Luca Pancani
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 757965 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Luca Pancani |
| PRENOMES | Luca |
| SOBRENOME | Pancani |
| ASSINATURA | PANCANI L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7834-3826 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Seeing and Being Seen
Videoconferencing has become a central context for work, teaching, and social interaction, yet the psychological effects of webcam use remain unclear. In particular, different webcam configurations may shape speakers′ feelings of connection, exclusion, and self‐focused attention in distinct ways. This paper examined how speakers′ and audiences′ webcam status influences presenters′ experiences in videoconferencing. In Study 1 ( N = 121), participa…
The phantom pain of ghosting
Research on how individuals respond to ghosting, defined as unilaterally ending a relationship without providing explanations and ignoring communication attempts, has primarily relied on retrospective and imaginative methodologies. The present research introduced a novel multi-day daily-diary experimental paradigm to examine the psychological consequences of ghosting compared to rejection. In Study 1, participants ( N = 46) engaged in 15-minute d…
What is (not) ghosting? A theoretical analysis via three key pillars
Ghosting, unilaterally ceasing communication without providing any explanation, has emerged as a prevalent and perplexing form of relationship dissolution. Despite its increasing occurrence, existing definitions of ghosting remain inconclusive and occasionally contradictory. Theoretical frameworks such as relationship dissolution and social exclusion models are in some ways appropriate for understanding ghosting but fail to provide a fully compre…
Understanding Imprisonment Through the Lens of Social Exclusion
This paper frames imprisonment as a form of chronic social exclusion and analyzes its impact on prisoners’ well-being, reactions, recidivism and rehabilitation. Drawing from the Temporal Need-Threat Model of Ostracism, the Multimotive Model of Interpersonal Rejection, and the literature on imprisonment, it proposes an integrative theoretical model describing the psychological and behavioral dynamics of prison life. The analysis focuses on how imp…
Development and Validation of the Limerence Questionnaire (LQ-11)
Limerence is an overwhelming and debilitating experience involving the intense and often obsessive attachment towards a person who becomes the limerent object, which when left unharnessed, typically results in negative outcomes. At present, there are no published measures to assess the construct of limerence. To address this gap, we developed a short self-report measure to measure limerence (The Limerence Questionnaire-11; LQ-11). This paper repo…
Updating the temporal need-threat model of ostracism
The temporal need-threat model of ostracism, developed by Kipling Williams, provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how ostracism - being ignored and excluded - impacts fundamental human needs over time. This manuscript critically examines the temporal dimension of this model by addressing three key questions. First, does chronic ostracism inevitably lead to resignation? This section explores the inevitability of resignation outcomes…
Stronger Together
Prison officers encounter numerous contextual and relational stressors that threaten their well‐being and the effectiveness of prisons. Drawing on the belongingness hypothesis and social cure theory, this study investigates the role of colleague interactions and social identification in the well‐being of 1080 correctional officers. A mediation model assessed the links between the quantity and quality of social interactions and well‐being outcomes…
Surfing the Ocean
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a machine learning model to infer OCEAN traits from text. BACKGROUND: The psycholexical approach allows retrieving information about personality traits from human language. However, it has rarely been applied because of methodological and practical issues that current computational advancements could overcome. METHOD: Classical taxonomies and a large Yelp corpus were leveraged to learn an embedding for each personal…
The near-miss effect in flood risk estimation
Behavioral reactions to natural hazards, including floods, and mitigation intentions are strongly predicted by risk perception. Among the different psychological processes forging individuals’ risk-estimation, the present work focuses on the near-miss effect, the human tendency to underestimate the risks when a previous negative outcome is avoided by chance. Study 1 (N = 241) investigates the near-miss effect among residents of both flood-prone a…
From past to present (for a better future)
Research literature about the environmental spillover effect produced mixed results, revealing that an initial pro-environmental behavior (PEB) is likely to promote either other PEBs (i.e., positive spillover) or pro-environmental inactions and harming behaviors (i.e., negative spillover). Such inconsistency suggests a possible crucial role of moderating variables. In two experimental studies (N Study 1 = 141, N Study 2 = 124), we investigated wh…
Perceived ostracism and paranoia
Exploring the peer status prototypes
Peer status – the regard other group members have of an individual – is fundamental for youth development. Different research traditions developed independent theoretical frameworks conceiving the dimensions underlying social status, and this led to identifying a variety of peer status prototypes. In this work, we explored whether a classification based on the four dimensions of popularity, aggression, dislike, and victimization could integrate t…
Trust in science and solution aversion
Online social connections as surrogates of face-to-face interactions
Thinking of future as an older individual increases perceived risks for age‐related diseases but not for Covid‐19
Actively thinking of one's future as an older individual could increase perceived risk and risk aversion. This could be particularly relevant for COVID‐19, if we consider the common representation of the risk of being infected by COVID‐19 as associated with being older. Increased perceived risk could bear consequences on the adoption of preventive behaviours. Thus, we investigated whether increasing the salience of individuals' future as an older…
Relationship dissolution strategies
Ghosting and orbiting occur when a relationship is ended unilaterally by suddenly withdrawing from all communication and without explanation. However, in orbiting, the disengager still follows the victims on social networking sites after the breakup. With the advent of the digital era, these practices have become increasingly common, gaining attention from psychology research. Within the theoretical framework of social exclusion, the present stud…
Forced Social Isolation and Mental Health
Most countries have been struggling with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic imposing social isolation on their citizens. However, this measure carried risks for people's mental health. This study evaluated the psychological repercussions of objective isolation in 1,006 Italians during the first, especially strict, lockdown in spring 2020. Although varying for the regional spread-rate of the contagion, results showed that the longer the isolation…
A test of the pathway model of problematic smartphone use
Similar use of intonation structure in early implanted children and hearing children
This work presents an analysis of the intonation competence in a group of Italian children with cochlear implant (CI). Early cochlear implantation plays a crucial role in language development for children who were born deaf in that it favours the acquisition of complex aspects of language, such as the intonation structure. A story-generation task, the Narrative Competence Task, was used to elicit children’s stories. Narrations produced by 8 early…
Adaptability and psychological flexibility
Perceived Onset Time of Medical Conditions
Engaging in unhealthy behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking) and not engaging in healthy ones (e.g., exercising, consuming fruit and vegetables) are both relatively prevalent among individuals despite the available information about their risks for health. People's perception of an event's time course can be used to gauge their risk perception for that event thus casting light on any possible misperception and suggesting directions for health-promot…
To whom should I turn? Intergroup social connections moderate social exclusion's short- and long-term psychological impact on immigrants
Mom, dad, look at me
The widespread diffusion of smartphones has opened new challenges regarding the psychological consequences of their usage on social relationships. The term phubbing (a combination of phone and snubbing) indicates the act of ignoring someone in a social context by paying attention to the smartphone. The few existing studies show that phubbing is widespread, mutually reinforced, and socially accepted, with possible negative consequences for social …
Ghosting and orbiting
Ghosting is the practice of ending a relationship without explaining to the partner and avoiding any communication attempts. Orbiting is identical to ghosting, but the disengager still visibly follows the former partner on social media. Despite the increasing attention that ghosting and orbiting have gained in the popular press, they remain largely unexplored phenomena in scientific inquiry. In this work, we explored the psychological and behavio…
The dual path of the rejection (dis)identification model
Ethnic‐based rejection, especially when prolonged over time, can result in withdrawal (e.g., resignation) and antisocial (e.g., delinquent) behaviors. Rejection (dis)identification literature suggests that identification with the minority (ethnic) group and disidentification with the majority (national) group mediate the relationship between rejection and different dimensions of well‐being. Through secondary analyses of survey data from an intern…
Ghosting and orbiting
Ghosting is the practice of ending a relationship without explaining to the partner and avoiding any communication attempts. Orbiting is identical to ghosting, but the disengager still visibly follows the former partner on social media. Despite the increasing attention that ghosting and orbiting have gained in the popular press, they remain largely unexplored phenomena in scientific inquiry. In this work, we explored the psychological and behavio…
Mom, dad, look at me
The widespread diffusion of smartphones has opened new challenges regarding the psychological consequences of their usage on social relationships. The term phubbing (a combination of phone and snubbing) indicates the act of ignoring someone in a social context by paying attention to the smartphone. The few existing studies show that phubbing is widespread, mutually reinforced, and socially accepted, with possible negative consequences for social …
The dual path of the rejection (dis)identification model
Ethnic‐based rejection, especially when prolonged over time, can result in withdrawal (e.g., resignation) and antisocial (e.g., delinquent) behaviors. Rejection (dis)identification literature suggests that identification with the minority (ethnic) group and disidentification with the majority (national) group mediate the relationship between rejection and different dimensions of well‐being. Through secondary analyses of survey data from an intern…
To whom should I turn? Intergroup social connections moderate social exclusion's short- and long-term psychological impact on immigrants
Updating the temporal need-threat model of ostracism
The temporal need-threat model of ostracism, developed by Kipling Williams, provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how ostracism - being ignored and excluded - impacts fundamental human needs over time. This manuscript critically examines the temporal dimension of this model by addressing three key questions. First, does chronic ostracism inevitably lead to resignation? This section explores the inevitability of resignation outcomes…
Psychological flexibility and ostracism
The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) as a measure of experiential avoidance
An examination of the construct validity of the Generalized Pliance Questionnaire
The dual path of the rejection (dis)identification model
Ethnic‐based rejection, especially when prolonged over time, can result in withdrawal (e.g., resignation) and antisocial (e.g., delinquent) behaviors. Rejection (dis)identification literature suggests that identification with the minority (ethnic) group and disidentification with the majority (national) group mediate the relationship between rejection and different dimensions of well‐being. Through secondary analyses of survey data from an intern…
Forced Social Isolation and Mental Health
Most countries have been struggling with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic imposing social isolation on their citizens. However, this measure carried risks for people's mental health. This study evaluated the psychological repercussions of objective isolation in 1,006 Italians during the first, especially strict, lockdown in spring 2020. Although varying for the regional spread-rate of the contagion, results showed that the longer the isolation…
A test of the pathway model of problematic smartphone use
Similar use of intonation structure in early implanted children and hearing children
This work presents an analysis of the intonation competence in a group of Italian children with cochlear implant (CI). Early cochlear implantation plays a crucial role in language development for children who were born deaf in that it favours the acquisition of complex aspects of language, such as the intonation structure. A story-generation task, the Narrative Competence Task, was used to elicit children’s stories. Narrations produced by 8 early…
Adaptability and psychological flexibility
Perceived Onset Time of Medical Conditions
Engaging in unhealthy behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking) and not engaging in healthy ones (e.g., exercising, consuming fruit and vegetables) are both relatively prevalent among individuals despite the available information about their risks for health. People's perception of an event's time course can be used to gauge their risk perception for that event thus casting light on any possible misperception and suggesting directions for health-promot…
To whom should I turn? Intergroup social connections moderate social exclusion's short- and long-term psychological impact on immigrants
Mom, dad, look at me
The widespread diffusion of smartphones has opened new challenges regarding the psychological consequences of their usage on social relationships. The term phubbing (a combination of phone and snubbing) indicates the act of ignoring someone in a social context by paying attention to the smartphone. The few existing studies show that phubbing is widespread, mutually reinforced, and socially accepted, with possible negative consequences for social …
Ghosting and orbiting
Ghosting is the practice of ending a relationship without explaining to the partner and avoiding any communication attempts. Orbiting is identical to ghosting, but the disengager still visibly follows the former partner on social media. Despite the increasing attention that ghosting and orbiting have gained in the popular press, they remain largely unexplored phenomena in scientific inquiry. In this work, we explored the psychological and behavio…
Trust in science and solution aversion
Online social connections as surrogates of face-to-face interactions
Thinking of future as an older individual increases perceived risks for age‐related diseases but not for Covid‐19
Actively thinking of one's future as an older individual could increase perceived risk and risk aversion. This could be particularly relevant for COVID‐19, if we consider the common representation of the risk of being infected by COVID‐19 as associated with being older. Increased perceived risk could bear consequences on the adoption of preventive behaviours. Thus, we investigated whether increasing the salience of individuals' future as an older…
Relationship dissolution strategies
Ghosting and orbiting occur when a relationship is ended unilaterally by suddenly withdrawing from all communication and without explanation. However, in orbiting, the disengager still follows the victims on social networking sites after the breakup. With the advent of the digital era, these practices have become increasingly common, gaining attention from psychology research. Within the theoretical framework of social exclusion, the present stud…
The near-miss effect in flood risk estimation
Behavioral reactions to natural hazards, including floods, and mitigation intentions are strongly predicted by risk perception. Among the different psychological processes forging individuals’ risk-estimation, the present work focuses on the near-miss effect, the human tendency to underestimate the risks when a previous negative outcome is avoided by chance. Study 1 (N = 241) investigates the near-miss effect among residents of both flood-prone a…
From past to present (for a better future)
Research literature about the environmental spillover effect produced mixed results, revealing that an initial pro-environmental behavior (PEB) is likely to promote either other PEBs (i.e., positive spillover) or pro-environmental inactions and harming behaviors (i.e., negative spillover). Such inconsistency suggests a possible crucial role of moderating variables. In two experimental studies (N Study 1 = 141, N Study 2 = 124), we investigated wh…
Perceived ostracism and paranoia
Exploring the peer status prototypes
Peer status – the regard other group members have of an individual – is fundamental for youth development. Different research traditions developed independent theoretical frameworks conceiving the dimensions underlying social status, and this led to identifying a variety of peer status prototypes. In this work, we explored whether a classification based on the four dimensions of popularity, aggression, dislike, and victimization could integrate t…
Surfing the Ocean
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a machine learning model to infer OCEAN traits from text. BACKGROUND: The psycholexical approach allows retrieving information about personality traits from human language. However, it has rarely been applied because of methodological and practical issues that current computational advancements could overcome. METHOD: Classical taxonomies and a large Yelp corpus were leveraged to learn an embedding for each personal…
The phantom pain of ghosting
Research on how individuals respond to ghosting, defined as unilaterally ending a relationship without providing explanations and ignoring communication attempts, has primarily relied on retrospective and imaginative methodologies. The present research introduced a novel multi-day daily-diary experimental paradigm to examine the psychological consequences of ghosting compared to rejection. In Study 1, participants ( N = 46) engaged in 15-minute d…
What is (not) ghosting? A theoretical analysis via three key pillars
Ghosting, unilaterally ceasing communication without providing any explanation, has emerged as a prevalent and perplexing form of relationship dissolution. Despite its increasing occurrence, existing definitions of ghosting remain inconclusive and occasionally contradictory. Theoretical frameworks such as relationship dissolution and social exclusion models are in some ways appropriate for understanding ghosting but fail to provide a fully compre…
Understanding Imprisonment Through the Lens of Social Exclusion
This paper frames imprisonment as a form of chronic social exclusion and analyzes its impact on prisoners’ well-being, reactions, recidivism and rehabilitation. Drawing from the Temporal Need-Threat Model of Ostracism, the Multimotive Model of Interpersonal Rejection, and the literature on imprisonment, it proposes an integrative theoretical model describing the psychological and behavioral dynamics of prison life. The analysis focuses on how imp…
Development and Validation of the Limerence Questionnaire (LQ-11)
Limerence is an overwhelming and debilitating experience involving the intense and often obsessive attachment towards a person who becomes the limerent object, which when left unharnessed, typically results in negative outcomes. At present, there are no published measures to assess the construct of limerence. To address this gap, we developed a short self-report measure to measure limerence (The Limerence Questionnaire-11; LQ-11). This paper repo…
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