Antonella Delle Fave
Biographic Data
| ID | 374257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonella Delle Fave |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonella Delle |
| FAMILY NAME | Fave |
| SIGNATURE | DELLE FAVE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1381-6538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Unveiling the Heterogeneity of Moderate Mental Health Among College Students Through Latent Profile Analysis: Implications for Intervention
Obituary Ruut Veenhoven (1942–2024)
Psychosocial resources and psychopathology among persons with neuromuscular disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic
The findings suggest the importance to investigate psychosocial resources in addition to psychopathology among persons with INMD, and to design interventions supporting resilience as a protective factor for mental health promotion
Finding flow in pandemic times: Leisure opportunities for optimal experience and positive mental health among Italian university students
The restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted citizens' lives worldwide. In this emergency context, mental health levels and flow-promoting activities – with specific attention to leisure - were investigated among 1281 Italian university students attending courses in Health Sciences (HS) and Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (HuPS). They participated in an online survey including, among other instruments, the Mental Heal…
Exploring Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Adolescence: The Role of Health Complaints and Psychosocial Determinants in an Italian Sample
Adolescents are particularly prone to engage in health-risk behaviors such as alcohol and substance use, which can significantly impact their present and future lives. Our study explores the factors contributing to (1) regular alcohol use (i.e., at least 3 to 5 times in the last 30 days) and (2) binge drinking (i.e., drinking at least five glasses of alcohol in a single sitting in the last 12 months) in adolescents, in the 2014 and 2018 waves of …
Emerging Adulthood in the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources
Emerging Adulthood in the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources
Flow Experience and Emotional Well-Being among Italian Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
006). No group differences were detected for negative affect. Learning, structured leisure, and interpersonal relations were the domains most frequently associated with flow before and during the pandemic, but after the pandemic onset a reduction in the variety of flow activities and limited identification of new flow domains were observed. The association of flow with higher emotional well-being even in pandemic times suggests the potential usef…
Resilience and Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic among Italian University Students: A Mixed-Method Study
A vast amount of literature has highlighted that restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdowns and the resulting interruption of face-to-face academic activities, strongly disrupted students' daily routine and undermined their well-being. Through a mixed method approach, this study was aimed at investigating the association between students' experience of the health emergency and their resilience levels during the first pandemi…
Measuring and Assessing Fluctuating and Authentic–Durable Happiness in Italian Samples
On the basis of the self-centeredness and selflessness model, a new instrument assessing two distinct dimensions of happiness, fluctuating and authentic-durable, was developed. The current research aimed at examining the factor structure of the Italian version of the instrument, its psychometric properties and construct validity. To this end, two studies were carried out. Study 1 (N = 544) examined different measurement models, from unidimensiona…
Italian Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Factor Structure, Reliability, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity
Several studies highlighted the role of meaning in life as a major component of well-being and researchers have developed different measures to assess the features of this construct. In the present study, the psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were investigated in the Italian context. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire is a 10-item scale measuring perceived presence of and search for meaning in life, conceptualized as two…
The caring experience in multiple sclerosis: Caregiving tasks, coping strategies and psychological well‐being
Informal caregivers play a crucial role in supporting persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease resulting in progressive worsening of physical and cognitive functioning. While research extensively showed that caregiving workload can be perceived as burdensome, little attention was devoted to the relation connecting workload and caregivers' well-being. Building on previous literature on stress and coping, the aim of this st…
Autonomy level and quality of everyday experience of people with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
In the health domain, well-being is primarily assessed as autonomy and mental distress, whereas the quality of daily experience is rarely investigated. In this study, the relationship between autonomy levels and daily experience was explored. Thirty-five Italian adults with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia provided for one week real-time descriptions of daily activities and associated experiences through the Experience Sampling Method procedure. Par…
Lay Definitions of Happiness across Nations: The Primacy of Inner Harmony and Relational Connectedness
In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in u…
Meaning as inter-connectedness: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
Researchers interested in the study of eudaimonic well-being have devoted increasing efforts in the attempt to define and understand meaning as a core resource fostering human development and successful adaptation to environmental demands. Conceptual models and empirical findings highlighted the pivotal role of relationships and connectedness in the construction and enhancement of meaning throughout life. In this paper connectedness is discussed …
First-Aid Activities and Well-Being: The Experience of Professional and Volunteer Rescuers
While several studies have highlighted the negative consequences of trauma exposure on rescuers' health, the psychological factors promoting rescuers' well-being have rarely been investigated. The present study aimed at analyzing the quality of rescuing experience among professionals and volunteers of the Italian Red Cross. The experiences of 14 professional and 11 volunteer ambulance rescuers were examined through the repeated assessment of thei…
Beyond Pro-Social Behaviour: An Exploration of Altruism in Two Cultures
Well-Being and Cultures: Perspectives from Positive Psychology
Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures: Social Empowerment Through Personal Growth
Parents’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Their Children’s Psychosocial Adaptation During Adolescence
The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings
Impact of Extreme Weather Conditions on High-Altitude Climbers' Goals and Quality of Experience
Goal setting and quality of experience play a key role in sustaining motivation during climbing expeditions. This study investigated these dimensions during a Himalayan expedition affected by prolonged weather emergency preventing climbers from reaching the peak. For one month, six climbers were monitored through experience sampling method (ESM), providing real-time information on their activities, goals and associated experience. Results showed …
Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Quality of Experience in Learning
Parenthood and the Quality of Experience in Daily Life: A Longitudinal Study
Italian Adolescents and Leisure: The Role of Engagement and Optimal Experience
This chapter explores Italian adolescents' use of free time, highlighting cultural peculiarities, the quality of experience in leisure activities, and implications for individual development
The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings
Individual development in a bio-cultural perspective
Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Quality of Experience in Learning
Parenthood and the Quality of Experience in Daily Life: A Longitudinal Study
Optimal experience in work and leisure among teachers and physicians: Individual and bio‐cultural implications
We investigated the role of work and leisure in the daily life of two groups of professionals, whose work outcomes affect the wellbeing, survival and development of other individuals, at both the biological and cultural levels: physicians and teachers. The relationship between work and leisure activities and optimal experience, characterized by engagement, enjoyment and intrinsic motivation, was investigated by means of the flow questionnaire, as…
Parents’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Their Children’s Psychosocial Adaptation During Adolescence
First-Aid Activities and Well-Being: The Experience of Professional and Volunteer Rescuers
While several studies have highlighted the negative consequences of trauma exposure on rescuers' health, the psychological factors promoting rescuers' well-being have rarely been investigated. The present study aimed at analyzing the quality of rescuing experience among professionals and volunteers of the Italian Red Cross. The experiences of 14 professional and 11 volunteer ambulance rescuers were examined through the repeated assessment of thei…
Impact of Extreme Weather Conditions on High-Altitude Climbers' Goals and Quality of Experience
Goal setting and quality of experience play a key role in sustaining motivation during climbing expeditions. This study investigated these dimensions during a Himalayan expedition affected by prolonged weather emergency preventing climbers from reaching the peak. For one month, six climbers were monitored through experience sampling method (ESM), providing real-time information on their activities, goals and associated experience. Results showed …
The caring experience in multiple sclerosis: Caregiving tasks, coping strategies and psychological well‐being
Informal caregivers play a crucial role in supporting persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease resulting in progressive worsening of physical and cognitive functioning. While research extensively showed that caregiving workload can be perceived as burdensome, little attention was devoted to the relation connecting workload and caregivers' well-being. Building on previous literature on stress and coping, the aim of this st…
Autonomy level and quality of everyday experience of people with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
In the health domain, well-being is primarily assessed as autonomy and mental distress, whereas the quality of daily experience is rarely investigated. In this study, the relationship between autonomy levels and daily experience was explored. Thirty-five Italian adults with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia provided for one week real-time descriptions of daily activities and associated experiences through the Experience Sampling Method procedure. Par…
Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure
Cultures differ enormously in terms of the range of opportunities they make available to the people who live in them, and in terms of the skills that the average inhabitant feels he or she possesses. The same culture may vary dramatically along these dimensions at two different points in time. Therefore the quality of subjective experience of a typical member of society will also vary. These days, when anthropologists are more than ever hesitant …
Individual development in a bio-cultural perspective
Contatto fisico e comunicazione verbale: Uno studio transculturale sull'interazione madre-bambino
Antonella Delle Fave, Manuela Lombardi, Fausto Massimini, Contatto fisico e comunicazione verbale: uno studio transculturale sull'interazione madre-bambino, La Ricerca Folklorica, No. 45, Antropologia delle sensazioni (Apr., 2002), pp. 43-51
Italian Adolescents and Leisure: The Role of Engagement and Optimal Experience
This chapter explores Italian adolescents' use of free time, highlighting cultural peculiarities, the quality of experience in leisure activities, and implications for individual development
Coping with Boundaries: The Quality of Daily Experience of Rom Nomads in Europe
In the globalisation process, the social organisation of sedentary cultures represents the uni versal model. Few nomadic communities resist this trend, facing difficulties in survival and intercultural relations. To analyse the daily life and future expectations of these populations from the individual perspective, 60 Rom people living in Italy were administered Flow Questionnaire and Life Theme Questionnaire. These instruments investigate the qu…
Optimal experience in work and leisure among teachers and physicians: Individual and bio‐cultural implications
We investigated the role of work and leisure in the daily life of two groups of professionals, whose work outcomes affect the wellbeing, survival and development of other individuals, at both the biological and cultural levels: physicians and teachers. The relationship between work and leisure activities and optimal experience, characterized by engagement, enjoyment and intrinsic motivation, was investigated by means of the flow questionnaire, as…
Parenthood and the Quality of Experience in Daily Life: A Longitudinal Study
Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Quality of Experience in Learning
Impact of Extreme Weather Conditions on High-Altitude Climbers' Goals and Quality of Experience
Goal setting and quality of experience play a key role in sustaining motivation during climbing expeditions. This study investigated these dimensions during a Himalayan expedition affected by prolonged weather emergency preventing climbers from reaching the peak. For one month, six climbers were monitored through experience sampling method (ESM), providing real-time information on their activities, goals and associated experience. Results showed …
Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures: Social Empowerment Through Personal Growth
Parents’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Their Children’s Psychosocial Adaptation During Adolescence
The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings
Well-Being and Cultures: Perspectives from Positive Psychology
Beyond Pro-Social Behaviour: An Exploration of Altruism in Two Cultures
Meaning as inter-connectedness: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
Researchers interested in the study of eudaimonic well-being have devoted increasing efforts in the attempt to define and understand meaning as a core resource fostering human development and successful adaptation to environmental demands. Conceptual models and empirical findings highlighted the pivotal role of relationships and connectedness in the construction and enhancement of meaning throughout life. In this paper connectedness is discussed …
First-Aid Activities and Well-Being: The Experience of Professional and Volunteer Rescuers
While several studies have highlighted the negative consequences of trauma exposure on rescuers' health, the psychological factors promoting rescuers' well-being have rarely been investigated. The present study aimed at analyzing the quality of rescuing experience among professionals and volunteers of the Italian Red Cross. The experiences of 14 professional and 11 volunteer ambulance rescuers were examined through the repeated assessment of thei…
Lay Definitions of Happiness across Nations: The Primacy of Inner Harmony and Relational Connectedness
In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in u…
Italian Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Factor Structure, Reliability, Convergent, and Discriminant Validity
Several studies highlighted the role of meaning in life as a major component of well-being and researchers have developed different measures to assess the features of this construct. In the present study, the psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were investigated in the Italian context. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire is a 10-item scale measuring perceived presence of and search for meaning in life, conceptualized as two…
The caring experience in multiple sclerosis: Caregiving tasks, coping strategies and psychological well‐being
Informal caregivers play a crucial role in supporting persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease resulting in progressive worsening of physical and cognitive functioning. While research extensively showed that caregiving workload can be perceived as burdensome, little attention was devoted to the relation connecting workload and caregivers' well-being. Building on previous literature on stress and coping, the aim of this st…
Autonomy level and quality of everyday experience of people with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
In the health domain, well-being is primarily assessed as autonomy and mental distress, whereas the quality of daily experience is rarely investigated. In this study, the relationship between autonomy levels and daily experience was explored. Thirty-five Italian adults with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia provided for one week real-time descriptions of daily activities and associated experiences through the Experience Sampling Method procedure. Par…
Measuring and Assessing Fluctuating and Authentic–Durable Happiness in Italian Samples
On the basis of the self-centeredness and selflessness model, a new instrument assessing two distinct dimensions of happiness, fluctuating and authentic-durable, was developed. The current research aimed at examining the factor structure of the Italian version of the instrument, its psychometric properties and construct validity. To this end, two studies were carried out. Study 1 (N = 544) examined different measurement models, from unidimensiona…
Emerging Adulthood in the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources
Flow Experience and Emotional Well-Being among Italian Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
006). No group differences were detected for negative affect. Learning, structured leisure, and interpersonal relations were the domains most frequently associated with flow before and during the pandemic, but after the pandemic onset a reduction in the variety of flow activities and limited identification of new flow domains were observed. The association of flow with higher emotional well-being even in pandemic times suggests the potential usef…
Resilience and Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic among Italian University Students: A Mixed-Method Study
A vast amount of literature has highlighted that restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdowns and the resulting interruption of face-to-face academic activities, strongly disrupted students' daily routine and undermined their well-being. Through a mixed method approach, this study was aimed at investigating the association between students' experience of the health emergency and their resilience levels during the first pandemi…
Exploring Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Adolescence: The Role of Health Complaints and Psychosocial Determinants in an Italian Sample
Adolescents are particularly prone to engage in health-risk behaviors such as alcohol and substance use, which can significantly impact their present and future lives. Our study explores the factors contributing to (1) regular alcohol use (i.e., at least 3 to 5 times in the last 30 days) and (2) binge drinking (i.e., drinking at least five glasses of alcohol in a single sitting in the last 12 months) in adolescents, in the 2014 and 2018 waves of …
Psychology (25 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychotherapist (7 works)