Noemi Rosa Maganuco

• Phd Student
• Università degli Studi di Enna Kore

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...

Introduction: Since it was proposed by DSM-5, several research were conducted on Internet Gaming Disorder. Findings suggest that specific configurations of personality traits, dissociation experiences, insecure attachment style and alexithymia are linked to IGD. The purpose of this research is to include, in exploration of these configurations, the...

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: 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...

Objective: Symptoms of problematic Internet use (PIU) may be increased in people who display an excessive involvement in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Notably, impulsivity and alexithymia have not been investigated together in the literature addressing the predictors of PIU among gamers, despite evidence that these per...

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...

Even though positive associations among problematic Internet use (PIU), maladaptive personality traits, insecure attachment styles, and dissociation have been frequently observed in research, a need exists to examine the interrelationships among these factors in young adults. Two hundred fifty-three young adults (52% females) aged between 18 and 25...

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...

Objective: In the field of perinatal psychology, the majority of studies focused on mothers’ psychological and behavioral states during pregnancy, neglecting the role of their partners. This study used an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model approach to evaluate the role of social support and emotional intelligence in both members of marital couples...

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...

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%...