Patrizia Velotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 134652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrizia Velotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrizia |
| FAMILY NAME | Velotti |
| SIGNATURE | VELOTTI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1933-8314 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Metacognitive interpersonal therapy for male domestic offenders ( MIT ‐ MDO ) with personality disorders
Climate change, nature connection, and mental health
Managing climate crisis through the affects
A Voice in the Minds of Love Addicts
This study explores the subjective experience of Love Addiction (LA) and addressed the lack of qualitative tools. Study 1 reviewed literature, finding limited clinical research and no validated LA-specific instruments. Study 2 developed and validated the Love Addiction Interview (LAI), a semi-structured tool tested on 33 clinical patients. Thematic and psychodynamic analyses revealed key emotional dimensions, ego-dystonicity, and relational distr…
Qualitative Interviews Exploring Infertility-Related Experiences
Infertility is a multidimensional and psychologically demanding condition, frequently managed through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Although qualitative interviews offer valuable insight into lived experiences, the use of heterogeneous and ad hoc approaches has limited the integration of coherent knowledge. Following PRISMA guidelines, this systematic review examined qualitative studies published between 2013 and 2024 employing interv…
Into the Lived Experience of Infertility
The subjective experience of infertility and Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) treatments is crucial for research and clinical practice. This study introduces the Infertility History Interview (IHI), a semi-structured clinical tool developed from clinical experience and theory to assess awareness and narrative integration of infertility experiences. 86 patient narratives were analyzed using a psychodynamic approach, revealing four thematic c…
Gambling disorder in the context of couple relationships
In recent years, Gambling Disorder (GD) has gained increasing attention in psychological and neuroscientific research due to its significant behavioral, social, and economic consequences. GD shares core features with substance addictions, including craving, tolerance, and withdrawal, and is influenced by a complex interplay of genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors. The couple's context plays a pivotal role in both the development an…
Interventions for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) represents a global public health concern, with significant psychological, physical, and social consequences. Numerous interventions have been proposed and evaluated over time to address perpetrator behavior; however, the heterogeneity and variability of outcomes across studies limit the clarity of evidence-based guidance. To address this, the present study conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews and met…
Conceptualizing love addiction within the attachment perspective
Psychopathology of Couple Relationship
In recent decades, a new clinical condition has been proposed as a potential psychopathological disorder warranting further investigation. Love addiction (LA) is characterised by an overwhelming investment in romantic relationships, resulting in excessive dependence on the partner, expressed through obsessive behaviours and beliefs. Although current literature suggests that LA may best fit within the behavioural addictions diagnostic cluster, sev…
The relationship between emotion regulation and sustainable leadership
Emotional factors in leaders have been found to be important in practicing sustainable leadership. Recent studies have highlighted that leaders with adaptive emotional regulation tend to exhibit sustainable leadership more frequently. However, it is not clear why emotional regulation can enable leaders to act sustainably with their followers. We aim to investigate whether being able to feel safe in social contexts may be a factor that explains th…
Food addiction and personality traits
Suicide-Related Outcomes Among Adults in Custody
We conducted a comprehensive umbrella review including all published meta-analyses and systematic reviews on suicide-related outcomes among adults in custody. Eligible studies were searched for in major scientific databases following the PRISMA method up to February 2023. The quality of each study was assessed using the AMSTAR-2 protocol. Twenty studies were included, consisting of 11 meta-analyses and nine systematic reviews. Factors associated …
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale–Dyadic version
A new measure for assessing an individual's perception of the dyadic difficulties in emotion regulation with a romantic partner is tested. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale–Dyadic (DERS‐D) was obtained by adapting some items of the previous Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) to the dyadic context. The scale was administered both to a sample of university students ( N = 835) to explore its factorial structure and to a conve…
Attachment Style, Emotion Dysregulation and Sexual Satisfaction Among Polyamorous and Non-polyamorous Individuals
To date, little is known about the psychological functioning of polyamorous individuals about the variables explaining positive attitudes towards polyamory. This study aims to investigate the constructs of attachment, emotion regulation and sexual satisfaction in polyamory. Self-report questionnaires were administered to a sample of adults reporting to be polylovers ( n = 76) and to a sample of non-polylovers ( n = 102). Polyamorous individuals, …
The multifaceted role of emotion regulation in suicidality
Love addiction and sexual satisfaction within the attachment perspective
This study aims to test the predictive capacity of the attachment theory in delineating the line between normal and pathological love as well as testing the moderating role of gender in the link between insecure attachment and sexual satisfaction. We administered to a sample of 307 adults the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Love Addiction Inventory (LAI), the Passionate Love Scale (PLS), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS). We …
The Relation of Anxiety and Avoidance Dimensions of Attachment to Intimate Partner Violence
Objective: Attachment theory is a useful framework for understanding the phenomenon of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimisation. Many studies have examined the relationship between attachment and IPV victimisation. The need to examine the nature of this relationship through a meta-analytic approach arises from an awareness of the amount of contrasting data surrounding the topic. Method: Searching five databases (PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, MEDLI…
A brief report on dysregulation of positive emotions and impulsivity
The Relation of Anxiety and Avoidance Dimensions of Attachment to Intimate Partner Violence
Elucidating the relevance of dissociation and emotion dysregulation for aggression in forensic and community samples
Heart rate variability and interoceptive accuracy predict impaired decision-making in Gambling Disorder
Emotion dysregulation acts in the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and suicidal ideation
Suicide behaviors are peculiar aspects of several cluster B disorders, including Narcissistic Personality Disorder. To date, it is still unclear which facet of narcissism is more related to the desire to die and which other factors are involved in this relationship. This study aims to offer preliminary empirical evidences concerning the relationship between narcissism, emotion dysregulation and suicide ideation. We administered the Pathological N…
Loneliness, Emotion Dysregulation, and Internalizing Symptoms During Coronavirus Disease 2019
Background: Our study aimed to test the hypotheses that an increased level of loneliness experienced during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confinement was predictive of internalizing symptoms and that this pathway was mediated by emotion dysregulation levels. Methods: To reach this aim, we performed an online longitudinal survey recruiting 1,330 participants at Time 1 (at the beginning of the lockdown) and 308 participants at Time 2 (few day…
A Fear of Covid-19 and PTSD Symptoms in Pathological Personality
Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is currently putting a strain on the mental health resilience of the world's population. Specifically, it is likely to elicit an intense response to fear and to act as a risk factor for the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some individuals may be more at risk than others, with pathological personality variables being a potential candidate as a central vulnerability factor.…
Emotional suppression in early marriage
Although habitual use of suppression has been consistently linked to adverse consequences for overall social functioning, little is known about the implications of using this emotion regulation strategy in the context of romantic relationships. The current longitudinal study tests whether husbands' and wives' habitual use of suppression, as well as couple similarity in the use of this strategy, influence marital quality over the first couple of y…
Understanding the connection between self‐esteem and aggression
The purpose of the present study was to extend previous knowledge concerning the link between self-esteem and aggression by examining the mediating role of emotion dysregulation among offenders and community participants. A sample of 153 incarcerated violent offenders and a community sample of 197 individuals completed self-report measures of self-esteem level, emotion dysregulation, and trait aggression. Offenders reported lower levels of self-e…
Negative emotionality and aggression in violent offenders
Emotion regulation mediates relationships between mindfulness facets and aggression dimensions
Recent years have witnessed an increase of research on socio‐affective factors that can explain individual differences in aggressive tendencies across community and offender populations. Specifically, mindfulness and emotion regulation have emerged as important factors, which could also constitute important prevention and treatment targets. Yet, recent studies have advanced the possibility that mindfulness may also have a “dark” side, being assoc…
Difficulties in emotion regulation and psychopathic traits in violent offenders
Get mad
Emotion regulation, mindfulness, and alexithymia
Gender moderates the relationship between attachment insecurities and emotion dysregulation
The relation between attachment styles and emotion regulation is well documented, and emotion dysregulation is considered characteristic of individuals with insecure attachment styles. Although gender differences in emotion regulation have often been reported, it is not clear whether the association between attachment styles and aspects of emotion dysregulation may vary across gender. A sample of 229 newlywed couples completed the Experiences in …
Attachment representations in late-adopted children
Late-adopted children have often suffered a wide range of deprivations in their pre-adoption lives. These early adverse experiences can have a negative effect on children’s attachment representations even after they have been adopted. This study assesses the attachment representations of 61 late-adopted children over the first year of placement, exploring the risk and protective factors of age at placement, length of adoption and gender. The atta…
Representations of health and illness by Eastern European, South American and Italian care workers
This qualitative research examined the representations of health and illness presented by 30 individuals who work as care workers, from three different locations: Eastern Europe, South America and Italy. We led three focus groups for people who came from the same geographical area (intra-ethnic) and two for those from ‘mixed’ areas (inter-ethnic). From our content analyses, certain similarities and differences between the conceptualizations of he…
Interventions for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) represents a global public health concern, with significant psychological, physical, and social consequences. Numerous interventions have been proposed and evaluated over time to address perpetrator behavior; however, the heterogeneity and variability of outcomes across studies limit the clarity of evidence-based guidance. To address this, the present study conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews and met…
Love addiction and sexual satisfaction within the attachment perspective
This study aims to test the predictive capacity of the attachment theory in delineating the line between normal and pathological love as well as testing the moderating role of gender in the link between insecure attachment and sexual satisfaction. We administered to a sample of 307 adults the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Love Addiction Inventory (LAI), the Passionate Love Scale (PLS), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS). We …
Shame coping and psychopathy
To extend current knowledge on the role of emotion regulation in psychopathy, the present study sought to examine relationships between maladaptive (Attack Self, Attack Others, Avoidance, Withdrawal) and adaptive shame coping styles and psychopathic traits (interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial) in incarcerated violent offenders. A sample of 266 men incarcerated for violent offenses in Italian prisons (Mage = 37.42, SD = 11.85) complete…
Cultural Adaptation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of an Italian version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; Gratz & Roemer, 2004). METHOD: Three studies were completed. First, factorial structure, internal consistency, and concurrent validity of our Italian version of the DERS were examined with a sample of 323 students (77% female; mean age 25.6). Second, test-retest analyses were completed using a …
Representations of health and illness by Eastern European, South American and Italian care workers
This qualitative research examined the representations of health and illness presented by 30 individuals who work as care workers, from three different locations: Eastern Europe, South America and Italy. We led three focus groups for people who came from the same geographical area (intra-ethnic) and two for those from ‘mixed’ areas (inter-ethnic). From our content analyses, certain similarities and differences between the conceptualizations of he…
Alcohol misuse in psychiatric patients and nonclinical individuals
Notwithstanding the relevance of both emotion dysregulation and impulsivity to alcohol misuse, there is a dearth of study addressing their reciprocal interaction. The first aim of this study was to confirm the role played by difficulties in emotion regulation and trait impulsivity in explaining maladaptive alcohol use, comparing a mixed psychiatric sample (N = 130; 64.4% males; mean age = 43.30 years, SD = 11.83) with community-dwelling individua…
Attachment representations in late-adopted children
Late-adopted children have often suffered a wide range of deprivations in their pre-adoption lives. These early adverse experiences can have a negative effect on children’s attachment representations even after they have been adopted. This study assesses the attachment representations of 61 late-adopted children over the first year of placement, exploring the risk and protective factors of age at placement, length of adoption and gender. The atta…
Individual Differences in Cognitive Emotion Regulation
Understanding the connection between self‐esteem and aggression
The purpose of the present study was to extend previous knowledge concerning the link between self-esteem and aggression by examining the mediating role of emotion dysregulation among offenders and community participants. A sample of 153 incarcerated violent offenders and a community sample of 197 individuals completed self-report measures of self-esteem level, emotion dysregulation, and trait aggression. Offenders reported lower levels of self-e…
Gender moderates the relationship between attachment insecurities and emotion dysregulation
The relation between attachment styles and emotion regulation is well documented, and emotion dysregulation is considered characteristic of individuals with insecure attachment styles. Although gender differences in emotion regulation have often been reported, it is not clear whether the association between attachment styles and aspects of emotion dysregulation may vary across gender. A sample of 229 newlywed couples completed the Experiences in …
Emotional suppression in early marriage
Although habitual use of suppression has been consistently linked to adverse consequences for overall social functioning, little is known about the implications of using this emotion regulation strategy in the context of romantic relationships. The current longitudinal study tests whether husbands' and wives' habitual use of suppression, as well as couple similarity in the use of this strategy, influence marital quality over the first couple of y…
“Thinking about arrows”
In an article published in Psychoanalytic Psychology, Schimmenti (2017) reported an empirical study whose results were interpreted as supporting the trauma model of dissociation and suggested that alexithymia and deficits in theory of mind might mediate the relation between emotional neglect and dissociation. Although interesting and thought provoking, that study also had methodological and conceptual limits, which leave open the possibility that…
Negative emotionality and aggression in violent offenders
Exploring Relationships
Emotion regulation, mindfulness, and alexithymia
Difficulties in emotion regulation and psychopathic traits in violent offenders
Modas juveniles y nuevas identidades culturales
Las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación, en particular la web, configuran nuevas identidades culturales en las jóvenes generaciones. Se trata de analizar esas nuevas identidades tecnificadas, globalizadas e interconectadas desde una perspectiva semiótica. A partir de varios casos concretos sacados de los campos ligados a las redes sociales, artístico o literario se comprueba la tesis de que las modas son formas de “escritura” del cuerpo
Giving a Voice to Gambling Addiction
Emotion regulation mediates relationships between mindfulness facets and aggression dimensions
Recent years have witnessed an increase of research on socio‐affective factors that can explain individual differences in aggressive tendencies across community and offender populations. Specifically, mindfulness and emotion regulation have emerged as important factors, which could also constitute important prevention and treatment targets. Yet, recent studies have advanced the possibility that mindfulness may also have a “dark” side, being assoc…
Get mad
Heart rate variability and interoceptive accuracy predict impaired decision-making in Gambling Disorder
Emotion dysregulation acts in the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and suicidal ideation
Suicide behaviors are peculiar aspects of several cluster B disorders, including Narcissistic Personality Disorder. To date, it is still unclear which facet of narcissism is more related to the desire to die and which other factors are involved in this relationship. This study aims to offer preliminary empirical evidences concerning the relationship between narcissism, emotion dysregulation and suicide ideation. We administered the Pathological N…
Loneliness, Emotion Dysregulation, and Internalizing Symptoms During Coronavirus Disease 2019
Background: Our study aimed to test the hypotheses that an increased level of loneliness experienced during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confinement was predictive of internalizing symptoms and that this pathway was mediated by emotion dysregulation levels. Methods: To reach this aim, we performed an online longitudinal survey recruiting 1,330 participants at Time 1 (at the beginning of the lockdown) and 308 participants at Time 2 (few day…
A Fear of Covid-19 and PTSD Symptoms in Pathological Personality
Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is currently putting a strain on the mental health resilience of the world's population. Specifically, it is likely to elicit an intense response to fear and to act as a risk factor for the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some individuals may be more at risk than others, with pathological personality variables being a potential candidate as a central vulnerability factor.…
Shame coping and psychopathy
To extend current knowledge on the role of emotion regulation in psychopathy, the present study sought to examine relationships between maladaptive (Attack Self, Attack Others, Avoidance, Withdrawal) and adaptive shame coping styles and psychopathic traits (interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial) in incarcerated violent offenders. A sample of 266 men incarcerated for violent offenses in Italian prisons (Mage = 37.42, SD = 11.85) complete…
A brief report on dysregulation of positive emotions and impulsivity
The Relation of Anxiety and Avoidance Dimensions of Attachment to Intimate Partner Violence
Elucidating the relevance of dissociation and emotion dysregulation for aggression in forensic and community samples
Psychology (28 works) · Developmental psychology (21 works) · Clinical Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works)