Francesca Romana Alparone
Biographic Data
| ID | 241120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Romana Alparone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca Romana |
| FAMILY NAME | Alparone |
| SIGNATURE | ALPARONE F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chieti-Pescara |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9994-6629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction: A Registered Report of Four Tests of Construal-Level Theory
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Being ostracized: The impact of emotional and cognitive responses on the antisocial behavior toward the sources of ostracism
The present study focuses on the comprehensive role of the affective and cognitive consequences of ostracism and, in turn, on antisocial behavioral response toward the sources of ostracism. One hundred and sixty-eight participants were ostracized or included in Cyberball. Participants subsequently reported their own need satisfaction, mood, global impression of sources, and how they wanted to allocate money towards them. Results revealed that ost…
How Government Communication Influences the Protective Behaviors During Pandemic Fatigue: A Study on Long Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of communication in managing public health crises. This study, grounded in the WHO’s principles for addressing pandemic fatigue, explores the relationship between perceptions of government communication and the adoption of protective behaviors among Italians. An online survey of 371 participants revealed that perceptions of these principles are linked to greater risk awareness, trust, and norms …
The Words of Morality: An Italian Adaptation of the Moral Foundations Dictionary 2.0 for the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count
The present study provides an Italian-adapted version of the Moral Foundations Dictionary (MFD) 2.0, namely Italian version of the MFD (it-MFD), for use in the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count software. The MFD 2.0 was translated and adapted from English into Italian following a multistep process. Subsequently, the reviewers compared the output with the original text to identify semantic discrepancies. Independent judges then evaluated the relevance…
What Your Face Says: How Signals of Communion and Agency Inform First Impressions and Behavioural Intentions
Two studies investigated how facial signals of communion and agency intersect to shape first impressions. Study 1 primarily investigated how enhancing or reducing facial signals of communion or agency affected impressions of these dimensions. Results demonstrated that the manipulation of facial signals of communion affected impressions of both communion and agency, whereas the manipulation of facial signals of agency affected only impressions of …
On children's independent mobility: The interplay of demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors
In the past 50 years, a marked reduction has occurred in European and North American children's freedom of movement and outdoor play. Using a structural equation model, the present study investigates the interaction between personal, environmental, and psychosocial factors that affect children's independent mobility. The study involved 313 mothers of 8–10-year-old Italian children. The results supported the hypothesized model: the age of the chil…
Managing a Social Identity Threat: Ambivalence Toward the Ingroup as Psychological Disengagement
We examined how members of a low status group react to a social identity threat. We propose that expressing an ambivalent evaluation toward the ingroup may represent a way to manage such a threatening situation. For this study, 131 undergraduates' identification with Italians was assessed. Participants were divided into groups, according to a situational identity threat (high vs. low). In line with hypotheses, low identifiers expressed more ambiv…
Girls' math performance under stereotype threat: The moderating role of mothers' gender stereotypes
Previous research on stereotype threat in children suggests that making gender identity salient disrupts girls' math performance at as early as 5 to 7 years of age. The present study (n = 124) tested the hypothesis that parents' endorsement of gender stereotypes about math moderates girls' susceptibility to stereotype threat. Results confirmed that stereotype threat impaired girls' performance on math tasks among students from kindergarten throug…
Ambivalence in Intergroup Evaluation: The Role of Fairness Norm
Children's citizenship and participation models: Participation in planning urban spaces and children's councils
Participation represents a very important strategy for the sustainable development of cities and many governments have implemented a number of initiatives with this objective in mind. Of all the forms of children's involvement in changing the city, the present work takes into account two models of children's participation: Children's Councils and Participation in Planning. Special emphasis has been put on the description of the methods followed b…
The influence of psychosocial and environmental factors on children's independent mobility and relationship to peer frequentation
The first aim of this study was to investigate whether demographic characteristics of children (i.e. age, sex, birth order), mothers' psychosocial characteristics (i.e. fear of crime, neighbourhood relations, sense of community, perceived risk of traffic) and environmental factors (i.e. living in a new/old neighbourhood, in a building with a condominium courtyard, near a park or in a private street) influence the independent urban mobility of 7–1…
The influence of psychosocial and environmental factors on children's independent mobility and relationship to peer frequentation
The first aim of this study was to investigate whether demographic characteristics of children (i.e. age, sex, birth order), mothers' psychosocial characteristics (i.e. fear of crime, neighbourhood relations, sense of community, perceived risk of traffic) and environmental factors (i.e. living in a new/old neighbourhood, in a building with a condominium courtyard, near a park or in a private street) influence the independent urban mobility of 7–1…
On children's independent mobility: The interplay of demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors
In the past 50 years, a marked reduction has occurred in European and North American children's freedom of movement and outdoor play. Using a structural equation model, the present study investigates the interaction between personal, environmental, and psychosocial factors that affect children's independent mobility. The study involved 313 mothers of 8–10-year-old Italian children. The results supported the hypothesized model: the age of the chil…
Girls' math performance under stereotype threat: The moderating role of mothers' gender stereotypes
Previous research on stereotype threat in children suggests that making gender identity salient disrupts girls' math performance at as early as 5 to 7 years of age. The present study (n = 124) tested the hypothesis that parents' endorsement of gender stereotypes about math moderates girls' susceptibility to stereotype threat. Results confirmed that stereotype threat impaired girls' performance on math tasks among students from kindergarten throug…
Children's citizenship and participation models: Participation in planning urban spaces and children's councils
Participation represents a very important strategy for the sustainable development of cities and many governments have implemented a number of initiatives with this objective in mind. Of all the forms of children's involvement in changing the city, the present work takes into account two models of children's participation: Children's Councils and Participation in Planning. Special emphasis has been put on the description of the methods followed b…
Ambivalence in Intergroup Evaluation: The Role of Fairness Norm
Managing a Social Identity Threat: Ambivalence Toward the Ingroup as Psychological Disengagement
We examined how members of a low status group react to a social identity threat. We propose that expressing an ambivalent evaluation toward the ingroup may represent a way to manage such a threatening situation. For this study, 131 undergraduates' identification with Italians was assessed. Participants were divided into groups, according to a situational identity threat (high vs. low). In line with hypotheses, low identifiers expressed more ambiv…
Children's citizenship and participation models: Participation in planning urban spaces and children's councils
Participation represents a very important strategy for the sustainable development of cities and many governments have implemented a number of initiatives with this objective in mind. Of all the forms of children's involvement in changing the city, the present work takes into account two models of children's participation: Children's Councils and Participation in Planning. Special emphasis has been put on the description of the methods followed b…
The influence of psychosocial and environmental factors on children's independent mobility and relationship to peer frequentation
The first aim of this study was to investigate whether demographic characteristics of children (i.e. age, sex, birth order), mothers' psychosocial characteristics (i.e. fear of crime, neighbourhood relations, sense of community, perceived risk of traffic) and environmental factors (i.e. living in a new/old neighbourhood, in a building with a condominium courtyard, near a park or in a private street) influence the independent urban mobility of 7–1…
Ambivalence in Intergroup Evaluation: The Role of Fairness Norm
Girls' math performance under stereotype threat: The moderating role of mothers' gender stereotypes
Previous research on stereotype threat in children suggests that making gender identity salient disrupts girls' math performance at as early as 5 to 7 years of age. The present study (n = 124) tested the hypothesis that parents' endorsement of gender stereotypes about math moderates girls' susceptibility to stereotype threat. Results confirmed that stereotype threat impaired girls' performance on math tasks among students from kindergarten throug…
On children's independent mobility: The interplay of demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors
In the past 50 years, a marked reduction has occurred in European and North American children's freedom of movement and outdoor play. Using a structural equation model, the present study investigates the interaction between personal, environmental, and psychosocial factors that affect children's independent mobility. The study involved 313 mothers of 8–10-year-old Italian children. The results supported the hypothesized model: the age of the chil…
Managing a Social Identity Threat: Ambivalence Toward the Ingroup as Psychological Disengagement
We examined how members of a low status group react to a social identity threat. We propose that expressing an ambivalent evaluation toward the ingroup may represent a way to manage such a threatening situation. For this study, 131 undergraduates' identification with Italians was assessed. Participants were divided into groups, according to a situational identity threat (high vs. low). In line with hypotheses, low identifiers expressed more ambiv…
Being ostracized: The impact of emotional and cognitive responses on the antisocial behavior toward the sources of ostracism
The present study focuses on the comprehensive role of the affective and cognitive consequences of ostracism and, in turn, on antisocial behavioral response toward the sources of ostracism. One hundred and sixty-eight participants were ostracized or included in Cyberball. Participants subsequently reported their own need satisfaction, mood, global impression of sources, and how they wanted to allocate money towards them. Results revealed that ost…
How Government Communication Influences the Protective Behaviors During Pandemic Fatigue: A Study on Long Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of communication in managing public health crises. This study, grounded in the WHO’s principles for addressing pandemic fatigue, explores the relationship between perceptions of government communication and the adoption of protective behaviors among Italians. An online survey of 371 participants revealed that perceptions of these principles are linked to greater risk awareness, trust, and norms …
The Words of Morality: An Italian Adaptation of the Moral Foundations Dictionary 2.0 for the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count
The present study provides an Italian-adapted version of the Moral Foundations Dictionary (MFD) 2.0, namely Italian version of the MFD (it-MFD), for use in the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count software. The MFD 2.0 was translated and adapted from English into Italian following a multistep process. Subsequently, the reviewers compared the output with the original text to identify semantic discrepancies. Independent judges then evaluated the relevance…
What Your Face Says: How Signals of Communion and Agency Inform First Impressions and Behavioural Intentions
Two studies investigated how facial signals of communion and agency intersect to shape first impressions. Study 1 primarily investigated how enhancing or reducing facial signals of communion or agency affected impressions of these dimensions. Results demonstrated that the manipulation of facial signals of communion affected impressions of both communion and agency, whereas the manipulation of facial signals of agency affected only impressions of …
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction: A Registered Report of Four Tests of Construal-Level Theory
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ambivalence (2 works)