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Mansueto G, Palmieri S, Marino C, Caselli G, Sassaroli S, Ruggiero GM, Nikčević AV, Spada MM. The Italian COVID-19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale: Investigation of the COVID-19 anxiety syndrome and its association with psychological symptoms in an Italian population. Clin Psychol Psychother 2022; 29:1972-1990. [PMID: 35771682 PMCID: PMC9350361 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale (C-19ASS) is a quick and reliable scale assessing dysfunctional coping strategies activated in response to COVID-19 fear and threat. The present study aimed to provide a preliminary validation of the Italian version of the C-19ASS and investigated whether the C-19ASS would mediate the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and psychological outcomes. METHOD In Study 1, a community sample of 271 participants completed the Italian version of the C-19ASS and results were subjected to a Principal Component Analysis. In study 2, a community sample of 484 participants completed the Italian version of the C-19ASS and a series of measures assessing COVID-19 anxiety, COVID-19 fear, functional impairment, personality traits, depression, generalized anxiety and health anxiety. Internal consistency, concurrent and incremental validity were assessed. Path analyses were run. RESULTS Factor analysis identified a two-factor solution (i.e., C-19ASS Perseveration and C-19ASS Avoidance) and confirmatory factor analysis suggested a two-factor model best fits the data. The Italian version of the C-19ASS showed good internal consistency. There was also evidence of convergent validity and incremental validity. Path analyses showed that C-19ASS Perseveration mediates the relationship between emotional stability and psychological symptoms (depression, generalized anxiety and health anxiety). CONCLUSION The Italian version of the C-19ASS appears to be a reliable and valid measure of the COVID-19 anxiety syndrome. The COVID-19 anxiety syndrome could be a suitable therapeutic target to reduce psychological symptoms typically linked to pandemic events, such as depression generalized anxiety and health anxiety.
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- Giovanni Mansueto
- Department of PsychologySigmund Freud UniversityMilanItaly
- Department of Health SciencesUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
- Studi CognitiviCognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of PsychologySigmund Freud UniversityMilanItaly
- Studi CognitiviCognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center MilanMilanItaly
- School of Applied SciencesLondon South Bank UniversityLondonUK
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- School of Applied SciencesLondon South Bank UniversityLondonUK
- Department of Developmental and Social PsychologyUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- Department of PsychologySigmund Freud UniversityMilanItaly
- Studi CognitiviCognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of PsychologySigmund Freud UniversityMilanItaly
- Studi CognitiviCognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of PsychologySigmund Freud UniversityMilanItaly
- Studi CognitiviCognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center MilanMilanItaly
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- Department of Psychology, School of Law, Social and Behavioural SciencesKingston UniversityKingstonUK
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Wendelboe KI, Smith-Nielsen J, Stuart AC, Luyten P, Skovgaard Væver M. Factor structure of the parental reflective functioning questionnaire and association with maternal postpartum depression and comorbid symptoms of psychopathology. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254792. [PMID: 34339422 PMCID: PMC8328297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to the parent’s capacity to envision mental states in the infant and in themselves as a parent, and to link such underlying mental process with behavior, which is important for parenting sensitivity and child socio-emotional development. Current findings have linked maternal postpartum depression to impaired reflective skills, imposing a risk on the developing mother–infant relationship, but findings are mixed, and studies have generally used extensive methods for investigating PRF. The present study examined the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Danish version of the 18-item self-report Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) in a sample of mothers with and without diagnosed postpartum depression. Moreover, the association between PRF and maternal postpartum depression in mothers with and without comorbid symptoms of personality disorder and/or clinical levels of psychological distress was investigated. Participants included 423 mothers of infants aged 1–11 months. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor structure of the PRFQ; however, item loadings suggested that a 15-item version was a more accurate measure of PRF in mothers of infants. Multi-group factor analysis of the 15-item PRFQ infant version indicated measurement invariance among mothers with and without diagnosed postpartum depression. Multinomial logistic regression showed that impaired PRF was associated with maternal psychopathology, although only for mothers with postpartum depression combined with other symptoms of psychopathology. These results provide new evidence for the assessment of maternal self-reported reflective skills as measured by a modified infant version of the PRFQ, as well as a more nuanced understanding of how variance in symptomatology is associated with impaired PRF in mothers in the postpartum period in differing ways.
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- Katrine I. Wendelboe
- Department of Psychology, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Pishghadam R, Derakhshan A, Zhaleh K, Al-Obaydi LH. Students’ willingness to attend EFL classes with respect to teachers’ credibility, stroke, and success: A cross-cultural study of Iranian and Iraqi students’ perceptions. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01738-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Unpacking Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Associations between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Academic Achievement: Mediation of Future Orientation and Moderation of Parental Support. J Youth Adolesc 2020; 50:103-125. [DOI: 10.1007/s10964-020-01319-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dellagiulia A, Lionetti F, Pastore M, Linnea K, Hasse K, Huizink AC. The Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire Revised-2. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Abstract. Pregnancy-related anxiety is an important risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes and postnatal parental well-being, to a greater extent than general anxiety, calling for a reliable and validated measure for its assessment. The current paper aimed to validate the Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire – Revised-2 (PRAQ-R2; Huizink et al., 2016 ) in a sample of Italian women, by testing its psychometric properties, and checking for Italian–Finnish measurement invariance. Additionally, the association with general anxiety and depression was examined. Participants included 348 Italian pregnant women and 348 Finnish pregnant women. Results showed that the Italian version of PRAQ-R2 presents satisfying psychometric proprieties. Data supported a three-factor solution including fear of giving birth, w orries about bearing a handicapped child, and concern about own appearance. Invariance across countries was confirmed. The primiparous condition was associated with a higher level of pregnancy anxiety only for fear of giving birth. A moderate correlation was found between pregnancy anxiety and general anxiety and depression, providing evidence for concurrent validity, as well as for the existence of a specific pregnancy anxiety dimension.
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- Antonio Dellagiulia
- Department of Psychology, School of Educational Sciences, Salesian University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku, Finland
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Population Health Research University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku, Finland
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Population Health Research University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Section Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Xiao Y, Bowen NK, Lindsey MA. Racial/ethnic measurement invariance of the School Success Profile (SSP)'s future orientation scale. J Sch Psychol 2018; 71:85-107. [PMID: 30463672 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Future orientation (FO) has received increasing attention for its positive effects on adolescent well-being and successful transition to adulthood. Although numerous measures of FO exist, most are not developmentally appropriate for diverse populations of adolescents, do not assess all theoretical components of FO, and/or were not developed for administration in schools. Additionally, the invariance of existing measures across racial/ethnic groups has not been examined using appropriately rigorous procedures. Using data from 2575 students in grades 6-9, this study examined the psychometric quality and measurement invariance of the FO scale on the School Success Profile (SSP) across African American (34.8%), Latino (27.0%), and European American (38.1%) subsamples. A one-factor model fit the data well in all three groups. Analyses identified only a small number of noninvariant parameters, supporting the conclusion that the scale has partial measurement invariance across the three groups. On average, African Americans had significantly higher levels of FO than the other two groups; mean scores for Latinos and European Americans were lower and statistically equivalent to each other. Construct validity of the SSP FO scale was also supported by findings of medium-sized relationships of FO scores to scores on five other constructs: low grades, school engagement, parent educational support, psychological distress, and school behavior. Multiple group tests of the magnitude and direction of the validity relationships indicated statistical equivalence across the three groups. Results support the use of the SSP FO scale by school psychologists to assess FO and to evaluate the effects of interventions targeting FO as a promoter of well-being and school success.
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- Yunyu Xiao
- Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003, United States of America; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, 41 East 11th Street, Room 704, New York, NY 10003, United States of America.
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- College of Social Work, Ohio State University, 1947 College Rd., Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.
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- Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003, United States of America; McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, 41 East 11th Street, Room 704, New York, NY 10003, United States of America.
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Gygi JT, Ledermann T, Grob A, Rudaz M, Hagmann-von Arx P. The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales: Measurement Invariance Across Four Language Groups. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/0734282918780565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) measures general intelligence and its two main components, verbal and nonverbal intelligence, each comprising of two subtests. The RIAS has been recently standardized in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain. Using the standardization samples of the U.S. ( n = 2,438), Danish ( n = 983), German ( n = 2,103), and Spanish ( n = 1,933) versions of the RIAS, this study examined measurement invariance across these four language groups for a single-factor structure, an oblique two-factor structure with a verbal and nonverbal factor, and a bifactor structure with a general, a verbal, and a nonverbal factor. Single-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the oblique two-factor and bifactor structure for each language group but not the single-factor structure. The bifactor analysis revealed that the general factor accounted for the largest proportion of common variance in each language group, while the amount of variance accounted for by the two specific factors was small and their reliabilities low. Multiple-group CFA supported scalar invariance in both, the oblique two-factor and bifactor structure.
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Delvecchio E, Cavallina C, Di Riso D, Mazzeschi C. Early evidence of the Italian validation of the Trait Anxiety Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2017.1297227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Elisa Delvecchio
- Department of Philosophy, Human and Social Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Human and Social Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Human and Social Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Gini G, Marino C, Pozzoli T, Holt M. Associations between peer victimization, perceived teacher unfairness, and adolescents' adjustment and well-being. J Sch Psychol 2017; 67:56-68. [PMID: 29571535 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Negative relationships within the classroom, both with peers and teachers, can be very stressful for adolescents and are often found to be associated with a variety of negative outcomes. In this study, we investigated the concurrent role of peer victimization and perceived teacher unfairness in explaining psychosocial problems in a sample of 1378 Italian students (353 middle school students, Mage=12.61, SD=0.69, and 1025 high school students, Mage=14.92, SD=0.81). Structural equation modeling showed that both peer victimization and perceived teacher unfairness were positively associated with reports of more frequent psychological and somatic problems, and negatively related to satisfaction with friends and sense of safety. Only perceived teacher unfairness showed a significant association with satisfaction with school. Results of multi-group modeling demonstrated measurement invariance (total scalar invariance) across both gender and school-level groups. Some gender and school-level differences in the regression coefficients were found. In general, associations between the risk factors and adolescents' problems were stronger for girls and for higher school students. Findings confirmed that both peer victimization and perceived teacher unfairness are significant risk factors within the classroom microsystems. Implications for school psychologists are discussed.
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- Gianluca Gini
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
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Pastore M, Nucci M, Bobbio A, Lombardi L. Empirical Scenarios of Fake Data Analysis: The Sample Generation by Replacement (SGR) Approach. Front Psychol 2017; 8:482. [PMID: 28469584 PMCID: PMC5395608 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many self-report measures of attitudes, beliefs, personality, and pathology include items whose responses can be easily manipulated or distorted, as an example in order to give a positive impression to others, to obtain financial compensation, to avoid being charged with a crime, to get a job, or else. This fact confronts both researchers and practitioners with the crucial problem of biases yielded by the usage of standard statistical models. The current paper presents three empirical applications to the issue of faking of a recent probabilistic perturbation procedure called Sample Generation by Replacement (SGR; Lombardi and Pastore, 2012). With the intent to study the behavior of some statistics under fake perturbation and data reconstruction processes, ad-hoc faking scenarios were implemented and tested. Overall, results proved that SGR could be successfully applied both in the case of research designs traditionally proposed in order to deal with faking (e.g., use of fake-detecting scales, experimentally induced faking, or contrasting applicants vs. incumbents), and in the case of ecological research settings, where no information as regards faking could be collected by the researcher or the practitioner. Implications and limitations are presented and discussed.
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- Massimiliano Pastore
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of TrentoRovereto, Italy
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Ciucci E, Baroncelli A, Tambasco G, Laurent J, Catanzaro SJ, Joiner TE. Measuring Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Physiological Hyperarousal among Italian Youth: Translations of the PANAS-C and PH-C. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10862-017-9596-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Marino C, Vieno A, Altoè G, Spada MM. Factorial validity of the Problematic Facebook Use Scale for adolescents and young adults. J Behav Addict 2017; 6:5-10. [PMID: 28198639 PMCID: PMC5572996 DOI: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background and aims Recent research on problematic Facebook use has highlighted the need to develop a specific theory-driven measure to assess this potential behavioral addiction. The aim of the present study was to examine the factorial validity of the Problematic Facebook Use Scale (PFUS) adapted from Caplan's Generalized Problematic Internet Scale model. Methods A total of 1,460 Italian adolescents and young adults (aged 14-29 years) participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analyses were performed in order to assess the factorial validity of the scale. Results Results revealed that the factor structure of the PFUS provided a good fit to the data. Furthermore, results of the multiple group analyses supported the invariance of the model across age and gender groups. Discussion and conclusions This study provides evidence supporting the factorial validity of the PFUS. This new scale provides a theory-driven tool to assess problematic use of Facebook among male and female adolescents and young adults.
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- Claudia Marino
- Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della
Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di
Padova, Padova, Italy,Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences,
London South Bank University, London,
UK
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della
Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di
Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della
Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di
Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences,
London South Bank University, London,
UK,Corresponding author: Marcantonio M. Spada;
Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank
University, 103 Borough Rd., London SE1 0AA, UK; Phone: +44 020 7815 5760;
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Delvecchio E, Miconi D, Di Riso D. Early evidence of the Italian validation of Separation Anxiety Assessment Scale for Children. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2015.1021326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Delvecchio E, Di Riso D, Mabilia D, Salcuni S, Lis A. The separation anxiety scale for children: Validation with Italian children. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2014.915804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Caçola P, Gabbard C, Spessato B. An age-related view of the role of object and spatial cognitive styles in distance estimation. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.876028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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