- Urban Green Space and Health
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Historical Art and Architecture Studies
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Educational and Social Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Noise Effects and Management
- Education and Communication Studies
- Higher Education and Sustainability
European University of Rome
2022-2024
Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta
2019-2022
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
2021
Liechtenstein Institute
2021
The main aim of the current study was to investigate role trait emotional intelligence (TEI) in preventing students' school burnout directly and indirectly via anxiety academic resilience. data were derived from a sample 1235 high students (962 females 273 males), ranging age between 13 17 years (mean = 15.46; stand deviation 1.22). Structural equation modelling revealed strong indirect effect TEI on burnout, mediated Overall, with less likely experience more exhibit resilience which, turn,...
The current study investigates the relations among teachers' trait emotional intelligence, internal and external social support, their levels of burnout. We hypothesized that both intelligence perceived support were associated with a low level further expected mediated relationship between burnout scores. Participants 318 in-service Italian teachers. structural equation modeling analysis supports idea is strongly directly Furthermore, (from workplace relationships) was more effective on than...
Academic resilience is the ability to overcome setbacks and chronic difficulties in academic context. Previous studies have found that resilient students tend be more engaged school than their counterparts. Nevertheless, it seems worth deepening role of contextual factors, such as teacher emotional support how perceive it, could contribute foster abovementioned relationship. The present study aimed examine links between resilience, perceived support, engagement. Moreover, mediating was...
The current study sought to investigate the role of trait emotional intelligence and perceived teacher support in school burnout. Furthermore, moderating academic anxiety these relationships was examined. A sample 493 Italian high students (81.9% female) aged 14-19 years (M = 16.27, SD 1.48) involved study. latent moderated structural equation approach performed test hypothesized model. results showed that both were negatively associated with Moreover, relation between Specifically, when...
Students’ burnout has been widely investigated in recent decades, mainly showing a higher risk for female students across academic levels. To our knowledge, few studies have whether employed experience risks. In this regard, previous findings shown mixed results. The current study the differences based on students’ gender and worker status. We expected to find among groups their participants were 494 Italian university (49.6% students; 49.4% working students) who completed short version of...
School burnout is considered an extreme form of maladjustment that can seriously undermine the academic path students who are affected. Previous studies have focused on possible protective factors, highlighting role resilience, i.e., ability to overcome chronic adversity in school setting. Notwithstanding this, it equally important explore classroom environment and satisfaction felt by student toward relationships with teachers classmates. Therefore, purpose present study was examine...
School burnout is linked to relevant adverse consequences for students’ academic careers. Thus, several authors have focused on the internal and external factors that reduce burnout, highlighting role of teachers’ support. Nonetheless, few studies addressed how perception emotional support protects them from school maladaptive behaviors. The present study aimed longitudinally investigate in a final sample 295 Italian high students (F = 78.6%; M 15.78, SD 1.48) protective dimensions across...
The body of evidence supporting the psychological benefits exposure to virtual nature, such as increased mood and decreased stress, is rapidly growing. However, few studies have explored potential nature boost subjective vitality, defined a positive feeling aliveness energy. In this contribution, we investigate role in enhancing vitality through restorativeness. particular, expand existing literature by considering different types natural environments (i.e., national park, lacustrine...
Healthcare workers (HCWs) represents one of the highest-risk population to develop burnout symptoms. Recently, a new tool has been designed measure several dimensions that capture an exhaustive expression symptoms by six (i.e., exhaustion; mental distance; cognitive impairment; emotional psychological distress; psychosomatic complaints).The current study aims adapt Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) Italian workers' sample confirming original second-order factorial structure. Furthermore, we...
Despite the well-established evidence supporting restorative potential of nature exposure, neurophysiological underpinnings cognitive/emotional effect are not yet fully understood. The main purpose current study was to investigate association between exposure and electroencephalography (EEG) functional connectivity in distress network.Fifty-three individuals (11 men 42 women; mean age 21.38 ± 1.54 years) were randomly assigned two groups: (i) a green group (ii) gray group. A slideshow...
Abstract Italy had traditionally been considered a family‐oriented culture where support from relatives is primary. The major purpose of this study was to clarify the benefits social inside and outside family for schoolteachers in Italy, focusing on teacher burnout work engagement. Findings indicated that by far most significant source support. School colleagues who felt close each other resembled terms Difficult interactions with were associated more extensively at later stages teaching...
The present study sought to investigate the associations between workplace bullying and personal burnout both directly indirectly via work-life conflict. Furthermore, moderating role of gender in these relations was examined. Traditional research on stress at work focuses dimensions related job tasks, demands, organizational support influencing risks for stress-related problems employees. At same time, other experiences may reduce employees’ well-being, such as family life. Specifically,...
This study aims to validate the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) adapted Italian education sector. Teacher burnout is physical and emotional pain, due prolonged exposure school-related stress factors. Previous research has abundantly proven that preventive assessment of teachers’ risk level for may reduce adverse outcomes. In this regard, new tools, able bring together evidence from fifty years on topic, were mainly used monitor burnout-risk levels in school context. For present work, 846...
Alexithymia prevents people from understanding and adopting verbal language to describe regulate one's emotions. Recent studies have found that alexithymia symptoms also impact on young people's academic achievement. Nevertheless, it is worth investigating risk protective roles played by students' anxiety resilience, respectively. The authors expected resilience mediated the effect of burnout performance. A sample 257 university students answered self-report questionnaires about alexithymia,...
Teachers’ work engagement positively impacts teachers’ attitudes towards their job. Nevertheless, teachers may experience burnout during career, which negatively professional learning opportunities. In this study we investigated the relationship between levels of burnout, engagement, and confidence in in-service training a sample Italian teachers. We expected that mediated training. A total 481 completed self-report questionnaires about with an ad hoc Confidence Training Index developed to...
Burnout is psychological, physical, and emotional suffering that may affect students with low or inadequate resources to face stressful events at school. Although the existing instruments are used worldwide assess school burnout risk, they show several flaws mainly focus on facets of syndrome. No previous studies have developed a multi-component tool reveal students’ by simultaneously analyzing cognitive, behavioral, problems. The central core current study adapt Assessment Tool-Core...
Virtual reality (VR) finds many fields of application due to its capability reproduce "in virtuo" real environments. Previous studies highlighted that exposure virtual environments leads restorativeness, which in turn is related several positive psychological outcomes. However, the mechanisms lead restorativeness are still unclear. The main aim this study was investigate mediating role sense presence relationship between and restorativeness. We conducted a with 2 × between-subjects design....
Background/Objective: This study represents a contribution to the validity and reliability of 15-item Teacher Emotional Support Scale in sample Italian high school students (N=501; 80.2% females; M=15.66; SD=1.52). Therefore, present paper aimed examine factor structure investigate scale. Students’ perception teacher emotional support refers students’ whether what extent shows caring understanding behaviours, promotes students' growth establishes personal relationships with them. Materials...
Gender inequalities are still persistent despite the growing policy efforts to combat them. Sexism, which is an evaluative tendency leading different treatment of people based on their sex and denigration (hostile sexism) or enhancement (benevolent certain dispositions as gendered attributes, plays a significant role in strengthening these social inequalities. As it happens with many other attitudes, sexism mainly transmitted by influencing parental styles socialization practices. This study...
Introduction Urbanization processes are constantly increasing, and most of the European population currently live in urban areas. Nevertheless, evidence is consistent highlighting positive association between nature exposure human wellbeing, although individual differences might affect this association. Methods The present study aimed to investigate among connectedness, conceptualized as Love Care for Nature, place identity, physical via restorativeness negative affect. A total 312 visitors...
Abstract Background Global climate change is recognized as a major and irreversible challenge for humanity, requiring people’s responsible sustainable behaviors toward the environment. So far, literature has widely investigated role of cognitive determinants ecological outcomes (e.g., pro-environmental perception), while less attention been devoted to emotional processes, such trait intelligence (TEI). The current double study investigates whether TEI directly indirectly associated with...
Climate change is an increasingly global issue that impacts individual well-being. Research has shown adolescents are more at risk of experiencing climate anxiety, leading them to be sensitive the topic and act in favor environment. The present study aimed investigating relationship between anxiety likelihood participating pro-environmental movements via getting information through social media on content a sample 480 (F = 74%; Mage 16.09, SD 1.46). Moreover, moderating role gender mentioned...