Nicole Casali
Biographic Data
| ID | 925454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Casali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Casali |
| SIGNATURE | CASALI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3057-9039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Validity of a very short measure of character strengths: The Italian via-48
Character strengths are recognized as 24 key personal resources for individual and societal well-being. Their applicability to time-constrained settings (e.g., organizations, counseling services) may be limited by the length of the currently available assessment tools. To address this issue, we developed and tested a very brief measure of character strengths, with only two items per character strength. To do this, in Study 1 (N = 16,722) we first…
Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review
Character strengths were introduced into the positive psychology literature twenty years ago. The present bibliometric analysis quantitatively summarizes the research conducted in the field so far in terms of impact and themes analyzed. We conduct performance analysis to examine the total number of publications on character strengths, their bibliometric indices, the main journals contributing to the field, and the countries involved in such knowl…
Personality Feedback as an Intervention to Encourage Positive Changes on Moral Traits
Individuals have a pervasive bias to see themselves as more moral than justified based on their actions, which may undermine their desire to change for the better. To overcome this lack of self-knowledge, a useful method may be to provide individuals with personality feedback. No research has systematically investigated how individuals receive and perceive personality feedback, especially when it is negative and deals with a key aspect of identit…
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries
Environmental factors are crucial in shaping individual characteristics. One key contextual factor is economic inequality, which is increasing in most OECD countries and negatively impacting individuals and societies, including personality traits. To date, no studies examined the relationship between economic inequality and positive personality traits such as character strengths. In a large cross-cultural study ( N = 980,807, 68 countries) we inv…
The Italian Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (Bessi-I)
The importance of social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills is recognized worldwide, but their measurement has always been a challenge. The BESSI measures 32 SEB skills, divided into five domains (social engagement, cooperation, self-management, emotional resilience, and innovation), but its validity must be expanded to new languages and contexts. Across two studies (N1 = 990, N2= 824) we developed the Italian version of the BESSI, provided …
Academic Achievement and Satisfaction Among University Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: The Roles of Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors
Understanding the individual qualities sustaining students with and without specific learning disabilities (SLDs) is key to supporting their academic achievement and well-being. In this study, we investigated the differences between students with and without SLDs in terms of intraindividual factors (soft skills and study-related factors), academic and nonacademic outcomes (achievement, academic and life satisfaction), and the relationships betwee…
Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors: Direct and Indirect Associations with Academic Achievement and General Distress in University Students
Numerous noncognitive factors have been shown to influence students’ academic and nonacademic outcomes, yet few studies have contemporarily studied these factors to understand their specific roles. The present study tested a model in which five soft skills (i.e., epistemic curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, perseverance, and social awareness) were conceived as personal qualities that influence achievement and general distress through the m…
Is Good Character All that Counts? A Comparison Between the Predictive Role of Specific Strengths and a General Factor of “Good Character” Using a Bifactor Model
Character strengths have been found to consistently predict many positive psychological outcomes, such as well-being, life satisfaction, and mental health, but research on the topic is still at its infancy and some methodological limitations must be overcome to better understand what character strengths are and what is their role. One main issue concerns the structure of character strengths and virtues, which may undermine the credibility and rep…
Adaptability favors positive academic responses and posttraumatic growth under Covid-19: A longitudinal study with adolescents
Adaptability and emotional, behavioural and cognitive aspects of self-regulated learning: Direct and indirect relations with academic achievement and life satisfaction
BackgroundAdaptability regulates individuals' cognitive, behavioural and emotional responses to new, unexpected and uncertain situations, but to date no study has analysed whether adaptability contemporarily favours cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects of learning.AimsThis study aims to address this gap by examining (i) the direct relations between adaptability and achievement emotions, self-regulated learning strategies and academic self…
The Role of General and Study-Related Intraindividual Factors on Academic Learning Outcomes under Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis
Little is known about the intraindividual dispositional factors related to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional academic learning outcomes under COVID-19. This study investigated (i) the associations of intraindividual factors, some related to studying (motivation to learn, self-regulated learning, and study resilience), others more general (soft skills, intolerance of uncertainty) with three situational academic learning outcomes (general distre…
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis
OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought negative and positive changes in the general population, with some people experiencing post-traumatic growth after the first wave. Little research has focused, however, on personal factors potentially helping individuals cope with COVID-related difficulties. This study investigates the relations between character strengths, mental health, and post-traumatic growth. DESIGN: Longitudinal (T1: April 2020;…
Do Strengths Converge into Virtues? An Item-, Virtue-, and Scale-Level Analysis of the Italian Values in Action Inventory of Strengths-120
The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) is a widely-used measure for character. Its factorial structure is still debated, however, and previous validation studies usually failed to examine the unidimensionality of the single character strengths. In addition, no studies to date have examined its Italian version. We validated the structure of the Italian short form of the VIA-IS in a sample of 16722 participants. Using confirmatory fac…
“Andrà tutto bene”: Associations Between Character Strengths, Psychological Distress and Self-efficacy During Covid-19 Lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic obliged people around the world to stay home and self-isolate, with a number of negative psychological consequences. This study focuses on the protective role of character strengths in sustaining mental health and self-efficacy during lockdown. Data were collected from 944 Italian respondents (mean age = 37.24 years, SD = 14.50) by means of an online survey investigating character strengths, psychological distress and Covid-…
What Can Affect Competition Anxiety in Athletes? The Role of Self-Compassion and Repetitive Negative Thinking
Identifying the correlates of competition anxiety is fundamental to athletes' well-being and performance. Self-compassion is gaining attention in sport psychology because of its associations with positive outcomes, while repetitive negative thinking (i.e. worry and rumination) is associated with negative conditions, such as anxiety. Building on previous evidence in the general population of associations between self-compassion, repetitive negativ…
Personality Feedback as an Intervention to Encourage Positive Changes on Moral Traits
Individuals have a pervasive bias to see themselves as more moral than justified based on their actions, which may undermine their desire to change for the better. To overcome this lack of self-knowledge, a useful method may be to provide individuals with personality feedback. No research has systematically investigated how individuals receive and perceive personality feedback, especially when it is negative and deals with a key aspect of identit…
Adaptability and emotional, behavioural and cognitive aspects of self-regulated learning: Direct and indirect relations with academic achievement and life satisfaction
BackgroundAdaptability regulates individuals' cognitive, behavioural and emotional responses to new, unexpected and uncertain situations, but to date no study has analysed whether adaptability contemporarily favours cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects of learning.AimsThis study aims to address this gap by examining (i) the direct relations between adaptability and achievement emotions, self-regulated learning strategies and academic self…
“Andrà tutto bene”: Associations Between Character Strengths, Psychological Distress and Self-efficacy During Covid-19 Lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic obliged people around the world to stay home and self-isolate, with a number of negative psychological consequences. This study focuses on the protective role of character strengths in sustaining mental health and self-efficacy during lockdown. Data were collected from 944 Italian respondents (mean age = 37.24 years, SD = 14.50) by means of an online survey investigating character strengths, psychological distress and Covid-…
What Can Affect Competition Anxiety in Athletes? The Role of Self-Compassion and Repetitive Negative Thinking
Identifying the correlates of competition anxiety is fundamental to athletes' well-being and performance. Self-compassion is gaining attention in sport psychology because of its associations with positive outcomes, while repetitive negative thinking (i.e. worry and rumination) is associated with negative conditions, such as anxiety. Building on previous evidence in the general population of associations between self-compassion, repetitive negativ…
The Role of General and Study-Related Intraindividual Factors on Academic Learning Outcomes under Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis
Little is known about the intraindividual dispositional factors related to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional academic learning outcomes under COVID-19. This study investigated (i) the associations of intraindividual factors, some related to studying (motivation to learn, self-regulated learning, and study resilience), others more general (soft skills, intolerance of uncertainty) with three situational academic learning outcomes (general distre…
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis
OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought negative and positive changes in the general population, with some people experiencing post-traumatic growth after the first wave. Little research has focused, however, on personal factors potentially helping individuals cope with COVID-related difficulties. This study investigates the relations between character strengths, mental health, and post-traumatic growth. DESIGN: Longitudinal (T1: April 2020;…
Do Strengths Converge into Virtues? An Item-, Virtue-, and Scale-Level Analysis of the Italian Values in Action Inventory of Strengths-120
The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) is a widely-used measure for character. Its factorial structure is still debated, however, and previous validation studies usually failed to examine the unidimensionality of the single character strengths. In addition, no studies to date have examined its Italian version. We validated the structure of the Italian short form of the VIA-IS in a sample of 16722 participants. Using confirmatory fac…
Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors: Direct and Indirect Associations with Academic Achievement and General Distress in University Students
Numerous noncognitive factors have been shown to influence students’ academic and nonacademic outcomes, yet few studies have contemporarily studied these factors to understand their specific roles. The present study tested a model in which five soft skills (i.e., epistemic curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, perseverance, and social awareness) were conceived as personal qualities that influence achievement and general distress through the m…
Is Good Character All that Counts? A Comparison Between the Predictive Role of Specific Strengths and a General Factor of “Good Character” Using a Bifactor Model
Character strengths have been found to consistently predict many positive psychological outcomes, such as well-being, life satisfaction, and mental health, but research on the topic is still at its infancy and some methodological limitations must be overcome to better understand what character strengths are and what is their role. One main issue concerns the structure of character strengths and virtues, which may undermine the credibility and rep…
Adaptability favors positive academic responses and posttraumatic growth under Covid-19: A longitudinal study with adolescents
Adaptability and emotional, behavioural and cognitive aspects of self-regulated learning: Direct and indirect relations with academic achievement and life satisfaction
BackgroundAdaptability regulates individuals' cognitive, behavioural and emotional responses to new, unexpected and uncertain situations, but to date no study has analysed whether adaptability contemporarily favours cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects of learning.AimsThis study aims to address this gap by examining (i) the direct relations between adaptability and achievement emotions, self-regulated learning strategies and academic self…
Does Inequality Shape Human Character? Cross-Cultural Associations between Character Strengths and the Gini Index in 68 Countries
Environmental factors are crucial in shaping individual characteristics. One key contextual factor is economic inequality, which is increasing in most OECD countries and negatively impacting individuals and societies, including personality traits. To date, no studies examined the relationship between economic inequality and positive personality traits such as character strengths. In a large cross-cultural study ( N = 980,807, 68 countries) we inv…
The Italian Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (Bessi-I)
The importance of social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills is recognized worldwide, but their measurement has always been a challenge. The BESSI measures 32 SEB skills, divided into five domains (social engagement, cooperation, self-management, emotional resilience, and innovation), but its validity must be expanded to new languages and contexts. Across two studies (N1 = 990, N2= 824) we developed the Italian version of the BESSI, provided …
Academic Achievement and Satisfaction Among University Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: The Roles of Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors
Understanding the individual qualities sustaining students with and without specific learning disabilities (SLDs) is key to supporting their academic achievement and well-being. In this study, we investigated the differences between students with and without SLDs in terms of intraindividual factors (soft skills and study-related factors), academic and nonacademic outcomes (achievement, academic and life satisfaction), and the relationships betwee…
Years of Character Strengths: A Bibliometric Review
Character strengths were introduced into the positive psychology literature twenty years ago. The present bibliometric analysis quantitatively summarizes the research conducted in the field so far in terms of impact and themes analyzed. We conduct performance analysis to examine the total number of publications on character strengths, their bibliometric indices, the main journals contributing to the field, and the countries involved in such knowl…
Personality Feedback as an Intervention to Encourage Positive Changes on Moral Traits
Individuals have a pervasive bias to see themselves as more moral than justified based on their actions, which may undermine their desire to change for the better. To overcome this lack of self-knowledge, a useful method may be to provide individuals with personality feedback. No research has systematically investigated how individuals receive and perceive personality feedback, especially when it is negative and deals with a key aspect of identit…
Validity of a very short measure of character strengths: The Italian via-48
Character strengths are recognized as 24 key personal resources for individual and societal well-being. Their applicability to time-constrained settings (e.g., organizations, counseling services) may be limited by the length of the currently available assessment tools. To address this issue, we developed and tested a very brief measure of character strengths, with only two items per character strength. To do this, in Study 1 (N = 16,722) we first…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Academic achievement (5 works) · Distress (4 works) · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (4 works)