Papers by Davide Dèttore
Love addiction, sexual addiction and perceived social support: exploratory empirical research on a group of love addicts
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
L'ideazione suicidaria in un gruppo di dipendenti affettivi italiani: una ricerca qualitativa
PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE
La dipendenza affettiva è un concetto dibattuto. Essa viene considerata come una dipen-denza da u... more La dipendenza affettiva è un concetto dibattuto. Essa viene considerata come una dipen-denza da un oggetto di amore che può portare allo sviluppo di considerevoli conseguenze ne-gative, fra cui atti auto-lesivi ed ideazione suicidaria. Lo studio mira a fornire prove empiriche sull'eziologia e sulle caratteristiche della dipendenza affettiva e ad analizzare la sua relazione con l'ideazione suicidaria. Il risultato ha confermato la rappresentazione fenomenologica della dipendenza affettiva che finora è stata ipotizzata in letteratura, fornendo una comprensione più profonda delle sue caratteristiche. È stata osservata un'associazione con comportamenti suici-dari e parasuicidari, evidenziando drammatiche che essa può avere e l'importanza di prevenirle.
Background . Following a diagnosis of infertility, an increasing number of couples are turning to... more Background . Following a diagnosis of infertility, an increasing number of couples are turning to Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) to achieve a pregnancy, which can have a detrimental impact on the individual's Quality-of-Life, leading to heightened risks of anxious-depressive symptoms and stress. Little is known about men’s infertility-related Quality-of-Life, and among the variables potentially associated with it, the role of sexual beliefs is neglected.Methods . This study included 166 participants, with 83 men attending a MAR pathway, while a control group of 83 subjects, paired by age, marital status, and number of children was drawn from the general population. Sexual-Modes Questionnaire, Depression-Anxiety-Stress-Scale, Arizona Sexual Experience Scale, and Fertility Quality-of-Life Questionnaire were administered.Results . Among men undergoing MAR, higher levels of erection-related thoughts were associated with a worse Quality-of-Life, but when they occur alongside s...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
People reporting compulsive hoarding symptoms (CHS) have lower mindfulness skills than those with... more People reporting compulsive hoarding symptoms (CHS) have lower mindfulness skills than those without such symptoms. Mindfulness skills can have the role of a protective buffer against stressful periods. The quarantine imposed to contain the COVID-19 spread had a negative impact on daily habits and healthy behaviors (including social interactions). An increased attachment to objects might be one of the under-recognized psychological consequences of these difficult times, yet no study focused on CHS. Through an online survey in men who were on quarantine during the pandemic, this exploratory survey examined the prevalence of men reporting CHS during this period and explored the role of mindfulness skills on CHS controlling for anxious-depressive/stress symptoms. Forty-three men from the general population completed the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21). Twenty-eig...
Psicoanalisi: l'avvenire di un'illusione
Bulzoni Editore, 1989
La consulenza tecnica in ambito di richiesta di ri-attribuzione chirurgica di genere
Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 2022
Therapist’s emotional response towards patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is under... more Therapist’s emotional response towards patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is under-investigated. This aspect might provide valuable information about therapists’ difficulties during sessions and support supervisory practice, since a proportion of OCD patients drop out due to issues related to the therapeutic relationship. In a sample of therapists, we explored the effects of therapists’ orientation (cognitive behavioural versus psychodynamic) and perfectionistic traits on their emotional responses towards patients with OCD, controlling for other variables potentially related to emotional response towards patients (i.e., therapists’ gender/age and patient’s comorbid personality disorders). Ninety-four therapists (74 women and 20 men; mean age = 42.07 ± 10.17 years), of which 47 (50%) had a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and 47 (50%) a psychodynamic orientation matched on gender and age, completed the Therapist Response Questionnaire and Frost Multidimensional Perf...
Religiosity, the extent to which an individual is committed to the religion he/she professes, may... more Religiosity, the extent to which an individual is committed to the religion he/she professes, may be a protective factor against depression. Although in the Italian socio-cultural context religion is a predominant feature of society, the role of religiosity as a psychological buffer against depression in adolescence is understudied. The present study explored (a) the association between recent stressful life events and depressive tendencies and (b) whether higher religiosity could be a predictor of lower depressive symptomatology controlling for the effects of stressful events in a sample of Italian adolescents. Two hundred seventy-five adolescents completed the Children's Depression Inventory and two questionnaires measuring religiosity and perceived stressful events, respectively. Fifteen percent of the sample reported depressive tendencies above clinical thresholds. Having experienced school problems and parents' separation was associated with higher depressive symptomato...
Fattori cognitivi ed emotivi legati allo sviluppo del Disturbo Maschile dell'Erezione
RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA, 2009
- The aim of the present research is to investigate the relation between beliefs about sexuality,... more - The aim of the present research is to investigate the relation between beliefs about sexuality, cognitive factors, emotional factors, and erectile dysfunction. 15 adult males (aged 29-66) with psychogenic erectile dysfunction were compared with 15 adult non-dysfunctional males (aged 29-71) with regard to their beliefs in sexual myths, their expectations, and their emotions during sexual activity. Erectile dysfunction was assessed by SDI (Sexual Dysfunction Interview) and measured by the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). Beliefs about sexuality, as well as cognitive and emotional factors of sexual function were measured respectively by Sexual Dysfunctional Beliefs Questionnaire (SDBQ) and Sexual Modes Questionnaire (SMQ). Results show in dysfunctional group an higher level of dysfunctional or irrational beliefs, of negative emotions and automatic thoughts during sexual activity. Beyond this, our data show high correlations between automatic thoughts and sexual functioning, and between worry and sexual functioning These results emphasize the role of cognitive-emotional processes on erectile dysfunction development and maintenance.
La validation di casi di presunto abuso sessuale su minori: qualcosa č cambiato?
MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL'INFANZIA, 2009
- The methodology used in validations of supposed child sexual abuse cases is fundamental in rela... more - The methodology used in validations of supposed child sexual abuse cases is fundamental in relation to the final decisions in the court. The international and national literature codified specific procedures held necessary for the validation integrity. Method: 17 validation interviews, conducted in the 1998-2002 years, were confronted with 20 interviews, implemented in the 2003-2008 years; all were evaluated according to 9 criteria, founded upon the scientific literature. Results: in spite of the growth of the number of correct validations in last years, 2/3 of such validations aren't methodologically adequate. Conclusions: the low quality of the examined validations underlines the importance of training programs to increase the experts competence and the judges discrimination skill between well done and incorrect validations.Key words: child sexual abuse, validation, neurosciences, false memories.Parole chiave: abuso sessuale sui minori, validation, neuroscienze, false memorie.
Il parere peritale conclusivo nei casi di minori presunti vittime di abuso sessuale: considerazioni e proposte metodologiche
Il parere peritale conclusivo nei casi presunti di abuso sessuale su minori e probabilmente uno d... more Il parere peritale conclusivo nei casi presunti di abuso sessuale su minori e probabilmente uno dei compiti piu difficili che un consulente tecnico d’ufficio si trova a dovere esprimere; numerosi fattori concorrono nella formazione delle conclusioni, ma esistono anche vari fattori di errore che dovrebbero essere controllati, ma non sempre purtroppo cio avviene effettivamente. Nel contributo verra esposta una nuova proposta di procedura di elaborazione del parere conclusivo fondata sulla valutazione sistematica di diversi elementi, ciascuno contribuente, con un peso diverso, al parere finale: 1) la qualita delle dichiarazioni del minore; 2) i comportamenti del minore; 3) le condizioni della denuncia; 4) i fattori circostanti; 5) il quadro clinico del minore e dei familiari. Tale procedura e stata elaborata al fine di permettere al perito di esprimere un parere in termini probabilistici, venendo guidato, nel contempo, dalla struttura formale della procedura a tenere presenti tutti gli...
I disturbi dell'immagine corporea. Diagnosi e trattamento
Disturbo dell'identità di genere: teorie eziopatogenetiche
Obsessive-comnpulsive disorder and comorbid personality disorders
Il disturbo di dismorfismo coporeo: caratteristiche cliniche, eziopatogenesi e trattamento
I sottotipi di Disturbo Ossessivo Compulsivo in età evolutiva: adattamento della versione italiana di Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) e studio preliminare delle proprietà psicometriche in campioni non-clinici di 8-11 anni
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) subtypes in prepubertal children is an understudied research ... more Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) subtypes in prepubertal children is an understudied research area. The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Child Version (OCI-CV) is a recently developed self-report tool, which, differently from other existing measures, assesses OCD subtypes in 8 to17-year-old children and adolescents. However, studies have examined the psychometric properties of the OCICV in mixed groups composed of children and adolescents, but no study has used only child groups, although the clinical features of OCD in children are different compared to those in adolescents. This study investigated factor structure, reliability, concurrent/divergent validity and the incremental and predictive validity of the Italian OCI-CV in a large non-clinical group of 8 to 11-year-old children. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed a three-factor structure without 7 of the original items: Pure Obsessions, Washing/Neutralising, Hoarding/Ordering. Scores on the OCI-CV Washing/ Neutralising were moderately correlated with measures of OCD and panic/agoraphobia characteristics and weakly with other anxious aspects and depression. Scores on OCI-CV Pure Obsessions moderately correlated with measures of depression and anxiety except for physical injury anxiety, whereas scores on OCI-CV moderately correlated only with OCD characteristics. Higher scores on the OCI-CV Washing/Neutralising at T0 (β = 0,10, t = 2,56, p < 0,05) but not scores on the OCI-CV Pure Obsessions and OCI-CV Hoarding/Ordering, predicted higher scores on the SCAS OCD at one-year follow up. Differently from previous studies, the Italian version of the OCI-CV showed adequate psychometric properties with a three-factor instead of six-factor structure, without seven items
Disturbo dell'identità di genere: inquadramento diagnostiuco e differenziale e incidenza-prevalenza
Il disturbo dell'identità di genere. Diagnosi, eziologia, trattamento
Origini sociali, culturali e storiche dell'omofobia
Background. Vulnerability factors for obsessive-compulsive (OC) features in immigrant youth are u... more Background. Vulnerability factors for obsessive-compulsive (OC) features in immigrant youth are under-studied. The migration process can have a highly stressful impact on the psychological wellbeing of the individual and it may represent a precipitating factor for different forms of psychopathology. Little is known about the occurrence of OC traits. Unlike other European countries, immigration to Italy is a recent phenomenon. In community children/early adolescents, this study compared OC general symptoms/subtypes and vulnerability cognitive factors amongst Italian natives, first- and second-generation immigrants, and examined whether such vulnerability factors moderate the relation between immigrant status and OC symptoms/subtypes, beyond socio-demographic/clinical variables. Methods. Two hundred sixty-eight children/early adolescents (99 natives, 82 and 87 first- and second-generation immigrants respectively) completed the Obsessive Belief Questionnaire-Child Version, Obsessive Co...
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