Depression in later life is a significant and growing problem. Age-related differences in the
type and severity of depressive disorders continue to be questioned and necessarily …

The lockdown due to COVID‐19 in Italy resulted in the sudden closure of schools, with a shift
from traditional teaching to the online one. Through an online questionnaire, this survey …

Objectives This narrative review sought to explore the main critical issues in the assessment
of depression in chronic pain and to identify self-report tools that can be reliably used for …

Past studies on the factor validity of the Trait subscale of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety
Inventory (STAI-T) do unanimously agree on its structure. In fact, researchers are still …

Defense mechanisms are psychological factors that influence emotional distress and quality
of life. There are a number of measures assessing the construct of defense mechanisms, but …

Research on co-rumination has investigated its relationship with internalizing symptoms, but
few studies have addressed underlying maladaptive cognitive-affective processes that may …

The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of emotional variables in diabetes
adaptation. This is in order to develop and test a conceptual model simultaneously involving …

In a global context where the percentage of women who are victim of violence is still high,
intimate partner violence (IPV) can be considered the most widespread form of violence …

The State–Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) is a widely used
measure of state and trait anxiety that permits a specific assessment of cognitive and …

ObjectiveConflicting data are available on the prevalence of binge eating behaviour (BE) in
individuals seeking to lose or maintain weight. The present study aimed to estimate the …