Maria Giovanna Caprara

Biographic Data

ID111489
NAMEMaria Giovanna Caprara
GIVEN NAMESMaria Giovanna
FAMILY NAMECaprara
SIGNATURECAPRARA M G
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad a Distancia de Madrid
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS119
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX4

  • The Contribution of Religiosity to Ideology

    Open AccessGian Vittorio Caprara, Michele Vecchione et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2018Cited by: 10References: 30

    The current study examines the extent to which religiosity account for ideological orientations in 16 countries from five continents (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Results showed that religiosity was consistently related to right and conservative ideologies in all countries, except Australia. This relation held across …

  • Basic Values, Ideological Self-Placement, and Voting

    Open AccessGian Vittorio Caprara, Michele Vecchione et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2017Cited by: 30References: 33

    The current study examines the contribution of left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology to voting, as well as the extent to which basic values account for ideological orientation. Analyses were conducted in 16 countries from five continents (Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania), most of which have been neglected by previous studies. Results showed that left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology predicted voting in all …

  • Stability and change of basic personal values in early adulthood

    Open AccessMichele Vecchione, Shalom Schwartz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality2016Cited by: 23References: 49

  • The Perceived Political Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form (PPSE-S)

    Open AccessMichele Vecchione, Gian Vittorio Caprara et al.ARTICLECross-Cultural Research2014Cited by: 4References: 19

    The present study aims to develop a short form of the Perceived Political Self-Efficacy scale (PPSE-S). The psychometric properties of the short form were first investigated in an Italian sample ( n = 697), and compared with those of the extended version. The cross-cultural replicability of the short form was then investigated in Spain ( n = 354), and Greece ( n = 270). Finally, the relations between the PPSE-S and several indicators of political…

  • Basic Personal Values Underlie and Give Coherence to Political Values

    Open AccessShalom H Schwartz, Gian Vittorio Caprara et al.ARTICLEPolitical Behavior2014Cited by: 52References: 48

  • The Positivity Scale.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara, G Alessandri et al.ARTICLEPsychological Assessment2012

    Five studies document the validity of a new 8-item scale designed to measure positivity, defined as the tendency to view life and experiences with a positive outlook. In the first study (N = 372), the psychometric properties of Positivity Scale (P Scale) were examined in accordance with classical test theory using a large number of college participants. In Study 2, the unidimensionality of the P Scale was corroborated with confirmatory factor ana…