COVID-19 pandemic: socio-economic consequences of social distancing measures in Italy

V Auriemma, C Iannaccone - Frontiers in Sociology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The lock-down measures adopted in all countries of the world have led to far-reaching social
and economic changes. The health emergency had immediate repercussions first on the …

Psychotherapy during COVID-19: How the clinical practice of Italian psychotherapists changed during the pandemic

T Boldrini, A Schiano Lomoriello, F Del Corno… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aims: Italy was one of the first countries to be significantly affected by the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, determining a unique scenario for Italian …

[HTML][HTML] The peripersonal space in a social world

OV Bogdanova, VB Bogdanov, A Dureux, A Farnè… - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The PeriPersonal Space (PPS) has been defined as the space surrounding the
body, where physical interactions with elements of the environment take place. As our world …

How does it feel to be online? Psychotherapists' self-perceptions in telepsychotherapy sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

E Mancinelli, ES Gritti, A Schiano Lomoriello… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent extreme restrictions imposed by
governments across the world forced psychotherapists to abruptly change their working …

The entitativity underlying meetings: Meetings as key in the lifecycle of effective workgroups

AL Blanchard, JA Allen - Organizational Psychology Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As more employees work in different locations, meetings become the primary opportunity for
workgroup interactions. We explore how workgroup entitativity develops within successful …

Remote psychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiences with the transition and the therapeutic relationship. A longitudinal mixed-methods study

R Stefan, G Mantl, C Höfner, J Stammer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aims: Research conducted prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic indicates that
remote psychotherapy is as effective as in-person treatment. At that time, it usually was the …

Victims, vignettes, and videos: meta-analytic and experimental evidence that emotional impact enhances the derogation of innocent victims

RJ Dawtry, MJ Callan, AJ Harvey… - Personality and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Research during the 1960s found that observers could be moved enough by an innocent
victim's suffering to derogate their character. However, recent research has produced …

Simulated proximity enhances perceptual and physiological responses to emotional facial expressions

OV Bogdanova, VB Bogdanov, LE Miller… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Physical proximity is important in social interactions. Here, we assessed whether simulated
physical proximity modulates the perceived intensity of facial emotional expressions and …

Empathy moderates the relationship between cognitive load and prosocial behaviour

RS Gamble, JD Henry, EJ Vanman - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cognitive load reduces both empathy and prosocial behaviour. However, studies
demonstrating these effects have induced cognitive load in a temporally limited, artificial …

The psychology of separation: Border walls, soft power, and international neighborliness

DC Mutz, BA Simmons - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
This study assesses the impact of international border walls on evaluations of countries and
on beliefs about bilateral relationships between states. Using a short video, we …