Marcantonio M Spada
Biographic Data
| ID | 4623715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcantonio M Spada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcantonio M |
| FAMILY NAME | Spada |
| SIGNATURE | SPADA M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | London South Bank University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4548-9578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bidirectional relationships between desire thinking and gambling disorder tendency
Restless minds, restless nights
Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence
At the time of writing, about 4.59 billion people use social media with many adolescents using their social media accounts across a myriad of applications and platforms. According to recent statistics, in 2022 individuals spent an average of 151 minutes on social media each day, illustrating the global relevance of social media (Dixon, 2022a,b). One of the pressing questions, internationally, is whether social media use is harmful and/or addictiv…
A three-wave longitudinal study on the underlying metacognitive mechanism between depression and Internet gaming disorder
Background and aims: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and depression have negative consequences on individuals' mental health, but their relationships are complex. This three-wave longitudinal study aimed to detect the metacognitive mechanisms underlying the association between IGD tendency and depression based on the self-regulatory executive function model. Methods: A total of 1,243 Chinese undergraduate student gamers (57% female, M = 19.77, SD …
Fear of missing out and fear of not being up to date
The present study introduces a new construct potentially associated with problematic smartphone use, that is the fear of not being up to date, and tests two serial mediation models, in which it was hypothesised that: (i) metacognitions and social smartphone use would be serial mediators of the relationship between the fear of missing out (FoMO) and problematic smartphone use (PSU); and (ii) metacognitions and process smartphone use would be seria…
The independent contribution of desire thinking to problematic social media use
Problematic smartphone use and sleep disturbance
Theoretically, findings suggest that enhancing cognitive reappraisal (by 1 SD) and reducing imaginal prefiguration (by 1 SD), might protect against sleep disturbance by reducing its association with PSU. Limitations and future directions are discussed
Psychological distress in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
OBJECTIVE: To explore the direct and indirect associations between intolerance of uncertainty, health anxiety (HA), and psychological distress through problematic internet use (PIU) and cyberchondria, both before and during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: 31.9 years, SD = 13.4) was recruited during the COVID-19 lockdown. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-report measures assessing HA and psychological distress. RESULTS: Two distinct p…
Metacognitions About Gambling Among Chinese Gamblers
Beliefs About the Need to Control One’s Thoughts and Cognitive Self-consciousness Are Associated with Sexual Stigma
Introduction Sexual stigma has been found to be related to a variety of factors including age, ethnicity, religion, gender, and education. However, we still know relatively little about the association of cognitive constructs with homonegativity. In the current study, we aimed to explore the associations between metacognitions and sexual stigma among young adults. Methods Five hundred thirty-eight individuals participated in the study. The follow…
Individual differences in selective attentional bias for healthy and unhealthy food-related stimuli and social identity as a vegan/vegetarian dissociate “healthy” and “unhealthy” orthorexia nervosa
Previous work identified the operation of an attentional bias (AB) towards healthy food related stimuli among those with increasing tendencies towards orthorexia nervosa (ON) using a modified Stroop task. The current work aimed to replicate and extend our understanding of this effect by incorporating alternative measures of AB (i.e., the dot probe task) and ON (i.e., the Teruel Orthorexia Scale [ToS]) in a sample of self-defined vegans/vegetarian…
Modelling the contribution of the Big Five personality traits, health anxiety, and Covid-19 psychological distress to generalised anxiety and depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Problematic Internet Use in early adolescence
The Big Five personality traits and online gaming
Online gaming has become an essential form of entertainment with the advent of technology and a large sway of research has been undertaken to understand its various permutations. Previous reviews have identified associations between the Big Five personality traits and online gaming, but a systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between these constructs has yet to be undertaken. In the current study we aimed to fill this gap in the …
Modelling the contribution of metacognitions and expectancies to problematic smartphone use
Modelling the Contribution of Metacognitions, Impulsiveness, and Thought Suppression to Behavioural Addictions in Adolescents
The most common behavioral addictions in adolescents are Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD), and Problematic Social Networks Use (PSNU). In the present study, we investigated whether thought suppression and impulsiveness mediate the relationship between metacognitions and these three behavioral addictions (IGD, CSBD and PSNU). In Study 1 ( n = 471), we examined whether online gaming thought suppression and …
Desire thinking as a predictor of compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescents
Social anxiety and Internet gaming disorder
The associations between problematic Facebook use, psychological distress and well-being among adolescents and young adults
A comprehensive meta-analysis on Problematic Facebook Use
The Role of Emotional Competence in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the role of emotional competences and depression in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). METHODS: We compared 37 TTC patients who experienced emotion triggers (TTC-t: M (SD) age = 66.4 (12.8) years, 33 women) with 37 TTC patients who did not experience emotion triggers (TTC-nt: M (SD) age = 65.8 (11.1) years, 33 women) and 37 patients with acute myocardial infarction who experienced an emotion trigger (AMI-t: M (S…
Metacognitive beliefs and rumination as predictors of anger
The metacognitive approach conceptualizes the relationship between anger and rumination as driven by metacognitive beliefs, which are information individuals hold about their own cognition and about coping strategies that impact on it. The present study aimed to test the prospective predictive impact of metacognitive beliefs and rumination on anger in a community sample. Seventy-six participants were recruited and engaged in a 2-week anger, rumin…
Examining the relationship between selective attentional bias for food- and body-related stimuli and purging behaviour in bulimia nervosa
Levels of craving influence psychological challenge and physiological reactivity
An overview of problematic Internet use
Metacognitive beliefs and rumination as predictors of anger
The metacognitive approach conceptualizes the relationship between anger and rumination as driven by metacognitive beliefs, which are information individuals hold about their own cognition and about coping strategies that impact on it. The present study aimed to test the prospective predictive impact of metacognitive beliefs and rumination on anger in a community sample. Seventy-six participants were recruited and engaged in a 2-week anger, rumin…
Examining the relationship between selective attentional bias for food- and body-related stimuli and purging behaviour in bulimia nervosa
Levels of craving influence psychological challenge and physiological reactivity
Ethnicity as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Negative Emotions and Alcohol Use in British Asian and White University Students
The present study explored the relationships between negative emotions and alcohol use in British Asian and White university students. A convenience sample of 239 participants (120 British Asians and 119 British White) completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Quantity Frequency Scale (QFS). Correlation and regression analyses revealed that there was a positive relationship between negative emotions and alcohol consumption fo…
Rumination in problem drinkers
The present study explored the role of the general tendency to ruminate as a predictor of problem drinking (alcohol abuse) in clinical and community samples. A sample of 36 patients with a diagnosis of problem drinking and 37 social drinkers from the general population were compared on the following measures: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS) and Quantity Frequency Scale (QFS). Mann-Whitney U-tests, and logistic an…
Desire thinking across the continuum of nicotine dependence
Introduction: Desire thinking is a voluntary cognitive process involving verbal and imaginal elaboration of a desired target. Recent research has highlighted the role of desire thinking in the maintenance of addictive disorders over and above that of other psychological antecedents including negative affect and urges. The goal of this research project was to explore the role of desire thinking across the continuum of nicotine dependence.Method: A…
Desire Thinking as a Predictor of Problematic Internet Use
This study investigated the role of desire thinking in predicting problematic Internet use (PIU) independently of weekly Internet use, anxiety, depression, and craving for Internet use. A sample of 250 Internet users completed the following self-report instruments: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Internet Use Craving Scale, Desire Thinking Questionnaire, and Internet Addiction Test. The sample was then divided into two subgroups: problemat…
An overview of problematic Internet use
Desire Thinking Mediates the Relationship between Emotional Intolerance and Problem Drinking
Levels of craving influence psychological challenge and physiological reactivity
Examining the relationship between selective attentional bias for food- and body-related stimuli and purging behaviour in bulimia nervosa
Metacognitive beliefs and rumination as predictors of anger
The metacognitive approach conceptualizes the relationship between anger and rumination as driven by metacognitive beliefs, which are information individuals hold about their own cognition and about coping strategies that impact on it. The present study aimed to test the prospective predictive impact of metacognitive beliefs and rumination on anger in a community sample. Seventy-six participants were recruited and engaged in a 2-week anger, rumin…
The associations between problematic Facebook use, psychological distress and well-being among adolescents and young adults
A comprehensive meta-analysis on Problematic Facebook Use
The Role of Emotional Competence in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the role of emotional competences and depression in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). METHODS: We compared 37 TTC patients who experienced emotion triggers (TTC-t: M (SD) age = 66.4 (12.8) years, 33 women) with 37 TTC patients who did not experience emotion triggers (TTC-nt: M (SD) age = 65.8 (11.1) years, 33 women) and 37 patients with acute myocardial infarction who experienced an emotion trigger (AMI-t: M (S…
Desire thinking as a predictor of compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescents
Social anxiety and Internet gaming disorder
Modelling the contribution of the Big Five personality traits, health anxiety, and Covid-19 psychological distress to generalised anxiety and depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Problematic Internet Use in early adolescence
The Big Five personality traits and online gaming
Online gaming has become an essential form of entertainment with the advent of technology and a large sway of research has been undertaken to understand its various permutations. Previous reviews have identified associations between the Big Five personality traits and online gaming, but a systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between these constructs has yet to be undertaken. In the current study we aimed to fill this gap in the …
Modelling the contribution of metacognitions and expectancies to problematic smartphone use
Modelling the Contribution of Metacognitions, Impulsiveness, and Thought Suppression to Behavioural Addictions in Adolescents
The most common behavioral addictions in adolescents are Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD), and Problematic Social Networks Use (PSNU). In the present study, we investigated whether thought suppression and impulsiveness mediate the relationship between metacognitions and these three behavioral addictions (IGD, CSBD and PSNU). In Study 1 ( n = 471), we examined whether online gaming thought suppression and …
Psychological distress in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
OBJECTIVE: To explore the direct and indirect associations between intolerance of uncertainty, health anxiety (HA), and psychological distress through problematic internet use (PIU) and cyberchondria, both before and during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: 31.9 years, SD = 13.4) was recruited during the COVID-19 lockdown. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-report measures assessing HA and psychological distress. RESULTS: Two distinct p…
Metacognitions About Gambling Among Chinese Gamblers
Beliefs About the Need to Control One’s Thoughts and Cognitive Self-consciousness Are Associated with Sexual Stigma
Introduction Sexual stigma has been found to be related to a variety of factors including age, ethnicity, religion, gender, and education. However, we still know relatively little about the association of cognitive constructs with homonegativity. In the current study, we aimed to explore the associations between metacognitions and sexual stigma among young adults. Methods Five hundred thirty-eight individuals participated in the study. The follow…
Individual differences in selective attentional bias for healthy and unhealthy food-related stimuli and social identity as a vegan/vegetarian dissociate “healthy” and “unhealthy” orthorexia nervosa
Previous work identified the operation of an attentional bias (AB) towards healthy food related stimuli among those with increasing tendencies towards orthorexia nervosa (ON) using a modified Stroop task. The current work aimed to replicate and extend our understanding of this effect by incorporating alternative measures of AB (i.e., the dot probe task) and ON (i.e., the Teruel Orthorexia Scale [ToS]) in a sample of self-defined vegans/vegetarian…
Fear of missing out and fear of not being up to date
The present study introduces a new construct potentially associated with problematic smartphone use, that is the fear of not being up to date, and tests two serial mediation models, in which it was hypothesised that: (i) metacognitions and social smartphone use would be serial mediators of the relationship between the fear of missing out (FoMO) and problematic smartphone use (PSU); and (ii) metacognitions and process smartphone use would be seria…
The independent contribution of desire thinking to problematic social media use
Psychology (27 works) · Clinical Psychology (23 works) · Psychiatry (23 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Cognition (14 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (14 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Addiction (10 works) · Anxiety (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works)