Sebastiano Costa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3827378 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sebastiano Costa |
| NOMBRES | Sebastiano |
| APELLIDO | Costa |
| FIRMA | COSTA S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2392-6039 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The associations between prejudices, motivation, and Attitude Towards inclusion of future special needs teachers
To enhance the educational experience of all students, the attitudes of special education teachers towards inclusion play a pivotal role. Within this framework, pre-service training programs should encourage critical reflection on personal beliefs, potential biases, and motivational orientations. The present study aimed to examine the relationships among these variables in a sample of 355 pre-service teachers aged between 19 and 59 years (M = 37.…
Interoception, health anxiety, and emotion regulation. psychometric properties of the original and reduced Italian versions of the multidimensional assessment of interoceptive awareness 2 (Maia-2)
A Dual Country Validation of the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale
Despite the growing interest in basic psychological needs within educational settings, existing measures fail to distinguish between students' relationships with teachers and classmates, limiting the understanding of how different social dynamics uniquely impact need satisfaction and frustration during adolescence. This study provided psychometric evidence for a refined school‐specific version of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frus…
Investigating School Refusal in the Italian Context
Considering the increasing Italian school drop‐out rates, this study aims to analyze the phenomenon of school refusal, focusing on the main individual factors that characterize it. School refusal is a multifactorial issue involving emotional, affective and social difficulties. Given these considerations, the research is divided into two consecutive studies. Study 1 examines the factor structure of the SCREEN (Gallé‐Tessonneau and Gana 2019) by co…
Unraveling the links between maternal and paternal parenting practices and adolescent problematic gaming
Adolescent problematic gaming (PG) is a concerning condition worldwide. Increasing evidence documented associations between parental behaviors (measured unitedly for mothers and fathers) and adolescent PG; however, the specific contribution of each parent and the mediating mechanisms remain understudied. Drawing from the self-determination theory, this study separately examined, in mothers and fathers, (a) the direct associations between supporti…
The effects of social exclusion on emotion regulation, basic needs, well-being, and ill-being
Although previous research showed social exclusion to be detrimental to psychological functioning, less is known about which factors could make individuals more or less vulnerable to these effects. Employing the Self-Determination Theory as a theoretical framework, this study aimed to examine whether childhood trauma intensifies or mitigates the impact of social exclusion on emotion regulation, basic psychological needs, well-being, and ill-being…
Investigating the Role of Motivation Among Parents of Preschool Children
Introduction: Studies based on the self-determination theory about the antecedents in parent couples with children of school transition years are still limited. Therefore, this research examines the possible association of parental motivation, parental autonomy support, parental psychological control and the parental reports of children's outcomes. Methods: The participants for this study are 150 couples of parents with at least one child from 4 …
Maternal technology distraction and its associations with stress and parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic
The widespread adoption of digital technology devices has introduced unique challenges to modern parenthood, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when parents relied on digital technology more than ever before. Parents have experienced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, with mothers being especially vulnerable to stress and mental health problems. This study investigates associations between technology distraction of mothers …
Parents Between Family and Work
Mothers balancing work and family
Overall, findings underscore the importance of conditions that support the satisfaction autonomy, competence, and relatedness of working mothers during this critical life stage. These insights have implications for organizational policies and interventions aimed at supporting the mental health of working mothers
Xenophobia and Xenophilia, the Bright and Dark Sides of Attitude Towards Foreigners
Introduction: The intensification of the migration phenomenon led to a growing interest in the public domain about the attitudes towards foreigners. Xenophobia and xenophilia are two opposite orientations towards foreigners, that could be considered the consequences of the interaction between several factors. Based on the self-determination theory, this study aims to verify that a bright pathway composed by intrinsic goal, needs satisfaction and …
Preliminary evaluation of a short version questionnaire for Executive Functioning Self-Report (EF-SR)
The role of parental control and coping strategies on adolescents’ problem behaviors
Problematic behaviours and flow experiences during screen-based activities as opposite outcomes of the dual process of passion and basic needs
Drawing on the self-determination theory (SDT) framework and the dualistic model of passion, the current study sought to test a model in which psychological basic needs differently predicted harmonious and obsessive passion, which in turn lead to problematic behaviours and flow experience across two different screen-based activities (gaming and social network use) through two separate studies. Across all studies, the results showed that higher le…
Sibling Relationships and Social Development in Youth and Emerging Adults
This study aimed to examine an integrated model of the mediation role of need satisfaction and frustration in the association between the sibling relationship and interpersonal competence and social anxiety in young adults and their siblings. In a sample of 1621 pairs of siblings with a range age between 16 and 30 years old, the actor-partner interdependence mediation model showed that (a) a positive sibling relationship promotes need satisfactio…
Exploring the Role of Time Perspective in Emerging Adult Couples
Happiness in Physical Activity
Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale
The aim of this manuscript is to examine the perceived parental perfectionism in undergraduate Italian students. Study 1 aimed at exploring the factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS). The aim of Study 2 was to cross-validate the FAPS structure with a different sample and to examine the relationship of family perfectionism with personal perfectionism, self-esteem, a…
Problematic internet use and academic achievement
Social support and motivation for parenthood as resources against prenatal parental distress
During the pregnancy period, future parents differ substantially in their psychological adjustment, with some parents being more at risk for stress and depression than others. Grounded in self‐determination theory, the present study aimed to investigate the role of motivation to have a child and the social support perceived by both partners in predicting partners’ psychological distress. We examined whether satisfaction of the psychological needs…
Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during Covid‐19 lockdown in Italy
Italy is one of the major COVID‐19 hotspots. To reduce the spread of the infections and the pressure on Italian healthcare systems, since March 10, 2020, Italy has been under a total lockdown, forcing people into home confinement. Here we present data from 1,310 people living in the Italian territory ( M age = 23.91 ± 3.60 years, 880 females, 501 workers, 809 university students), who completed an online survey from March 24 to March 28, 2020. In…
Trait Emotional Intelligence and School Burnout
The main aim of the current study was to investigate the role of trait emotional intelligence (TEI) in preventing students' school burnout directly and indirectly via anxiety and academic resilience. The data were derived from a sample of 1235 high school students (962 females and 273 males), ranging in age between 13 and 17 years (mean = 15.46; stand deviation = 1.22). Structural equation modelling revealed a strong indirect effect of TEI on sch…
Welcome to our neighbourhood”
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the antecedents of intergroup contact and, in particular, self-efficacy to engage in intergroup encounters. Contact self-efficacy has been shown to reduce intergroup anxiety and increase willingness to engage in future contact, and is influenced by the positive contact experiences of other group members. However, this work has neglected the collective nature of self-efficacy and, indeed,…
Family identification facilitates coping with financial stress
A social cure in the community
Cohesive, resilient communities are vital to the well‐being of residents. Uncovering the determinants of successful community identities is therefore essential to progressing the community health agenda. Engaging in community participation through volunteering may be one pathway to building local community identity and enhancing residents’ health and well‐being, but the group processes connecting them remain unexplored. We conducted two studies i…
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Autonomy Support, and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescents
Family identification facilitates coping with financial stress
Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support
Research suggests that psychologically controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting can be described within the Self-Determination Theory's (SDT) framework. Two studies were conducted to examine (a) the role of parental need frustration as a predictor of parental psychological control, (b) the role of parental need satisfaction as a predictor of parental autonomy support, and (c) the role of parents' psychological control and autonomy support in…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy
The purpose of this multistudy report was to adapt the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) to the Italian context. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, we investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument in a sample of 544 participants (males = 41%) from 16 to 35 years old. In Study 2, we replicated the results concerning dimensionality in an independent s…
A social cure in the community
Cohesive, resilient communities are vital to the well‐being of residents. Uncovering the determinants of successful community identities is therefore essential to progressing the community health agenda. Engaging in community participation through volunteering may be one pathway to building local community identity and enhancing residents’ health and well‐being, but the group processes connecting them remain unexplored. We conducted two studies i…
Social Cure Processes Help Lower Intergroup Anxiety Among Neighborhood Residents
Research in the social cure tradition shows that groups can reduce members' stress by providing support to cope with challenges, but it has yet to consider how this applies to the anxiety occasioned by outgroups. Research on intergroup contact has extensively examined how reducing intergroup anxiety improves attitudes towards outgroups, but it has yet to examine the role of intragroup support processes in facilitating this. The present article ta…
Welcome to our neighbourhood”
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the antecedents of intergroup contact and, in particular, self-efficacy to engage in intergroup encounters. Contact self-efficacy has been shown to reduce intergroup anxiety and increase willingness to engage in future contact, and is influenced by the positive contact experiences of other group members. However, this work has neglected the collective nature of self-efficacy and, indeed,…
Sibling Relationships and Social Development in Youth and Emerging Adults
This study aimed to examine an integrated model of the mediation role of need satisfaction and frustration in the association between the sibling relationship and interpersonal competence and social anxiety in young adults and their siblings. In a sample of 1621 pairs of siblings with a range age between 16 and 30 years old, the actor-partner interdependence mediation model showed that (a) a positive sibling relationship promotes need satisfactio…
Use of the Internet in educative informal contexts. Implication for formal education
Media use plays an important role in the social, emotional, and cognitive development of young individuals and accounts for a large portion of their time. For this reason it is important to understand the variables that contribute to improve the use of the Internet as a source of information and knowledge in formal and informal contexts. How is it possible to exploit the huge potential of this tool to help people learn? What are the cognitive and…
Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Exercise Dependence Symptoms in Competitive Athletes
Parents' competence and social skills in siblings of disabled children
In this study we aimed to determine whether or not the siblings of children with disabilities have more emotional (stress levels) and relational (parental education levels, family functioning levels, relational and behavioral problems of children while at school), problems than do their peers. We selected 32 couples (16 with and 16 without children with low intellectual ability) and administered self-report questionnaires. Results confirmed the a…
Use of the Internet in educative informal contexts. Implication for formal education
Media use plays an important role in the social, emotional, and cognitive development of young individuals and accounts for a large portion of their time. For this reason it is important to understand the variables that contribute to improve the use of the Internet as a source of information and knowledge in formal and informal contexts. How is it possible to exploit the huge potential of this tool to help people learn? What are the cognitive and…
Exercise Dependence and Maladaptive Perfectionism
Relationship between Alexithymia, Parenting Style, and Parental Control
Research on the relationship between parental alexithymia and parenting is relatively scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between parental alexithymia and three styles of parenting (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and the relationships between parental alexithymia and two domains of psychological control (dependency and achievement). The participants were 946 parents ages 29-60 years (mothers: n = …
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Autonomy Support, and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescents
The Mediational Role of Psychological Basic Needs in the Relation Between Conception of God and Psychological Outcomes
Psychometric Evaluation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy
The purpose of this multistudy report was to adapt the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) to the Italian context. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, we investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument in a sample of 544 participants (males = 41%) from 16 to 35 years old. In Study 2, we replicated the results concerning dimensionality in an independent s…
Technological Addiction in Adolescents
The Love Addiction Inventory
Although the existence of dysfunctional love relationships is well known and the term “love addiction” dates back to the 1970s, empirical studies on this topic are still limited. The biggest problem is arguably is the lack of a clear definition of the love addiction construct and the lack of psychometric instruments for the assessment of its symptoms. The aim of the present study was to develop and examine the psychometric characteristics of a se…
Examination of the Psychometric Characteristics of the Italian Version of the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents
In the last years, the interest in Internet Gaming Disorder has grown considerably, which has necessitated the development of valid and reliable tools in different cultural contexts. Although, in the scientific literature, there are several measures that evaluate the Internet Gaming Disorder, the Game Addiction Scale has shown to be a valid questionnaire specifically designed for adolescents and based on the Griffiths' theory of components model …
Role of Emotional Intelligence as a Mediating Factor Between Uncertainty and Anxiety Hospital in Chronic Renal Patients
Renal diseases are distressing and it is, especially, the aspect of uncertainty that exerts an influence on patients’ emotional adjustment to illness. The present study investigates the relationship between uncertainty and trait emotional intelligence (EI), and the role of EI as mediator in the relationship between uncertainty, anxiety, and depression in nephropathy patients. Fifty patients were asked to complete a worksheet including the Hospita…
Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support
Research suggests that psychologically controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting can be described within the Self-Determination Theory's (SDT) framework. Two studies were conducted to examine (a) the role of parental need frustration as a predictor of parental psychological control, (b) the role of parental need satisfaction as a predictor of parental autonomy support, and (c) the role of parents' psychological control and autonomy support in…
Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during Covid‐19 lockdown in Italy
Italy is one of the major COVID‐19 hotspots. To reduce the spread of the infections and the pressure on Italian healthcare systems, since March 10, 2020, Italy has been under a total lockdown, forcing people into home confinement. Here we present data from 1,310 people living in the Italian territory ( M age = 23.91 ± 3.60 years, 880 females, 501 workers, 809 university students), who completed an online survey from March 24 to March 28, 2020. In…
Trait Emotional Intelligence and School Burnout
The main aim of the current study was to investigate the role of trait emotional intelligence (TEI) in preventing students' school burnout directly and indirectly via anxiety and academic resilience. The data were derived from a sample of 1235 high school students (962 females and 273 males), ranging in age between 13 and 17 years (mean = 15.46; stand deviation = 1.22). Structural equation modelling revealed a strong indirect effect of TEI on sch…
Welcome to our neighbourhood”
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the antecedents of intergroup contact and, in particular, self-efficacy to engage in intergroup encounters. Contact self-efficacy has been shown to reduce intergroup anxiety and increase willingness to engage in future contact, and is influenced by the positive contact experiences of other group members. However, this work has neglected the collective nature of self-efficacy and, indeed,…
Family identification facilitates coping with financial stress
A social cure in the community
Cohesive, resilient communities are vital to the well‐being of residents. Uncovering the determinants of successful community identities is therefore essential to progressing the community health agenda. Engaging in community participation through volunteering may be one pathway to building local community identity and enhancing residents’ health and well‐being, but the group processes connecting them remain unexplored. We conducted two studies i…
Social Cure Processes Help Lower Intergroup Anxiety Among Neighborhood Residents
Research in the social cure tradition shows that groups can reduce members' stress by providing support to cope with challenges, but it has yet to consider how this applies to the anxiety occasioned by outgroups. Research on intergroup contact has extensively examined how reducing intergroup anxiety improves attitudes towards outgroups, but it has yet to examine the role of intragroup support processes in facilitating this. The present article ta…
Exploring the Role of Time Perspective in Emerging Adult Couples
Happiness in Physical Activity
Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale
The aim of this manuscript is to examine the perceived parental perfectionism in undergraduate Italian students. Study 1 aimed at exploring the factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS). The aim of Study 2 was to cross-validate the FAPS structure with a different sample and to examine the relationship of family perfectionism with personal perfectionism, self-esteem, a…
Problematic internet use and academic achievement
Social support and motivation for parenthood as resources against prenatal parental distress
During the pregnancy period, future parents differ substantially in their psychological adjustment, with some parents being more at risk for stress and depression than others. Grounded in self‐determination theory, the present study aimed to investigate the role of motivation to have a child and the social support perceived by both partners in predicting partners’ psychological distress. We examined whether satisfaction of the psychological needs…
Preliminary evaluation of a short version questionnaire for Executive Functioning Self-Report (EF-SR)
Psychology (34 obras) · Social Psychology (25 obras) · Developmental psychology (19 obras) · Clinical Psychology (18 obras) · Social Psychology (16 obras) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (14 obras) · Clinical Psychology (13 obras) · Autonomy (11 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies (10 obras)