Francesco Mancini
Biographic Data
| ID | 108897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesco Mancini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Mancini |
| SIGNATURE | MANCINI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marconi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1061-7982 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring jealousy in intimate relationships
Jealousy may constitute a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). Several authors have validated instruments based on different theoretical models to measure jealousy. However, studies have yet to compare existing questionnaires to evaluate their psychometric properties and understand which instrument best helps to prevent IPV. The objective of the systematic review was to evaluate the psychometric properties of instruments for studying …
Mediational Roles of Not Just Right Experiences and Disgust Proneness Between Deontological Guilt and Obsessive‐Compulsive Symptoms
Contributions suggest that deontological guilt, as opposed to altruistic guilt, is involved in obsessive‐compulsive ( OC ) symptoms. However, the variables explaining this link have been insufficiently explored despite studies suggesting the role of not‐just‐right experiences ( NJREs ) and disgust sensitivity ( DS ). This study provides data testing the mediational role of these variables in the pathways linking deontological guilt to OC symptoms…
Emotional Reactions Following Silent Treatment
Silent treatment represents a subtle yet harmful form of ostracism, often accompanied by emotional distress and ambiguity regarding the reasons for exclusion. This research investigated the emotional responses of individuals exposed to silent treatment, with a particular focus on the role of guilt. Study 1 involved participants recalling episodes of silent treatment and neglect, allowing for a comparison of the emotions elicited in these relation…
Cross‐sectional and prospective relations between dysfunctional cognitive beliefs and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms during late childhood and early adolescence
BACKGROUND: Obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) often emerge during childhood and adolescence, and two aetiological models have been proposed. According to the first model, maladaptive cognitive beliefs facilitate the transformation of transient intrusive thoughts into OCS. The second model suggests that dysfunctional cognitive beliefs develop in response to increased levels of OCS. Few studies have contrasted these models, and no study has used …
How Guilt Shapes Public Health Compliance
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges, requiring compliance with public health measures. Notably, guilt is a powerful motivator for rule adherence; however, different types of guilt could have fueled the decision to stay home. This study investigated how guilt propensity influenced Italians’ self-reported motivations for adhering to containment rules. The propensity to different types of guilt, namely deontological and altruistic, …
Group imagery imagery rescripting via telehealth decreases dysfunctional personality beliefs and the meta-emotional problem but does not increase positive self-compassion
Imagery rescripting (ImR) has shown to reduce negative belief about the self, negative emotions and emotional dysregulation. However, the mechanisms through which this improvement in emotion regulation takes place is currently the object of investigation. An untested hypothesis is that ImR reduces the negative emotional response to primary emotions (i.e. the Meta-emotional problem) associated to difficulties in emotional regulation. In this study…
“You’re Ugly and Bad!“
Self-criticism is a transdiagnostic factor of significant clinical relevance. Research has studied its detrimental role on mental health without discriminating how this differs based on individual psychological functioning. Furthermore, little research has considered the lack of emotional awareness as an essential competence that contributes to dysfunctional self-critical processes and, consequently, to psychopathological outcomes. The objective …
State of the art of the literature on definitions of self-criticism
The lack of dialogue between the different theoretical perspectives emerged from key contributions in the field of SC. Potential research questions to answer to stimulate this dialogue are proposed
Logical abductivism on abductive logic
Logical abductivism is the epistemic view about logic according to which logical theories are justified by abduction (or Inference to the Best Explanation), that is on how well they explain the relevant evidence, so that the correct logical theory turns out to be the one that explains it best. Arguably, this view should be equally applied to both deductive and non-deductive logics, abduction included. But while there seems to be nothing wrong in …
Families in quarantine for Covid-19 in Italy. Resilience as a buffer of parental distress and problematic children’s emotions and behaviors
The pandemic of Covid-19 has had a high impact on people’s lives and especially on families. In Italy, in 2020, the several forced closures led families to live indoors to manage anxiety and distress. It was considered appropriate to investigate which protective factors, like parental resilience, can mitigate the negative impact of pandemic-related distress on family life. We have conducted two online surveys during different national lockdowns f…
What if metacognition is not enough? Its association with delusion may be moderated by self-criticism
Group Imagery Rescripting on Childhood Memories Delivered via Telehealth
A telehealth delivered ImR group intervention on childhood memories provides cognitive and emotional improvement. Along with the ability to satisfy the patient's basic emotional needs, the technique seems to be effective in modifying maladaptive beliefs encapsulated in memory
Unhealthy mind in a healthy body
In this article we criticize the thesis "The diseases we treat are diseases of the brain". A first criticism is against the eliminativist perspective and in favor of a perspective that is still reductionist but emergentist and functionalist. In a second part, we try to answer the question "under which conditions can we consider this statement legitimate?". We argue that only those mental disorders whose neural substrate has clearly neuropathologi…
Expectations about the “Natural Order of Things” and Conspiracy Beliefs about Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an event that unsettled the social and economic life of many people. When individuals are faced with shocking events, they may need to find plausible explanations for such events to restore control and make sense of reality. The adoption of conspiracy beliefs may represent a functional strategy for this purpose. The present study investigated whether the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs may be associated with the…
Depression in the Mirror
Background and Objectives: Depressive states represent a normal and physiological response to the experience of loss. However, it is possible to identify some elements that allow distinguishing physiological depressive states from pathological ones. Over the years, research has confirmed that a stable tendency to negative self-evaluation is a transdiagnostic factor that triggers and amplifies dysfunctional emotional reactivity, thus contributing …
An Observational Study of OCD Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background and Objectives: While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for general mental health and the increase in anxiety and depression are clear, less is known about the potential effect of the pandemic on OCD. The purpose of this study is to collect new data to monitor the symptomatic status of patients with OCD during the period of emergency due to COVID-19 and to make a comparison between two psychodiagnostic evaluations. Methods: Ele…
Insomnia in the Italian Population During Covid-19 Outbreak
Objectives: One of the largest clusters of Covid-19 infections was observed in Italy. The population was forced to home confinement, exposing individuals to increased risk for insomnia, which is, in turn, associated with depression and anxiety. Through a cross-sectional online survey targeting all Italian adult population (≥18 yrs), insomnia prevalence and its interactions with relevant factors were investigated. Methods: The survey was distribut…
Imagery Rescripting on Guilt-Inducing Memories in OCD
Our findings suggest that after ImRs intervention focusing on patients' early experiences of guilt-inducing reproaches there were clinically significant changes in OCD symptomatology. The data support the role of ImRs in reducing OCD symptoms and the previous cognitive models of OCD, highlighting the role of guilt-related early life experiences in vulnerability to OCD
A GIS-based model to assess electric energy consumptions and usable renewable energy potential in Lazio region at municipality scale
The Obsessive Mind
The application of mindfulness to the treatment of psychological disorders entails becoming aware of what is happening inside us, but also around us, and redirecting our attention in order not to be overwhelmed by the tyranny of the mind. Mindfulness refers to the capacity to pay attention to the present moment with awareness and without judging the experience that one is having (Kabat-Zinn, 1990), such as thoughts, emotions, impulses, sensations…
Forgiveness and religious practice
In this study we examined the gender differences in self-reported forgiving behaviours in a sample of Italian preadolescents (aged 11 to 14 years), who were either involved or not involved in religious practises. Were asked 289 Catholic, Italian preadolescent students were asked about their involvement in the religious practises. They also completed measures of forgiveness, avoidance and revenge motivations. The results showed that forgiveness wa…
Moral Judgment and Empathic/Deontological Guilt
These findings suggested that be physically close to potential victims or be flanked by an "authority" differentially influence the decision-making processes in moral judgment, inducing slower decisions and more utilitarian answers, particularly in the scenario of physical proximity
The Management of UN Peacekeeping
This groundbreaking book brings the insights of organization and public administration theories to the analysis and enhancement of complex peace operations. Focusing on three essential and interrelated aspects of organizations—coordination, learning, and leadership—the authors bridge the gap between research on UN peacekeeping and the realities confronted both in the office and in the field.
Managing Partnership
Due to the proliferation of actors involved, the expansion in mandated tasks, and the general complexity of conflict dynamics, partnerships are increasingly a fact of life for UN peace operations. However, partnership creates additional challenges – strategic ambiguity, an over-emphasis on process, weakened command and control and unequal burden-sharing – that cannot be eliminated, but rather need to be managed. This article suggests a framework …
Confirming the Three-Factor Structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised in Eight Countries
The current study evaluates the factor structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised (DS-R) in eight countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States ( N = 2,606). Confirmatory factor analysis is used to compare two different models of the DS-R and to investigate the invariance of the factor structure of the DS-R across countries and gender. A three-factor solution consisting of three different but inte…
Confirming the Three-Factor Structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised in Eight Countries
The current study evaluates the factor structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised (DS-R) in eight countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States ( N = 2,606). Confirmatory factor analysis is used to compare two different models of the DS-R and to investigate the invariance of the factor structure of the DS-R across countries and gender. A three-factor solution consisting of three different but inte…
Role of Responsibility in Conditional Reasoning
Role of Responsibility in Conditional Reasoning
A series of recent studies showed that facilitation on the Wason Selection Task could be produced by perceived utilities. The present work was aimed at testing whether a similar factor could also be involved in human reasoning performance in the context of responsibility. We supposed that the motivation of the subject assuming responsibility is affected by normative goals. These goals prescribe the actions and the results to be achieved, also con…
Multidisciplinary approach for archeological survey
Responsibility, Guilt, and Decision Under Risk
Responsibility, Guilt, and Decision Under Risk
The Company We Keep
10.1080/13698240600877387
Guilt and focusing in decision‐making
In this paper we examined the impact of a specific emotion, guilt, on focusing in decision‐making. Through the focusing mechanism, when making decisions, individuals tend to restrict their thoughts to what is explicitly represented in the decisional task, disregarding alternatives. In this paper, three experiments are performed to investigate whether an emotional state of guilt can critically guide individuals' focusing, and even prevailing over …
Confirming the Three-Factor Structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised in Eight Countries
The current study evaluates the factor structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised (DS-R) in eight countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States ( N = 2,606). Confirmatory factor analysis is used to compare two different models of the DS-R and to investigate the invariance of the factor structure of the DS-R across countries and gender. A three-factor solution consisting of three different but inte…
Managing Partnership
Due to the proliferation of actors involved, the expansion in mandated tasks, and the general complexity of conflict dynamics, partnerships are increasingly a fact of life for UN peace operations. However, partnership creates additional challenges – strategic ambiguity, an over-emphasis on process, weakened command and control and unequal burden-sharing – that cannot be eliminated, but rather need to be managed. This article suggests a framework …
The Management of UN Peacekeeping
This groundbreaking book brings the insights of organization and public administration theories to the analysis and enhancement of complex peace operations. Focusing on three essential and interrelated aspects of organizations—coordination, learning, and leadership—the authors bridge the gap between research on UN peacekeeping and the realities confronted both in the office and in the field.
The Obsessive Mind
The application of mindfulness to the treatment of psychological disorders entails becoming aware of what is happening inside us, but also around us, and redirecting our attention in order not to be overwhelmed by the tyranny of the mind. Mindfulness refers to the capacity to pay attention to the present moment with awareness and without judging the experience that one is having (Kabat-Zinn, 1990), such as thoughts, emotions, impulses, sensations…
Forgiveness and religious practice
In this study we examined the gender differences in self-reported forgiving behaviours in a sample of Italian preadolescents (aged 11 to 14 years), who were either involved or not involved in religious practises. Were asked 289 Catholic, Italian preadolescent students were asked about their involvement in the religious practises. They also completed measures of forgiveness, avoidance and revenge motivations. The results showed that forgiveness wa…
Moral Judgment and Empathic/Deontological Guilt
These findings suggested that be physically close to potential victims or be flanked by an "authority" differentially influence the decision-making processes in moral judgment, inducing slower decisions and more utilitarian answers, particularly in the scenario of physical proximity
A GIS-based model to assess electric energy consumptions and usable renewable energy potential in Lazio region at municipality scale
Insomnia in the Italian Population During Covid-19 Outbreak
Objectives: One of the largest clusters of Covid-19 infections was observed in Italy. The population was forced to home confinement, exposing individuals to increased risk for insomnia, which is, in turn, associated with depression and anxiety. Through a cross-sectional online survey targeting all Italian adult population (≥18 yrs), insomnia prevalence and its interactions with relevant factors were investigated. Methods: The survey was distribut…
Imagery Rescripting on Guilt-Inducing Memories in OCD
Our findings suggest that after ImRs intervention focusing on patients' early experiences of guilt-inducing reproaches there were clinically significant changes in OCD symptomatology. The data support the role of ImRs in reducing OCD symptoms and the previous cognitive models of OCD, highlighting the role of guilt-related early life experiences in vulnerability to OCD
Depression in the Mirror
Background and Objectives: Depressive states represent a normal and physiological response to the experience of loss. However, it is possible to identify some elements that allow distinguishing physiological depressive states from pathological ones. Over the years, research has confirmed that a stable tendency to negative self-evaluation is a transdiagnostic factor that triggers and amplifies dysfunctional emotional reactivity, thus contributing …
An Observational Study of OCD Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background and Objectives: While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for general mental health and the increase in anxiety and depression are clear, less is known about the potential effect of the pandemic on OCD. The purpose of this study is to collect new data to monitor the symptomatic status of patients with OCD during the period of emergency due to COVID-19 and to make a comparison between two psychodiagnostic evaluations. Methods: Ele…
Group Imagery Rescripting on Childhood Memories Delivered via Telehealth
A telehealth delivered ImR group intervention on childhood memories provides cognitive and emotional improvement. Along with the ability to satisfy the patient's basic emotional needs, the technique seems to be effective in modifying maladaptive beliefs encapsulated in memory
Unhealthy mind in a healthy body
In this article we criticize the thesis "The diseases we treat are diseases of the brain". A first criticism is against the eliminativist perspective and in favor of a perspective that is still reductionist but emergentist and functionalist. In a second part, we try to answer the question "under which conditions can we consider this statement legitimate?". We argue that only those mental disorders whose neural substrate has clearly neuropathologi…
Expectations about the “Natural Order of Things” and Conspiracy Beliefs about Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an event that unsettled the social and economic life of many people. When individuals are faced with shocking events, they may need to find plausible explanations for such events to restore control and make sense of reality. The adoption of conspiracy beliefs may represent a functional strategy for this purpose. The present study investigated whether the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs may be associated with the…
Families in quarantine for Covid-19 in Italy. Resilience as a buffer of parental distress and problematic children’s emotions and behaviors
The pandemic of Covid-19 has had a high impact on people’s lives and especially on families. In Italy, in 2020, the several forced closures led families to live indoors to manage anxiety and distress. It was considered appropriate to investigate which protective factors, like parental resilience, can mitigate the negative impact of pandemic-related distress on family life. We have conducted two online surveys during different national lockdowns f…
What if metacognition is not enough? Its association with delusion may be moderated by self-criticism
Group imagery imagery rescripting via telehealth decreases dysfunctional personality beliefs and the meta-emotional problem but does not increase positive self-compassion
Imagery rescripting (ImR) has shown to reduce negative belief about the self, negative emotions and emotional dysregulation. However, the mechanisms through which this improvement in emotion regulation takes place is currently the object of investigation. An untested hypothesis is that ImR reduces the negative emotional response to primary emotions (i.e. the Meta-emotional problem) associated to difficulties in emotional regulation. In this study…
“You’re Ugly and Bad!“
Self-criticism is a transdiagnostic factor of significant clinical relevance. Research has studied its detrimental role on mental health without discriminating how this differs based on individual psychological functioning. Furthermore, little research has considered the lack of emotional awareness as an essential competence that contributes to dysfunctional self-critical processes and, consequently, to psychopathological outcomes. The objective …
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Cognition (6 works)