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View article: The role of burnout prevention in promoting healthy aging: frameworks for the Semmelweis Study and Semmelweis-EUniWell Workplace Health Promotion Program
The role of burnout prevention in promoting healthy aging: frameworks for the Semmelweis Study and Semmelweis-EUniWell Workplace Health Promotion Program Open
As the European Union undergoes a demographic shift toward an aging population, the rising prevalence of age-related diseases poses significant public health challenges. Across the EU, disparities in health indicators and life expectancies…
View article: Studyholism and Attachment Style: A Study among Italian University Students
Studyholism and Attachment Style: A Study among Italian University Students Open
Studyholism (or obsession with studying) is a new potential clinical condition introduced in the literature in 2017. Since then, growing research has supported its conceptualization as a clinical disorder and highlighted some potential int…
View article: Change Process Research in Music Therapy: Introducing a Transdisciplinary Framework
Change Process Research in Music Therapy: Introducing a Transdisciplinary Framework Open
Music therapy is conceptualized as a systematic process of interventions and shared experiences that promote change in individualized health and wellbeing contexts. Change processes are crucial in music therapy, but little is known about c…
View article: Suicide on Italian Instagram: Insights and implications for prevention and support
Suicide on Italian Instagram: Insights and implications for prevention and support Open
Instagram is the social network with the largest number of adolescent users in Italy; it is also the social network with the largest number of suicide‐related posts. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in Italy in the 15–19 age gro…
View article: Environmental implications and levelized cost analysis of E-fuel production under photovoltaic energy, direct air capture, and hydrogen
Environmental implications and levelized cost analysis of E-fuel production under photovoltaic energy, direct air capture, and hydrogen Open
The ecological transition in the transport sector is a major challenge to tackle environmental pollution, and European legislation will mandate zero-emission new cars from 2035. To reduce the impact of petrol and diesel vehicles, much emph…
View article: Heavy Study Investment in Pre-adolescence and Adolescence: Psychometric Properties of the Studyholism Inventory (SI-10)
Heavy Study Investment in Pre-adolescence and Adolescence: Psychometric Properties of the Studyholism Inventory (SI-10) Open
The Studyholism Inventory (SI-10) allows evaluating two types of Heavy Study Investment (Studyholism - or obsession toward study - and Study Engagement), and four kinds of student (engaged studyholics, disengaged studyholics, engaged stude…
View article: The Protective Role of Mature Defense Mechanisms on Satisfaction with Life in the COVID-19 Era: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
The Protective Role of Mature Defense Mechanisms on Satisfaction with Life in the COVID-19 Era: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Open
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced people’s lives, with non-negligible consequences for the perception of well-being. This study sought to examine the effect of anxiety, post-traumatic impairment, and mature defenses on life sa…
View article: Heavy Study Investment: An Analysis of the Defense Mechanisms Characterizing Studyholism and Study Engagement
Heavy Study Investment: An Analysis of the Defense Mechanisms Characterizing Studyholism and Study Engagement Open
Defense mechanisms are unconscious processes that protect a person from excessive anxiety. They are part of everyday functioning, and mature defenses are associated with positive outcomes. However, the excessive use of defenses or the use …
View article: How Stable, Really? Traditional and Nonlinear Dynamics Approaches to Studying Temporal Fluctuations in Personality and Affect
How Stable, Really? Traditional and Nonlinear Dynamics Approaches to Studying Temporal Fluctuations in Personality and Affect Open
A pair of quantitative case studies is presented to demonstrate how different approaches to quantifying temporal variability in ratings of traits and affect can provide rich information for personality researchers. Data are presented and a…
View article: Studyholism and Study Engagement in Adolescence: The Role of Social Anxiety and Interpretation Bias as Antecedents
Studyholism and Study Engagement in Adolescence: The Role of Social Anxiety and Interpretation Bias as Antecedents Open
Studyholism (or obsession toward study) is a new potential clinical condition that, in contrast with Study Engagement, is associated with negative outcomes. However, previous studies showed that both Studyholism and Study Engagement predic…
View article: Subjective Response Measurement to Prosthesis or Device Use: Validation of the Prosthetic–Bionic Paradigm Questionnaire (PBP-Q)
Subjective Response Measurement to Prosthesis or Device Use: Validation of the Prosthetic–Bionic Paradigm Questionnaire (PBP-Q) Open
Many subjects with somatic pathologies or traumas in their recent anamnesis tend to experience symptoms and changes to their daily life parameters after technically successful treatment. Hence, this study aims to validate an investigation …
View article: Editorial: Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders: Towards an Advancement of the Knowledge of These Internalizing Disorders
Editorial: Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders: Towards an Advancement of the Knowledge of These Internalizing Disorders Open
This Research Topic arose from the editors’ interest in Obsessive-Compulsive related Disorders and a new potential clinical disorder associated with problematic overstudying, which has been conceptualized as a behavioral addiction (Atroszk…
View article: Studyholism: A New Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorder? An Analysis of Its Association With Internalizing and Externalizing Features
Studyholism: A New Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorder? An Analysis of Its Association With Internalizing and Externalizing Features Open
Studyholism (or obsession toward study) is a new potential obsessive-compulsive (OCD)-related disorder recently introduced in the literature. According to its theorization, there are two types of Studyholic: Engaged and Disengaged Studyhol…
View article: At the core of cyberaggression: A group‐based explanation
At the core of cyberaggression: A group‐based explanation Open
In this study, prototypicality of the aggressor was tested as a group‐level factor predicting social media users’ active participation in cyberaggression. Participants were exposed to a fictitious conversation, in which either a prototypic…
View article: A survey on psychological distress and problematic smartphone use: two sides of the same coin?
A survey on psychological distress and problematic smartphone use: two sides of the same coin? Open
Background Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is defined as a maladaptive smartphone use causing significant impairment in several areas of the individual and interpersonal functioning. Smartphones allow people to access the internet and soc…
View article: Assessment of Burnout Levels Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: AWeb-Based Survey by the (Italian) Association of Medical Endocrinologists(AME)
Assessment of Burnout Levels Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: AWeb-Based Survey by the (Italian) Association of Medical Endocrinologists(AME) Open
Background: Some endocrinologists were involved in the management of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. This study aims to analyze burnout levels among the Association of Medical Endocrinol…
View article: Studyholism inventory (si-10): A short instrument for evaluating study obsession within the heavy study investment framework
Studyholism inventory (si-10): A short instrument for evaluating study obsession within the heavy study investment framework Open
Loscalzo and Giannini (Loscalzo, Y., & Giannini, M. [2017]. Studyholism or Study Addiction? A comprehensive model for a possible new clinical condition. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in psychological research, (Vol. 125, pp. 19-37). Ha…
View article: Heavy Work Investment and Psychopathology: Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders as Antecedents and Outcomes
Heavy Work Investment and Psychopathology: Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders as Antecedents and Outcomes Open
Workaholism and work engagement are two types of Heavy Work Investment (HWI) that have been widely studied. However, the literature on the role of internalizing and externalizing disorders as antecedents and outcomes of these two types of …
View article: Enhancing collaboration in Logistics Knowledge Triangle: a European analysis
Enhancing collaboration in Logistics Knowledge Triangle: a European analysis Open
The FRAMELOG project (acronym for “European framework for “Knowledge Triangle” in the Logistic sector”) was created to study and encourage the cooperation among three organizational macro-categories composing the so called “Knowledge Trian…
View article: Heavy Study Investment in Italian College Students. An Analysis of Loscalzo and Giannini’s (2017) Studyholism Comprehensive Model
Heavy Study Investment in Italian College Students. An Analysis of Loscalzo and Giannini’s (2017) Studyholism Comprehensive Model Open
Loscalzo and Giannini (2017) recently proposed the construct of studyholism (or obsession toward study) and a theoretical model highlighting its potential antecedents and outcomes. This study aims to analyze some of these antecedents and o…
View article: Work–Family Conflict Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version
Work–Family Conflict Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version Open
In literature, there are many instruments for measuring the work–family conflict (W-F-C). The Work–Family Conflict Scale (WFCS) is one of the most used tools. This study aimed to evaluate its psychometric properties on a sample of 684 Ital…
View article: The Dark Side of Study: When Study Negatively Affects Relationships and School Climate. The Study-Relationships Conflict Scale
The Dark Side of Study: When Study Negatively Affects Relationships and School Climate. The Study-Relationships Conflict Scale Open
This study proposes a new instrument for evaluating the Study-Relationships Conflict, or the conflict that may exist between study and personal relationships with family, friends, schoolmates, and teachers. We recruited a sample of 598 Ita…
View article: What type of worker are you? Work-related Inventory (WI-10): A comprehensive instrument for the measurement of workaholism
What type of worker are you? Work-related Inventory (WI-10): A comprehensive instrument for the measurement of workaholism Open
We found good psychometric properties for the WI-10. We also proposed the cut-off scores for the screening of the four kinds of workers proposed by Loscalzo and Giannini (2017): disengaged workaholics, engaged workaholics, engaged workers,…
View article: Problematic overstudying: Studyholism or study addiction?
Problematic overstudying: Studyholism or study addiction? Open
This commentary addresses Griffiths et al. (2018)’s sixth myth about work addiction. We agree that work addiction could also be spread in the school context, although we propose that problematic overstudying may be more similar to an obses…
View article: Response to: Theoretical and methodological issues in the research on study addiction with relevance to the debate on conceptualising behavioural addictions: Atroszko (2018)
Response to: Theoretical and methodological issues in the research on study addiction with relevance to the debate on conceptualising behavioural addictions: Atroszko (2018) Open
In this paper we respond to the commentary that Atroszko (2018) wrote on our paper entitled “The Bergen Study Addiction Scale: psychomet-
\nric properties of the Italian version. A pilot study” (Loscalzo and Giannini, 2018), which have bot…
View article: The Bergen Study Addiction Scale: psychometric properties of the Italian version. A pilot study
The Bergen Study Addiction Scale: psychometric properties of the Italian version. A pilot study Open
Aim: A new potential clinical condition related to overstudying, namely study addiction (Atroszko et al., 2015) or studyholism (Loscalzo and Giannini, 2017), has been recently proposed in literature. This study has been aimed at analysing …
View article: A New Measure for Assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: The Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ)
A New Measure for Assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: The Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ) Open
This article evaluates the psychometric properties of a new measure for assessing Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: the Addictive Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ). The ABQ is a self-report measure composed of two sections: the Severit…