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Validation of the Italian version Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG): a study comparing CG patients versus bipolar disorder, PTSD and healthy controls
No full textBackground. A minority (9-20%) of subjects facing bereavement may develop symptoms of
unresolved grief associated with significant distress and impairment that have been recently
identified as a distinct post-loss syndrome named complicated grief. The Inventory of Complicated
Grief is a self-report instrument to assess complicated grief. Aim of this study was to: 1) validate
the Italian version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief; 2) provide additional evidence of
complicated grief diagnosis through analysis of complicated grief symptoms in a clinical data set
consisting of bereaved individuals with complicated grief, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, bipolar
disorder and healthy controls.
Methods. 229 bereaved subjects were consecutively enrolled: 64 with complicated grief; 72
with post-traumatic stress disorder; 35 with bipolar disorder; 58 healthy controls. Assessments
included: the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders (SCID-I/P) and the Italian
version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief.
Results. The mean total Inventory of Complicated Grief score was significantly different
among the study groups [F(3.228)=94.19, p<.001]. Post-hoc Games-Howell comparisons indicated
significantly lower scores in healthy controls compared to the other three groups, and significantly
higher scores in complicated grief patients with respect to the other three groups. The scale
demonstrated a high level of internal consistency: Cronbach’s alpha value computed on the whole
sample was 0.947.Factor analyses demonstrated a single-factor solution.
Conclusions. This study provides evidence of the validation of the Italian version of the
ICG, tested in a large and well-characterized clinical help-seeking population. It also supports the
proposition that complicated grief is an independent diagnosis
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Psychological common factors in chronic diseases
No full textThe construct of “chronic physical diseases” (CPDs) encompasses a number of heterogeneous conditions that have persisting lifelong effects on the quality of life (QoL) and subjective well-being (Sprangers et al., 2000). According to epidemiological studies, CPDs are constantly increasing, not only in Western countries but also in developing/emerging countries, with certain prevalent differences regarding CPD type (Vos et al., 2016), raising questions on the multifactorial genesis of this phenomenon. The role of psychiatric disorders is, for example, well-known as comorbid conditions able to affect the course of CPD with a number of sequelae and complications (Daré et al., 2019)
The Psychodynamic Approach During COVID-19 Emotional Crisis
No full textIn this opinion article the relevance of the implementing psychodynamic approach in the prevention of individuals’mental health during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been highlighted
Vivere con la fibromialgia. Strategie psicologiche per affrontare il dolore cronico
No full textLa fibromialgia è una patologia caratterizzata da dolore cronico a carico dei muscoli, dei tendini, dei legamenti e dei tessuti periarticolari, associata spesso a disturbi del sonno e della concentrazione, affaticabilità, disturbi d'ansia e depressivi. Alla sua origine contribuiscono sia fattori biologici che psicologici e un approccio terapeutico integrato, che coinvolga diverse figure professionali (psichiatra, psicologo, reumatologo, ecc.), risulta essere il più indicato per chi ne soffre. Questo libro offre le informazioni scientifiche più aggiornate riguardo alle caratteristiche, alle cause e alle possibilità di cura della fibromialgia, e accompagna il lettore passo per passo in un percorso di auto-aiuto psicologico che lo aiuterà ad affrontare più efficacemente il dolore, con conseguenti miglioramenti della propria qualità di vita
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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