Studi sperimentali e clinici
Models and cognitive change in psychopathology
Casa Editrice: Journal of Cognitive Psychology Anno: 2012 Autore: A. Gangemi, F. Mancini, P.N. Johnson-Laird Abstract: The hyper-emotion theory attributes psychological illnesses to emotions of aberrant intensity, which in turn prompt better reasoning about their causes. Two experiments in which participants drew their own conclusions from syllogistic premises tested this prediction. Individuals from the same populations
Il ragionamento ed il suo ruolo nei dsturbi di ansia e dell’umore
Casa Editrice: Teorie & Modelli Anno: 2006 Autore: F. Mancini, A. Gangemi Abstract: Lo scopo di questo articolo è illustrare alcuni tipi di ragionamento che si riscontrano nei disturbi d’ansia e dell’umore, identificarne le ragioni e mostrarne il contributo alla sofferenza psicopatologica. In questo articolo si riprende, quindi, l’interesse per i processi di pensiero, tipico
Il ruolo del ragionamento nella psicopatologia secondo la hyper emotion theory
Casa Editrice: Giornale italiano di PsicologiaAnno: 2007 n.4Autore: F. Mancini, A. Gangemi, P.N. Johnson-Laird Abstract: Il modo in cui si ragiona svolge un ruolo cruciale nella genesi e nel mantenimento della psicopatologia. Diversi dati suggeriscono, però, che il ragionamento nei casi patologici non segua regole diverse da quelle che segue in chiunque. Alcuni risultati sperimentali
Il ragionamento nel Disturbo Osssessivo-Compulsivo
Casa Editrice: Ricerca in Psicoterapia Anno: 2010 Autore: F. Mancini, A. Gangemi Abstract: In questo articolo riassumiamo alcuni risultati di un filone di ricerca realizzato nell’ambito della Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva (SPC) – Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva (APC), dedicato principalmente alla spiegazione del disturbo ossessivo compulsivo, vale a dire alla identificazione degli scopi e delle
A case report of obsessive- compulsive disorder: Reduce fear of guilt to reduce symptoms
Anno: 2012, 18, 3, 343-356 Autore: Claudia Perdighe e Francesco Mancini Casa Editrice: Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale Abstract: In this study, we present the case of a 27-year-old man who experienced obsessive symptoms for over ten years and then underwent treatment focused on reducing feelings of guilt. Although the patient had already received behavioural cognitive
Acceptance of being guilty in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Casa Editrice: Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale Anno: 2012, Monograph Supplement, 39-56 Autore: Teresa Cosentino, Francesca D’Olimpio, Claudia Perdighe, Giuseppe Romano, Angelo Maria Saliani, Francesco Mancini Abstract: Results of different studies support the notion that obsessive activity is aimed at preventing misdeeds in the symptomatic domain and that OC patients judge the possibility of being guiltyas
Responsibility Attidude, Obsession and Compulsion: Further Support in a Non-Clinical Sample
Casa Editrice: Clinical Psychology and Psychoterapy Anno: 2001, vol. 8 (4), 274-281 Autore: Francesco Mancini, Francesca D’Olimpio, Stefania D’Ercole Abstract: Responsibility is one of the most investigated construct in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although the increasing number of studies on this topic, results seem to be questionable. Whereas several authors reported a significant link between OC
Role of Responsibility in Conditional Reasoning
Casa Editrice: Psychological ReportsAnno: 2002, 91, 275-288Autore: Mancini F.; Gangemi A. Abstract: A series of recent studies showed that facilitation on the Wason Selection Task could be produced by perceived utilities. The present work was aimed at testing whether a similar factor could also be involved in human reasoning performance in the context of responsibility.
Obsession and Compulsions and Intolerance for Uncertainty in a non-clinical sample
Casa Editrice: Journal of Anxiety DisorderAnno: 2002, vol. 16 (4), 401-412Autore: F. Mancini; F. D’Olimpio; M. Del Genio; F. Didonna; E. Prunetti Abstract: It has been hypothesized that decisionmaking difficulties in patients with obsessivecompulsive disorder may arise from intolerance for uncertainty. We investigated the relationship between obsessivity and intolerance for uncertainty (defined in terms of
Responsibility, guilt and decision under risk
Casa Editrice: Psychological ReportsAnno: 2003, 93, 1077-1079Autore: F. Mancini; A. Gangemi Abstract: Summary. In this paper, we hypothesize that individuals’ choices (risk-seeking/risk-aversion) depend on moral values, and in particular on how subjects evaluate themselves, as guilty or as victims of a wrong, rather than on the descriptions of the outcomes as given in the options
