Silvia Platania

• Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology (Ph.D.)
• Professor (Assistant) at University of Catania

Coaches and sportsmen and women have long paid more attention to individual factors that predispose to sports practice and how they are able to affect performance, both in training and during competitive performance. Despite this, to date, very little research has analyzed the relationship between individual variables such as sense of self-efficacy...

The present narrative review aimed to appraise the current evidence on gender diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) in dental higher education. It highlighted the existing gender disparities in dental education and leadership roles as well as the progress and challenges faced by contemporary dental schools in achieving gender DEI. Although men h...

Nel corso degli ultimi anni è cresciuta l'attenzione intorno ai temi del benessere e della salute nel contesto accademico. Studi recenti suggeriscono che il personale docente e ricercatore è sottoposto a numerose pressioni sul lavoro provenienti da una varietà di fonti e questo determina importanti ricadute sui livelli di benessere. Nello specifico...

Although various policies exist to reduce gender inequality, the literature suggests that many women experimented or assisted forms of sexism in working or living settings. It is claimed that sexism evolved into a more ambiguous and subtle form, turning into benevolent sexism, reverse sexism and microaggressions. Everyday sexist microaggressions ma...

statement What is already known about this topic? Studies have shown that healthcare workers, and in particular frontline workers, are more prone to burnout, psycho‐physical disorders (insomnia, fatigue, irritability) and cognitive disorders (difficulty in concentrating) than other professions and healthcare workers in other units. In contrast, pot...

Introduction Based on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the present study aimed to validate “The Technical and Administrative Staff Quality of Life At Work” (TASQ@work), a new tool to assess the quality of life at work in academia focused on technical and administrative staff. Methods This tool was developed by the QoL@Work research team, a...

Individual work performance can be defined as individual behaviour capable of generating value and a competitive advantage for the organization. Furthermore, this construct is linked to other fundamental variables that constitute worker well-being, such as job satisfaction and engagement. Although important, a complete measure of individual work pe...

Ensuring sustainable consumption is one of the goals of Agenda 2030. It is widely recognized that food is one of the consumption domains responsible for the largest impact of social, economic and environmental sustainability. The current food system is not sufficient to sustain rates in a sustainable manner, and thus is necessary to find sustainabl...

The Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) can be defined as the individual be-haviour capable of generating value and competitive advantage for the organization. It is a mul-ti-dimensional construct, consisting of task performance, contextual performance and counter-productive work behavior. Albeit important, a comprehensive measure of i...

Academic burnout is a health issues that largely interests the global community and troubles students at all academic levels. Despite the significant effects on students’ quality of life, well-being, and academic performance, yet, it has not been adequately examined. Therefore, this study is aimed at exploring the levels of academic burnout, the pe...

There is a limited amount of research to investigate emotional transition (i.e. love to hate) among consumers. Moreover, can value-expressiveness motivate consumers to not to share negative word of mouth (NWOM) despite hating a brand? This study aims at addressing these important research questions. Survey-based data is collected from 413 Indian lu...

The instability resulting from major changes in recent decades has fostered a climate of uncertainty and risk that has had repercussions in terms of unemployment, social inequality, and precariousness. To cope with this phenomenon, especially in the context of career transitions, individuals have had to activate multiple psychological resources. In...

The belief that men are the new victims of sexism and anti-male bias is gaining traction globally. The concept of reverse sexism, called the belief in sexism shift, is a new and particularly insidious form of contemporary anti-female sexism that combines the prejudice of hostile sexism with the subtlety of modern sexism. Facilitating the cross-cult...

In contemporary society, following the sudden changes that occur, different forms of addiction are becoming popular. Of note are the new addictions and concepts of poly-dependencies that involve common behaviors and trap people who suffering from them in a vicious circle. The main goal of this study is to investigate the possible mediating role tha...

All work sectors have been affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The perception of risk combined with the lack of safety and fear for their own safety have caused severe psychological discomfort in workers. Of all the work sectors, the most affected was certainly the healthcare sector. In hospitals, medical staff were at the forefront of...

The experiences of healthcare workers (HCWs) during COVID-19 have been characterized by psychological symptoms such as stress, anxiety and depression, compassion fatigue and post-traumatic stress, which are long-lasting. The general picture of HCWs, especially frontline workers, is that of a physically and psychologically exhausted group. The aim o...

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted global health. Frontline healthcare workers involved in the response to COVID-19 faced physical and psychological challenges that threatened their wellbeing and job satisfaction. The pandemic crisis, alongside pre-existing critical issues, exposed healthcare workers to constant emotional fatigue, creating an i...

Existing literature reported a shared awareness about the effects of the organisational climate (OC). The promotion of a positive OC, and a supportive and fair diversity climate, affected the workforce’s behaviour, especially performance and satisfaction. Scholars stated that the way employees respond to dissatisfaction could be explained through t...

The present study aims to investigate the determinants of luxury hotel choice, while also analyzing hotels’ ability to promote their related destination. The relationship between Destination Brand Love, and the antecedent factors which determine the choices of potential tourists in the Italian territory were studied. Four hundred and seventy-eight...

The present study provides evidence for a valid and reliable tool, the Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT), to investigate the quality of life at work in academics within the Italian university sector. The AQ@workT was developed by the QoL@Work research team, namely a group of expert academics in the field of work and organizational psychology...

Even though the constructs of climate and organisational culture were developed and described for the first time decades ago [...]

The Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12) was developed by Lorenz et al. (2016) to broaden the application of psychological capital, since usually tied to workplace settings; however, no further verification of its suitability across different samples was performed. The present work in-vestigated the psychometric properties of an Italian adaptation of the...

The JSS is based on the theoretical position that job satisfaction represented an affective or attitudinal reaction to a job, and today is one of the most popular instruments used in I-O psychology. This paper discusses the contribution to the validation of an Italian adaptation of the Job Satisfaction Survey. Five hundred and twenty-seven particip...

Drawing from the theory of self-regulation and a model of goal-directed behaviour, this study examines the determinants (i.e., attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, desire, negative WOM coping strategies, and avoidance coping strategies) of visitors’ intentions to engage in cultural tourism within Sicily. Based on a sample of...

Apathy is a neuropsychiatric symptom observed in different neurological and psychiatric disorders. Although apathy is considered a symptom, it has been recently reconsidered as a syndrome characterised by three dimensions: cognitive symptoms, affective symptoms and behavioural symptoms. Recent studies have shown that apathy can be considered as a p...

Although safety climate has been the object of multiple studies in the last thirty years, the relationship between safety climate and organizational climate has been scarcely investigated. The Organizational and Safety Climate Inventory (OSCI) was the first and only validated instrument to allow the assessment of organizational and safety climates...

Recent studies have highlighted the increased risk of exposure to PTSD among military personnel who are faced with extreme stressor events, the stress related to the peacekeeping mission, indicates that even peacekeepers could be at risk of developing PTSD independently of war attacks or wounds. The resilience's construct has a strong theoretical b...

Aim of this paper is to analyse tourist’s behaviour who chooses to consume and enjoy luxury goods. The sector investigated is that of hospitality, explain as the segment of luxury hotels, restaurants and cellars. Data collection involved 160 tourists, 92 women and 68 men, aged between 19 and 65 (M = 35.6; SD = 11.6), recruited in luxury accommodati...

Several authors have highlighted the importance of creating a useful tool to evaluate academic Burnout through the construction and validation of specific scales to evaluate academic Burnout. Based on the literature, the aim of this study is to evaluate in Italian university the psychometric properties of the SBI-U 9 scale for Academic Burnout in u...

Background: The organizational climate is a quality of the internal environment of an organization that is shared by its members, can be described in terms of the values of the characteristics of an organization, influencing the workers' behaviour. A number of empirical studies have examined the relationship of climate perceptions and a variety of...

Threat appeal campaigns have been widely used to induce people to change their bad smoking habits by adopting a better approach in favor of a healthier lifestyle. Social marketers who create this kind of messages tend to believe in the persuasive power of fear arousal. For most people, fear has an important consequence on behavior, leading them to...

Brand hate can be defined as the consumer’s dissatisfaction with the product or serviceperformance. The consumer’s hatred of the brand is related to the desire for revenge and avoidance.This kind of emotion does not remain only a desire; it is often transformed into real actions that leadto consumer behavior. Although the analysis of the literature...

Background Cognitive dysfunction represents a distinct biological and clinical dimension in major depression disorders (MDD) and cognitive performance strongly affects psychosocial functioning in patients diagnosed with MDD. Objective To assess which neurocognitive variables at baseline predict the functional outcome of MDD patients in a 1-year fo...

PURPOSE Recent literature revealed how employees’ high psychological capital seemed to boost work engagement, but the process through which this effect occurs has not been fully explored yet. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to test whether job crafting can be a mediator of the relationship between psychological capital and work engagemen...

The present study aims to explore the relationships between the consumer brand identification (CBI) construct and the antecedent factor of the determinant of choice (Drivers): Desire, Subjective norms, Attitude toward act and Behavioral intention. In particular, the research presents different implications on the identification and brand of the bra...

Luxury brands are gradually going green. The new fronteria of the luxury market is in fact marked and voted towards environmental sustainability. The new generation of consumers, the so-called neogreen, do not want to renounce either the quality or sophistication of the products they use, but, today more than ever, they are attentive to be more sus...

Purpose In the last decades, several studies have been conducted on a particular martial art, judo, to evaluate performances and psychology of its athletes. In the present study, to investigate other possible variables, we analyzed, in adult athletes of both sexes practicing judo from at least 5 years, the relation between blood lactate levels and...

Il fine di questo elaborato è di porre una riflessione sul ruolo che lo sport ha per gli individui e per la collettività, sulle motivazioni che portano le persone a praticarlo ed a seguirlo. Questa riflessione permetterà di fare un confronto con un fenomeno in pieno sviluppo, denominato E-sport, per evidenziare come questi due mondi abbiano mol...

Background The phases of career building today bring out a more complex process than in previous decades. Starting from the literature review, the university-to-work transition is considered a very important step in the future career of the graduates, and it involves some psychological resources and requires specific abilities. Methods Research ha...

The present study aims to explore the attitude of residents towards the phenomenon of tourism. Specifically, the study aims to highlight the factors that can affect, positively or negatively, the relationship between residents and tourists. The geographical context of the study is the Iblei tourist district.The Iblei tourist district was founded in...

The aim of this study was to investigate the variables that promote and determinates the choice of consumption of the typical Sicilian product, refering in particular to the food and wine sector. Specifically, based on the previous literature, a first hypothesis is explore the impact of subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and attitude o...

Introduction: Doing regular physical activity offers a great deal of positive physiological and psychological effects, such as a decrease in cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and hypertension. Today, more than ever, physical activity is particularly relevant in people’s life, as it can be seen by the great number of people who registers in gyms...

After a presentation of the main model for conceptualizing and measuring intelligence, the importance of Mental Imagery in determining the cognitive performances in Intellectual Disability (ID) is underlined. The study aims at investigating if mental imagery can moderate the effect of cognitive components (i.e., Factor IQ) on the degree of mental d...

In the last decades, entrepreneurship became a very popular topic both for scholars and policymakers, due to its particular role in the economic and social development of the countries. It is, indeed, capable of dealing with the current economic crisis stimulating innovation and technological progress, generating competition, creating employment an...

Nell’ambito degli studi prodotti dalla psicologia positiva, recentemente emerge (vedi Bakker et. Al, 2016) una nuova concezione del rapporto che il lavoratore instaura con il proprio lavoro: il job crafting. Esso indica la propensione del lavoratore a fare dei cambiamenti all’interno del suo ruolo che gli consentono di svolgere il proprio compito c...

Uncertainty and unpredictability are characteristic aspects of our time. Uncertainty is, for most people, a negative element. Fear of bankruptcy is a barrier to action, people who have a high certainty need tend to adopt stereotypical behaviours to a greater extent and are less open to receiving information that could refute such stereotypes (Neube...

La sindrome dell’acquisto compulsivo si basa sull’estremizzazione di un comportamento quotidiano socialmente accettato, che rende difficile la distinzione tra un consumo normale ed uno patologico. Rispetto alla tendenza allo shopping compulsivo, questo studio si propone di valutare: 1) l’incidenza all’interno di un campione di consumatori; 2) la re...

The present research analyzed the elements of thalassemia which affect the patient’s perceived quality of life. Three hundred patients with Thalassemia Major (males = 165, 55%; females = 135, 45%; Mage = 36.13, standard deviation = 8.54) were the sample. Analysis of multiple mediations revealed a direct effect of self-efficacy on the Satisfaction w...

In Sicily wine culture it has been handed down from ancient generations. The local economy has deep roots in the activities of vinification; this resulted in the award of a certificate of excellence. Given the international spread of Sicilian wine, we wanted to investigate the variables that influence behavior,the intensity and identity of typical...

The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the nineitem Mindfulness Organizing Scale (MOS) in a sample of 654 Italian employees (330 males and 324 females, age range 25-64 years). A confirmatory factor analysis and a reliability analysis were carried out. The results supported the one-dimensional f...

Courage is an ancient construct that has historically been regarded as a great virtue because it helps people to face their intrapersonal and interpersonal challenges. However, psychologists have conducted only limited research on the psychology of courage: recently, in the framework of positive psychology, courage has been included in the classifi...

Consumer behavior literature have traditionally focused on the positive aspect of consumptions, ignoring the negative forms and related implications. Our contribution try a first conceptualization of the entire phenomenon, focusing in detail on predictor motives (reasons influencing consumers and lead them to feelings of hatred against the brands),...

Burnout is a syndrome caused by prolonged responses to chronic stressors derived from interpersonal relationships in the workplace. Burnout has been associated with important negative organisational outcomes: job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, neglect, intention to leave the job. Numerous studies have tested the inverse relationship between emotiona...

The aim of this study is to discover the wine store variables that arouse the desire to purchase in the consumer. Wine is a complex product: its features are better able to be perceived and valued in a suitable sales environment. The store environment contains various stimuli that might be perceived by the customer's senses, and each stimulus offer...

For decades, the organizational context dynamics and their effects on workers wellbeing represent one of the main themes of health psychology in the Workplace. More recently, the scientific interest has turned to the possible relationship between the organizational climate characteristics and worker mental and physical health. Starting from this pr...

Quali potrebbero essere gli antecedenti determinanti per generare oggi soddisfazione o insoddisfazione lavorativa? Ed ancora: quali condizioni, “oggettivamente soggettive”, potrebbero determinare percezioni così diverse tra soggetti in termini di soddisfazione ? La soddisfazione lavorativa, si presenta come particolarmente connotato dalla soggettiv...

This study aims to explore residents’ attitudes toward tourism and how these attitudes could be influenced by factors such as of one’s subjective sense of well-being and personal satisfaction with life. The study’s empirical geographical context is Taormina, a Sicilian community with high touristic frequency. Taormina is a popular resort town in Si...

The economic crisis and market saturation have encouraged the growth and interest in local strategies to enhance the product. The study aims to analyse the consumption behaviour of those who choose to buy local products, in particular the wine, in order to identify what are the variables (the determinants of choice) that influence the purchase of t...

Introduction: In 1907 Louisa Burns took into account the pregnant woman as a target of choice for Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and over the years various studies have shown the efficacy of OMT and identified fields of application for the problems that may be encountered by pregnant women. Firstly Osteopathy in Italy is not recognized to...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that aren't part of standard care. Although using complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is becoming increasingly prevalent in Italy, research in complementary and alternative therapy in older adults is limited. This study investigates the predictors...

In discussions of regulations governing same-sex marriage and adoption by gays and lesbians, the issue of State secularism is often called into question. This study aims to test the mediating effects of State secularism on the relationship between Catholic identity, political orientation, and gay civil rights. Participants were Catholic Italians wh...

Literature stressed that, although change is often essential for organizational success, employees usually find it rather difficult to change. Justice has been shown to be predictive of many organizational dynamics related to change and optimism can also be instrumental to help in dealing with different kinds of job stress, like organizational chan...

In recent decades, research has increasingly focused on the factors that predispose people to work and on the importance of a positive climate within organisations. Next to the multi-dimensional construct climate , the concept of "work engagement" has recently emerged. This is understood as the ability of individuals to act in order to follow the i...

All’interno di quella che è la disamina relativa al comportamento del consumatore, negli ultimi anni prende maggiormente corpo l’attenzione, da parte degli studiosi di settore, nei confronti di quello che è un fenomeno sempre più diffuso: la compulsione all’acquisto. Tale fenomeno rientra nelle cosiddette nuove forme di psicopatologie chiamate “dip...

In recent decades, research has increasingly focused on the factors that predispose people to work and on the importance of a positive climate within organisations. Next to the multi-dimensional construct climate , the concept of "work engagement" has recently emerged. This is understood as the ability of individuals to act in order to follow the i...

The aim of the study is to identify the variables that determine the choice of purchase. Specifically we want to investigate the motivations and attitudes that provide the cognitive selection of mass market brand in shopping centers. To the research participated 415 consumers (276 men, 139 women). The results indicate that the main motivation that...

Purpose – This study aims to identify the life styles of adolescents through a reading of the dimensions which are seen in purchasing behavior. The dimensions investigated were: cognitive associations that adolescents attribute to known and established brands, and the evaluative and emotional attitudes towards the brand, and intentional purchase be...

Perceived self-efficacy is one of the psychological aspects strictly involved in learning processes and scholastic choice. Learning in educational contexts applied to self -efficacy is, more often, related to "wellness". Self efficacy therefore becomes an important element for all help strategies and to arrange appropriately vocational guidance pla...

Lo scopo della ricerca è di identificare quali sono le variabili che determinano la scelta del turismo di lusso. Nello specifico il nostro obiettivo è stato di individuare quali sono le motivazioni e gli atteggiamenti che spingono i turisti ad effettuare tale scelta di consumo e di identificare le variabili predittive che potrebbero favorirla sempr...

Introduzione Il tema dello sviluppo locale e del marketing come leva per realizzarlo ha conquistato negli ultimi decenni il mondo dell'imprenditoria, proponendosi l'o-biettivo di fornire principi, strumenti e metodi per sviluppare la competitività di un'area attraverso l'identificazione, la valorizzazione e la gestione della sua of-ferta. In tal se...

This study aims to explore residents’ attitudes toward tourism and how those attitudes could be influenced by subjective well-being and personal satisfaction with life. The empirical background is Taormina, a Sicilian community with an high touristic flow. Results show the influence of satisfaction with life on residents’ attitudes toward economic...

The aim of this study was to identify variables that promote consumer choice. In order to do that, it is necessary to identify cognitive and behavioral variables below the act of consumption and to investigate factors that generate and influence choice of specific brand (Semprini, 1996). When it comes to intangible and valued variables related to t...

Studies on consumption have been mainly read and analysed through a macro-economic type vision. With the passing of time, and especially with the weakening of the concept of the utilitarian notion of consumer goods, a micro-economic type study has increasingly gained credit, as it analyses the consumption process through variables that no longer re...