ZAVATTINI , Giulio Cesare

This article reviews studies that compare different groups (about culture, national, racial) in order to propose a summary of results about the role played by caregivers' cultural influences in the management of patients. The paper, after a brief introduction, illustrates the research conducted about mental representations concerning the body,...

This paper aims to offer some considerations about the relationship between Gambling Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder, in order to shed light on the links that exist between these two disorders. The first aim of the essay is to discuss the research documenting a link between the GD and the ASPD by an exhaustive overview. Then, it...

Objective: Prior research has long emphasized the role of alexithymia and impulsivity to explain aggressive tendencies. Recently, a growing body of research seems to support the relevance of the broader construct of emotion dysregulation to understand aggression. The present study was the first to comprehensively examine the relative...

This qualitative research aims to explore the representations of health, illness and caring in 30 individuals who work as caretakers in Italy and coming from three different cultural places: East-Europe, South-America and Italy. We led five focus group with the participants: three focus group for people who came from the same geographic area...

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This qualitative study analyses the social representations of health, illness and care, considering the similarities and differences between 30 nurses from different regions. We conducted three intra-ethnic focus groups and two inter-ethnic focus groups. This study shows similarities between the nurses' representations. All participants...

A growing body of attachment literature has focused on bridging the gap between research and clinical applications, even in clinical work with adoptive families. A brief-term clinical intervention focused on a multi-method assessment of attachment relationships and representations was performed in the first year after placement. This single...

We present the results of a study carried out in Italy with 39 Italian couples seeking to adopt, aged between 35 and 45 years, and 39 matched non-adoptive couples which compared their attachment states of mind with respect to caregivers and partners and quality of couple relationship. Both partners of the couples completed individually measures...

In line with the studies which have stressed the importance of security of attachment models to caregiver and to partner in biological parenthood, the aim of this study has been to investigate these constructs in seeking to adopt couples. 39 childless and seeking to adopt couples and 39 control couples, aged between 35 and 45 years, have been...

Objective: The attachment theory is a useful framework for interpreting the phenomenon of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Although several studies have examined the relationship between attachment and IPV perpetration, a meta-analysis of these results has yet to be conducted. Method: After a search on five databases (PsycINFO,...

Background The study of romantic relationships is based on attachment theory and the Current Relationship Interview (CRI) is a powerful tool that allows the optimal investigation of attachment representations toward romantic partners. However, evidence in this field is still unsatisfactory and further research is needed. This study aims to...