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Narcisismo, disturbo narcisistico e salute: ricerca, implicazioni cliniche e prospettive per il contesto di cura
No full textPreliminary Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of Two Brief Measures of Life Satisfaction with Italian Children
No full textThe main aim of our study was to develop Italian versions of the Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS) and of the Brief Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS). We assessed aspects of the reliability and validity of the self-report measures among primary-school children. A sample of 156 Italian primary-school children (Mage = 9.59, SD = 1.00) was administered self-report measures of life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Moreover, teachers reported on students’ emotional symptoms, peer problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention and prosocial behaviour. The expected one-factor model was confirmed for both the SLSS and the BMSLSS. The SLSS and the BMSLSS total scores were intercorrelated (r = .58, p < .001), and the two scales showed Cronbach’s α values of .77 and .70, respectively. The SLSS and the BMSLSS total scores correlated significantly and meaningfully with measures of prosocial behaviour and peer problems. Finally, the SLSS (but not the BMLSS) total score was associated with a hyperactivity measure (r = −.24, p = .003). Moreover, both the SLSS and BMLSS total life satisfaction scores significantly and moderately related to a measure of depressive symptoms. Finally, as evidence of discriminant validity, the scores on most of the anxiety measures related significantly to scores on both life satisfaction measures, but to a lesser extent than the scores on the depressive symptom measure. Our research adds to the growing literature addressing life satisfaction among Italian children. The results provide preliminary evidence for the use of the SLSS and the BMSLSS with Italian primary-school children
The Effectiveness of Nonpharmacological Interventions in the Management of Chemotherapy Physical Side Effects: A Systematic Review
Full text linkBackground: Despite advancements in cancer treatment, chemotherapy side effects significantly impact patients both physically and emotionally. While pharmacological treatments can mitigate these side effects, they may trigger additional side effects, exacerbating the overall discomfort experienced by patients; moreover, psychological factors influencing physical symptoms are beyond the reach of pharmacological interventions. Nonpharmacological interventions, however, offer the potential for complementary or alternative solutions. Objectives: This review aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the literature on the effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions in managing the physical side effects of chemotherapy. Methods: This review, based on a search of PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases, identified 46 relevant studies. It categorizes interventions and evaluates their effectiveness in managing common chemotherapy side effects (fatigue, nausea, pain, diarrhea, and constipation). Results: Guided imagery, tailored exercises, and Qigong show promise in reducing fatigue, while interventions like yoga and cognitive-behavioral approaches address nausea and vomiting. Pain benefits result from guided imagery and educational interventions. Limited evidence exists for diarrhea and constipation interventions, necessitating further research. Conclusions: This review offers provisional conclusions, emphasizing the potential of integrating evidence-based nonpharmacological approaches alongside pharmacological interventions to enhance patient outcomes and reduce chemotherapy-induced side effects, considering factors such as accessibility, safety, customization, and adaptability in clinical settings
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
Applying computerized linguistic measures to explore the clinical features of different diagnostic groups and the psychotherapy change process
No full textAlthough mental and interaction processes like those emerging in psychotherapy and psychopathology should somehow be reflected in the vocabularies and linguistic style of the speakers involved, to date few studies investigated the linguistic manifestation of psychological functioning of patients with specific diagnoses in clinical or naturalistic contexts. This lack of studies is probably due partly to the difficulty of getting sessions and interviews transcripts, partly to the complexity of the interactions between verbal and non- verbal linguistic variables, and partly to the lacking clinical relevance of some linguistic variables so far investigated in the analysis of day-to-day conversation.
The studies in this symposium describe two computerized linguistic analysis programs: The Computerized Reflective Functioning (CRF; Fertuck, Mergenthaler, Target, Levy, & Clarkin, 2012) and the Italian Discourse Attributes Analysis Program (IDAAP; Maskit, 2011; Maskit, Bucci, & Murphy, 2012) that calculates the linguistic measures of referential process phases as described by Bucci (1997, 2016). These programs have been used to empirically examine three linguistic styles that the authors associated to different psychological functions or states: emotional arousal; narrating/symbolization; and reorganization/reflective functioning. These functions have been investigated on narratives posted by borderline Instagram users; on the Adult Attachment Interview of women victims of intimate partner violence; on Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm Interview of patients suffering from unipolar and bipolar mood disorders; and on a large sample of psychotherapy sessions to which is possible to compare the single session or treatment.
These studies are ones in a growing line of research exploring how patients speak rather than just the content of what they say, revealing aspects that are largely undetectable by both speakers and that bypass the biases of self-report or observer-based measures
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
The potential research and clinical applications of the new normative data of the referential process Italian measures.
No full textAccording to Bucci’s multiple code theory (1997, 2016) for a significant change the patient- therapist relationship should foster a referential process shaping in three alternating phases: (a) Arousal: experiencing emotion schemas, (b) Symbolizing: translating into words the emotional experiences, and (c) Reorganizing: recognizing, understanding and expanding the emotional significance of patient’s narratives. In addition to computerized Italian measures of referential process already in use – for example Disfluency (DF), which models the Arousal phase, and the Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary (WRAD), which models the Symbolizing phase of the process - recently has been developed the Weighted Reflection and Reorganization List (WRRL; Negri et al. 2019), which models the Reorganizing phase. This study aimed to (a) validate qualitatively and quantitively the WRRL and (b) collect the normative data of the referential process Italian measures.
The central tendency and variability indexes of all the computerized Italian measures have been calculated on 265 psychotherapy sessions. Moreover, all conversational turns of all sessions were divided in two groups: Reorganizing Turns Group with low WRAD and high use of abstract reflection words (Reflection) and Non-reorganizing Turns Group with high WRAD and low Reflection.
WRRL was significantly higher in the Reorganizing Turns Group (t = 3.246, p < .001); WRRL correlated negatively with WRAD (r = -.148, p < .05) and DF (r = - .274, p < .001), and positively with the use abstract reflection words (r = .547, p < .001).
These results represent a first quantitative validation of WRRL as a reliable measure of reorganizing phase. Furthermore, the new normative data can be used to quantitatively and graphically compare single psychotherapeutic processes with the sessions normative sample. These norms enlarge the potential applications of the measures for clinical practice and for process-outcome research
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