Vincent O Mancini
Biographic Data
| ID | 2746370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent O Mancini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | O Mancini |
| SIGNATURE | MANCINI V O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4845-8104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Latent profiles of masculine norm adherence among U.S. and U.K. fathers
Traditional masculine norms shape the well-being of fathers and how they care for their children. This study used latent profile analysis to identify distinct configurations of these masculine norms. The sample consisted of 740 fathers (Mage = 40.00 years, SD = 7.83 years) of mostly White (68%), Black (18%), or Asian ethnicity (5%), with children aged 5–12 years. The latent profile analysis revealed four distinct configurations of traditional mas…
The odds of harm
Online sports betting has become a profitable segment of the global gambling industry, with young men identified as the demographic most likely to engage in online sports betting and at risk of gambling problems. Despite its prominence, limited qualitative research has explored young men’s experiences with online sports betting, and even less has examined parents’ perspectives, who may influence their child’s betting. We interviewed 16 young men …
The Role of Self‐Compassion and Experience in Psychologists' Latent Emotional Labour Strategy Profiles
OBJECTIVE: Emotional labour has long been associated with personal and organizational outcomes such as burnout. However, theoretically dichotomising regulation into surface and deep acting may constrain the ecological validity of research as iterative and person-centered approaches to emotion regulation are not considered. Furthermore, recent research suggests self-compassion and experience may predict emotional labour regulation in psychologists…
Measuring Mankeeping
Mankeeping was theorized as the unreciprocated labor women take on to compensate for losses in men’s social networks, thereby reducing the burden on families, heterosexual bonds, and men. However, there is currently no validated instrument that can reliably assess this theory. Across two studies, this paper aimed to develop and validate a scale to evaluate women’s experiences of mankeeping . Study 1 describes the scale development process using d…
Intrafamilial Maltreatment of People with Intellectual Disability
Internalizing Symptoms in Men
Masculine norms influence internalizing problems in men. The processes that explain this association are not yet comprehensively understood. However, there exists a compelling argument to highlight the role of emotional functioning in explaining how conformity to the traditional Western conceptualization of masculine norms confers risk for internalizing problems. This study links three theoretical frameworks (the normative male alexithymia hypoth…
Emotional labor and emotional exhaustion in psychologists
The emotional exhaustion component of burnout is concerningly prevalent in psychologists providing psychotherapy. Emotional labor is a known contributor to burnout through the pathway of emotional dissonance and is beginning to develop attention in psychologist wellbeing literature. Although the relationship between emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion in psychologists has been observed previously, constructs within an individual's locus…
The Indirect Effects of Fathers’ Parenting Style and Parent Emotion Regulation on the Relationship Between Father Self-Efficacy and Children’s Mental Health Difficulties
Improving parental self-efficacy has been linked with reductions in child mental health difficulties; however, underlying mechanisms remain unclear, especially for fathers. This study investigated whether father self-efficacy influences child mental health difficulties indirectly through parenting style and parent-facilitated regulation of children's negative emotions. A community sample of American fathers ( N = 350, M = 39.45 years old) complet…
Prolonged Grief Disorder, but Not Death From Covid-19, Elicits Public Stigma
We investigated the effects of cause of death (COVID-19 with an underlying medical condition vs. without) and prolonged grief disorder status (PGD present or absent) on participants' reported public stigma towards the bereaved. Participants ( N = 304, 66% women; M age = 39.39 years) were randomly assigned to read one of four vignettes describing a bereaved man. Participants completed stigma measures assessing negative attributions, desired social…
The role of parenting‐ and employment‐related variables on fathers' involvement in their children's education
BACKGROUND: Parent involvement strongly correlates with children's educational attainment. Sociocultural shifts in parenting roles and shared responsibilities have driven an increase in the need for involvement of fathers in activities to support their children's educational development. Several factors are thought to influence father involvement in children's education; however, the most salient factors remain unclear. AIMS: To examine which var…
Grief and functional impairment following Covid-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of grief and psychological distress in community samples. We examined unique pandemic grief risk factors, dysfunctional grief, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, general psychiatric distress, disrupted meaning, and functional impairment in a treatment-seeking sample of people bereaved from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. A sample of 183 participants (91.80% female; M = 47.40 year…
Development of a Brief Coparenting Measure
The study found support for the reliability and validity of the CCS. Coparenting competence, assessed by the CCS, was found to be distinct from factors previously used to represent coparenting quality in multivariate scales. The strength of associations between the CCS and SDQ suggests this new measure may have an important role in coparenting research
The neglect of a child with intellectual disability as reported in Australian news media
People with intellectual disability experience a high risk of being neglected and family members are often identified as the perpetrators. Analysing the media provides insight into public narratives about social problems. A search of Australian newspapers published between 2016 and 2021 identified 27 articles that predominately reported on a single case of familial neglect of an individual with intellectual disability. Using Foucauldian discourse…
Public stigma toward prolonged grief and Covid-19 bereavement
We investigated the effects of cause of death and the presence of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) on eliciting public stigma toward the bereaved. Participants ( N = 328, 76% female; M age = 27.55 years) were randomly assigned to read one of four vignettes describing a bereaved man. Each vignette differed by his PGD status (PGD diagnosis or no PGD diagnosis) and his wife's cause of death (COVID-19 or brain hemorrhage). Participants completed public…
Factors influencing public perceptions of child neglect
More than 1 in 5 children experience neglect, exposing them to several adverse consequences. Children with intellectual disability experience additional neglect related challenges. Public perceptions significantly influence the identification, intervention, and prevention of child neglect. This study applied a mixed methods approach exploring public perceptions of four subtypes of child neglect (lack of supervision, failure to provide, emotional,…
Unfinished business and self-blaming emotions among those bereaved by a Covid-19 death
In view of the mounting death toll of COVID-19 worldwide and the complicating circumstances that commonly accompany such losses, we studied the grief experiences of 209 adult mourners who lost a loved one to coronavirus with a focus on self-blaming emotions and unresolved issues with the deceased. We found universal endorsement of one or more forms of self-blame (guilt, regret, shame) or unfinished business (UB), with over one-third of mourners e…
Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, and functional impairment differed between people bereaved from COVID-19 and from other natural or violent causes in this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) comp…
Measure reliability of the Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Children Scale via Rasch analysis
BACKGROUND: The self-concept of children has an impact on later behavioural development and psychopathology; therefore, evidence of the accurate measurement of self-concept is important. Harter and Pike's (1984, Child Development, 55, 1969) commonly used measure of self-concept, the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Children, has demonstrated varying evidence of its construct validity and reliability, particularly …
The relationship between motor skills and psychosocial factors in young children
BackgroundThe elaborated environmental stress hypothesis (EESH) provides a framework that describes how motor skills may indirectly cause internalizing problems through various mediating psychosocial factors. While there is evidence to support this framework, little is known about how the proposed relationships may vary across different stages of development.AimsThis study aimed to investigate whether peer problems and perceived self-competence m…
Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, and functional impairment differed between people bereaved from COVID-19 and from other natural or violent causes in this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) comp…
Unfinished business and self-blaming emotions among those bereaved by a Covid-19 death
In view of the mounting death toll of COVID-19 worldwide and the complicating circumstances that commonly accompany such losses, we studied the grief experiences of 209 adult mourners who lost a loved one to coronavirus with a focus on self-blaming emotions and unresolved issues with the deceased. We found universal endorsement of one or more forms of self-blame (guilt, regret, shame) or unfinished business (UB), with over one-third of mourners e…
The relationship between motor skills and psychosocial factors in young children
BackgroundThe elaborated environmental stress hypothesis (EESH) provides a framework that describes how motor skills may indirectly cause internalizing problems through various mediating psychosocial factors. While there is evidence to support this framework, little is known about how the proposed relationships may vary across different stages of development.AimsThis study aimed to investigate whether peer problems and perceived self-competence m…
The relationship between motor skills and psychosocial factors in young children
BackgroundThe elaborated environmental stress hypothesis (EESH) provides a framework that describes how motor skills may indirectly cause internalizing problems through various mediating psychosocial factors. While there is evidence to support this framework, little is known about how the proposed relationships may vary across different stages of development.AimsThis study aimed to investigate whether peer problems and perceived self-competence m…
Measure reliability of the Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Children Scale via Rasch analysis
BACKGROUND: The self-concept of children has an impact on later behavioural development and psychopathology; therefore, evidence of the accurate measurement of self-concept is important. Harter and Pike's (1984, Child Development, 55, 1969) commonly used measure of self-concept, the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Children, has demonstrated varying evidence of its construct validity and reliability, particularly …
Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, and functional impairment differed between people bereaved from COVID-19 and from other natural or violent causes in this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) comp…
Unfinished business and self-blaming emotions among those bereaved by a Covid-19 death
In view of the mounting death toll of COVID-19 worldwide and the complicating circumstances that commonly accompany such losses, we studied the grief experiences of 209 adult mourners who lost a loved one to coronavirus with a focus on self-blaming emotions and unresolved issues with the deceased. We found universal endorsement of one or more forms of self-blame (guilt, regret, shame) or unfinished business (UB), with over one-third of mourners e…
Grief and functional impairment following Covid-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of grief and psychological distress in community samples. We examined unique pandemic grief risk factors, dysfunctional grief, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, general psychiatric distress, disrupted meaning, and functional impairment in a treatment-seeking sample of people bereaved from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. A sample of 183 participants (91.80% female; M = 47.40 year…
Development of a Brief Coparenting Measure
The study found support for the reliability and validity of the CCS. Coparenting competence, assessed by the CCS, was found to be distinct from factors previously used to represent coparenting quality in multivariate scales. The strength of associations between the CCS and SDQ suggests this new measure may have an important role in coparenting research
The neglect of a child with intellectual disability as reported in Australian news media
People with intellectual disability experience a high risk of being neglected and family members are often identified as the perpetrators. Analysing the media provides insight into public narratives about social problems. A search of Australian newspapers published between 2016 and 2021 identified 27 articles that predominately reported on a single case of familial neglect of an individual with intellectual disability. Using Foucauldian discourse…
Public stigma toward prolonged grief and Covid-19 bereavement
We investigated the effects of cause of death and the presence of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) on eliciting public stigma toward the bereaved. Participants ( N = 328, 76% female; M age = 27.55 years) were randomly assigned to read one of four vignettes describing a bereaved man. Each vignette differed by his PGD status (PGD diagnosis or no PGD diagnosis) and his wife's cause of death (COVID-19 or brain hemorrhage). Participants completed public…
Factors influencing public perceptions of child neglect
More than 1 in 5 children experience neglect, exposing them to several adverse consequences. Children with intellectual disability experience additional neglect related challenges. Public perceptions significantly influence the identification, intervention, and prevention of child neglect. This study applied a mixed methods approach exploring public perceptions of four subtypes of child neglect (lack of supervision, failure to provide, emotional,…
Emotional labor and emotional exhaustion in psychologists
The emotional exhaustion component of burnout is concerningly prevalent in psychologists providing psychotherapy. Emotional labor is a known contributor to burnout through the pathway of emotional dissonance and is beginning to develop attention in psychologist wellbeing literature. Although the relationship between emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion in psychologists has been observed previously, constructs within an individual's locus…
The Indirect Effects of Fathers’ Parenting Style and Parent Emotion Regulation on the Relationship Between Father Self-Efficacy and Children’s Mental Health Difficulties
Improving parental self-efficacy has been linked with reductions in child mental health difficulties; however, underlying mechanisms remain unclear, especially for fathers. This study investigated whether father self-efficacy influences child mental health difficulties indirectly through parenting style and parent-facilitated regulation of children's negative emotions. A community sample of American fathers ( N = 350, M = 39.45 years old) complet…
Prolonged Grief Disorder, but Not Death From Covid-19, Elicits Public Stigma
We investigated the effects of cause of death (COVID-19 with an underlying medical condition vs. without) and prolonged grief disorder status (PGD present or absent) on participants' reported public stigma towards the bereaved. Participants ( N = 304, 66% women; M age = 39.39 years) were randomly assigned to read one of four vignettes describing a bereaved man. Participants completed stigma measures assessing negative attributions, desired social…
The role of parenting‐ and employment‐related variables on fathers' involvement in their children's education
BACKGROUND: Parent involvement strongly correlates with children's educational attainment. Sociocultural shifts in parenting roles and shared responsibilities have driven an increase in the need for involvement of fathers in activities to support their children's educational development. Several factors are thought to influence father involvement in children's education; however, the most salient factors remain unclear. AIMS: To examine which var…
Intrafamilial Maltreatment of People with Intellectual Disability
Internalizing Symptoms in Men
Masculine norms influence internalizing problems in men. The processes that explain this association are not yet comprehensively understood. However, there exists a compelling argument to highlight the role of emotional functioning in explaining how conformity to the traditional Western conceptualization of masculine norms confers risk for internalizing problems. This study links three theoretical frameworks (the normative male alexithymia hypoth…
Latent profiles of masculine norm adherence among U.S. and U.K. fathers
Traditional masculine norms shape the well-being of fathers and how they care for their children. This study used latent profile analysis to identify distinct configurations of these masculine norms. The sample consisted of 740 fathers (Mage = 40.00 years, SD = 7.83 years) of mostly White (68%), Black (18%), or Asian ethnicity (5%), with children aged 5–12 years. The latent profile analysis revealed four distinct configurations of traditional mas…
The odds of harm
Online sports betting has become a profitable segment of the global gambling industry, with young men identified as the demographic most likely to engage in online sports betting and at risk of gambling problems. Despite its prominence, limited qualitative research has explored young men’s experiences with online sports betting, and even less has examined parents’ perspectives, who may influence their child’s betting. We interviewed 16 young men …
The Role of Self‐Compassion and Experience in Psychologists' Latent Emotional Labour Strategy Profiles
OBJECTIVE: Emotional labour has long been associated with personal and organizational outcomes such as burnout. However, theoretically dichotomising regulation into surface and deep acting may constrain the ecological validity of research as iterative and person-centered approaches to emotion regulation are not considered. Furthermore, recent research suggests self-compassion and experience may predict emotional labour regulation in psychologists…
Measuring Mankeeping
Mankeeping was theorized as the unreciprocated labor women take on to compensate for losses in men’s social networks, thereby reducing the burden on families, heterosexual bonds, and men. However, there is currently no validated instrument that can reliably assess this theory. Across two studies, this paper aimed to develop and validate a scale to evaluate women’s experiences of mankeeping . Study 1 describes the scale development process using d…
Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Grief (5 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works)