The global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and subsequent lockdown had a significant impact on people’s daily lives, with strong implications for stress levels due to the threat of contagion restrictions freedom. Given link between high adverse physical mental consequences, COVID-19 pandemic is certainly public health issue. In present study, we assessed effect in N = 2053 Italian adults, characterized more vulnerable individuals basis sociodemographic features stable psychological traits. A set 18...

Recent controversies about the level of replicability behavioral research analyzed using statistical inference have cast interest in developing more efficient techniques for analyzing results psychological experiments. Here we claim that complementing analytical workflow experiments with Machine Learning-based analysis will both maximize accuracy and minimize issues. As compared to inference, ML experimental data is model agnostic primarily focused on prediction rather than inference. We...

The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has called for unprecedented measures, including a national lockdown in Italy. present study aimed at identifying psychological changes (e.g., depression, stress, and anxiety levels) among the Italian public during period, addition to factors associated with these changes. An online follow-up survey was administered 439 participants (original sample = 2766), between 28 April 3 May 2020. A paired t-test tested differences anxiety, depression...

The global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and subsequent lockdown had a significant impact on people’s daily lives, with strong implications for stress levels due to the threat of contagion restrictions freedom. Given link between high adverse physical mental consequences, COVID-19 pandemic is certainly public health issue. In present study, we assessed effect in N = 2053 Italian adults, characterized more vulnerable individuals basis sociodemographic features stable psychological traits. A set 18...

In the wake of sudden spread COVID-19, a large amount Italian population practiced incongruous behaviors with protective health measures. The present study aimed at examining psychological and psychosocial variables that could predict behavioral compliance. An online survey was administered from 18–22 March 2020 to 2766 participants. Paired sample t-tests were run compare efficacy perception Mediation moderated mediation models constructed explore association between perceived compliance,...

The COVID-19 outbreak and the worldwide lockdown measures had an impact on global mental health psychological well-being of general population. Several studies attempted to investigate protective risk factors for distress related pandemic. However, date, little is known about role hope in this context. aim study was determine relationship between sample consisted 504 Pakistani people who completed cross-sectionally Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) Adult Hope Scale (AHS). Bivariate Pearson...

The detection of faked identities is a major problem in security. Current memory-detection techniques cannot be used as they require prior knowledge the respondent's true identity. Here, we report novel technique for detecting based on use unexpected questions that may to check respondent identity without any autobiographical information. While truth-tellers respond automatically questions, liars have "build" and verify their responses. This lack automaticity reflected mouse movements record...

The latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have given rise to many ethical and socio-economic concerns. Nonetheless, impact AI technologies is evident tangible our everyday life. This dichotomy leads mixed feelings toward AI: people recognize positive AI, but they also show concerns, especially about their privacy security. In this article, we try understand whether implicit explicit attitudes are coherent. We investigated by combining a self-report measure an...

Major depression is a high prevalence mental disease with major socio-economic impact, for both the direct and indirect costs. symptoms can be faked or exaggerated in order to obtain economic compensation from insurances. Critically, very easily malingered as that characterize this psychiatric disorder are easy emulate. Although some tools assess malingering of conditions already available, they principally based on self-reporting thus, simple faked. In paper, we propose new method...

Identifying the true identity of a subject in absence external verification criteria (documents, DNA, fingerprints, etc.) is an unresolved issue. Here, we report experiment on fake identities, identified by means their specific keystroke dynamics as analysed written response using computer keyboard. Results indicate that analysis can distinguish liars from truth tellers with high degree accuracy - around 95% thanks to use unexpected questions efficiently facilitate emergence deception clues.

Background and Purpose. The use of machine learning (ML) models in the detection malingering has yielded encouraging results, showing promising accuracy levels. We investigated possible application this methodology when trained on behavioral features, such as response time (RT) pressure, to identify faking behavior self-report personality questionnaires. To do so, we reintroduced article Roma et al. (2018), which highlighted that RTs pressure are useful variables faking; then extended number...

Detecting deception in interpersonal communication is a pivotal issue social psychology, with significant implications for court and criminal proceedings. In this study, four experiments were designed to compare the performance of natural language processing (NLP) techniques human judges detecting from linguistic cues dataset 62 transcriptions video-taped interviews (32 genuine 30 deceptive). The results showed that machine-learning algorithms significantly outperform naïve (accuracy =...

Recommender systems, in real-world circumstances, tend to limit user exposure certain topics and overexpose them others maximize performance. However, repeated biased content could lead the so-called echo chamber phenomenon: especially social network environments, people encounter only information that reflects their previous beliefs opinions, reinforcing them. This phenomenon have worrying consequences for society, including spread of aggressive, unhealthy, or risky behaviors. Some persons...

In the context of legal damage evaluations, evaluees may exaggerate or simulate symptoms in an attempt to obtain greater economic compensation. To date, practitioners and researchers have focused on detecting malingering behavior as exclusively unitary construct. However, we argue that there are two types inconsistent speak possible malingering—accentuating (i.e., exaggerating actually experienced) simulating fabricating entirely)—each with its own unique attributes; thus, it is necessary...

The role of ageism (i.e., discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis their age), in particular toward sexuality elderly, remains, to date, an overlooked issue. A few studies have suggested that ageistic stereotypes can negatively affect older adults' sexual health. No data are available, particular, about differences among heterosexual and LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) populations. present study aimed investigate perceived related dysfunctional beliefs a sample (n = 104) 103)...

Objective: Here we report an investigation on the accuracy of b Test, a measure to identify malingering cognitive symptoms, in detecting malingerers mild impairment. Method: Three groups participants, patients with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder (n=21), healthy elders (controls, n=21) and instructed simulate disorder (malingerers, were administered two background neuropsychological tests (MMSE, FAB) as well Test. Results: Malingerers performed significantly worse all error scores compared...

Abstract The aim of the present study was to explore whether kinematic indicators could improve detection subjects demonstrating faking-good behaviour when responding personality questionnaires. One hundred and twenty volunteers were randomly assigned one four experimental groups (honest unspeeded, honest speeded, speeded). Participants asked respond MMPI-2 underreporting scales (L, K, S) PPI-R Virtuous Responding (VR) scale using a computer mouse. collected data included T-point scores on...

Abstract Introduction Literature on the association between dating app use and sexual risk behaviors is still scant inconclusive. Aim To investigate behaviors, considering role of motives for using them. Methods 1,278 Italian respondents completed an online questionnaire assessing demographics, patterns use, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnoses. One-way ANOVA Chi-squared analyses were used to differences among three subsamples (active vs former non-users). Multiple linear...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers faced an emergency that had significant psychological impacts on them. In this study, investigation regarding work engagement as a protective factor for well-being was conducted sample of Italian in field mental health. Correlation and linear regression analyses were run scores standardized questionnaires about engagement, burnout, resilience, stress, coping strategies. Results indicate is positively correlated with while it negatively burnout...

Abstract In recent years, there has been a growing trend in cognitive psychology research towards recreating experimental situations virtual reality (VR). VR settings are thought to have higher ecological validity than laboratory using digital, two-dimensional (2D) pictures. Some studies shown performance follow that of the real world. However, other obtained controversial results. The present study tested memory three groups participants who were exposed same environment (a room) through...