) are able to predict dysfunctional variants of personality domains, as conceived in the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders. This study aim...
Pennebaker’s method is a writing technique that allows individuals to process traumatic or stressful events by writing the feelings experienced during such events. The aims of this study was to test the efficacy of Pennebaker’s method in reducing the psychiatric symptoms of people who received a first-time cancer diagnosis. An RCT was conducted wit...
Purpose of Review
In this study, we present a systematic review of empirical studies that have addressed the relationship between Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and personality in the last 10 years (2007–2016). A systematic search of scientific literature identified 27 peer-reviewed empirical studies that examined the relationship between IGD and p...
Objective: This study aims to examine the relationship between maladaptive personality traits and Internet addiction symptoms among young adults. Even though the linkage between personality traits and problematic Internet use has already been investigated in several studies, the need exists to explore how dysfunctional variants of pesonality trait,...
The association between traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and substance abuse is well established.
Less is known about the role of traumatic experiences and alexithymia in the onset and maintenance of
Internet-related disorders. In the present study, self-report measures on traumatic experiences,
alexithymia, and problematic Internet use were...
Introduction: Theory suggests that the development of Theory of Mind (ToM) is linked to positive care experiences in the relationship between the child and his or her mother figure (Fonagy et al., 2002), which fosters the development of a positive view of self and other. The aim of the current study was to test this developmental model in a group o...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood experiences of emotional neglect, negative affectivity, and adult psychiatric symptoms. Two hundred fifty-two participants aged between 18 and 65 years old completed questionnaires on parental bonding, negative feelings, and current psychiatric symptoms. Correlational analy...
Post-traumatic symptoms (PTS) have complex origins. On a side, they derive from an external noxious force that damages the biopsychosocial integrity of the individual; on the other, there are many temperamental, developmental, and relational factors that modulate the individual’s response to trauma. In this study, 180 participants (112 females, 62%...
Negli ultimi anni il tema della trascuratezza emotiva si è imposto sempre maggiormente nella letteratura clinica e empirica sui fattori di rischio per lo sviluppo di disturbi mentali. Infatti, anche quando non comportino forme fisiche di maltrattamento, le condotte genitoriali caratterizzate da disattenzione verso le necessità affettive del bambino...
