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1. Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale (PBSS)

Author

Salzano, Sara, Zappullo, Isa, Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Conson, Massimiliano, Finelli, Carmela, Mikulincer, Mario, and Shaver, Phillip R

Subjects
Social and Personality Psychology, Psychology, power system, sense ofpower, behavioural systems, emotional problems, threat, PBSS, Italian version, validation
Abstract

The power behavioural system is a neurobehavioral system that motivates a person to acquire and control resources that are important for survival and reproductive success. When activated, its function is to protect or restore the sense of power, influence, or dominance. Repeated experiences of failure in achieving this goal may result in hyperactivation or deactivation of power-oriented behaviours (analogous to the secondary strategies observed with respect to the attachment behavioural system). Gaining a reliable and valid measure of hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system can be important for understanding an individual's responses to different social contexts and, in clinical settings, can help the therapist identify the client's difficulties that may undermine the therapeutic process. In the present study, we developed the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale (PBSS), a self-report measure developed by Shaver et al. (2011) to assess individual differences in hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system. Results indicated an adequate fit to the expected two-factor model, and the measure proved to be reliable and had good convergent and structural validity, allowing the quantification of individual differences in power system hyperactivation and deactivation.

Published
2023

2. Signals of Threat in Persons Exposed to Natural Disasters

Author

Conson, Massimiliano, Zappullo, Isa, Baiano, Chiara, Sagliano, Laura, Finelli, Carmela, Raimo, Gennaro, Cecere, Roberta, Vela, Maria, Positano, Monica, Pistoia, Francesca, Howlett, Robert J., Series Editor, Jain, Lakhmi C., Series Editor, Esposito, Anna, editor, Faundez-Zanuy, Marcos, editor, Morabito, Francesco Carlo, editor, and Pasero, Eros, editor

Published
2021
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6. Signals of Threat in Persons Exposed to Natural Disasters

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Conson, Massimiliano, primary, Zappullo, Isa, additional, Baiano, Chiara, additional, Sagliano, Laura, additional, Finelli, Carmela, additional, Raimo, Gennaro, additional, Cecere, Roberta, additional, Vela, Maria, additional, Positano, Monica, additional, and Pistoia, Francesca, additional

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2020
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7. Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale.

Author

Salzano, Sara, Salzano, Sara, Zappullo, Isa, Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Conson, Massimiliano, Finelli, Carmela, Mikulincer, Mario, Shaver, Phillip R, Salzano, Sara, Salzano, Sara, Zappullo, Isa, Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Conson, Massimiliano, Finelli, Carmela, Mikulincer, Mario, and Shaver, Phillip R

Abstract

The power behavioural system is a neurobehavioral system that motivates a person to acquire and control resources that are important for survival and reproductive success. When activated, its function is to protect or restore the sense of power, influence, or dominance. Repeated experiences of failure in achieving this goal may result in hyperactivation or deactivation of power-oriented behaviours (analogous to the secondary strategies observed with respect to the attachment behavioural system). Gaining a reliable and valid measure of hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system can be important for understanding an individual's responses to different social contexts and, in clinical settings, can help the therapist identify the client's difficulties that may undermine the therapeutic process. In the present study, we developed the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale (PBSS), a self-report measure developed by Shaver et al. (2011) to assess individual differences in hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system. Results indicated an adequate fit to the expected two-factor model, and the measure proved to be reliable and had good convergent and structural validity, allowing the quantification of individual differences in power system hyperactivation and deactivation.

Published
2023

8. Signals of Threat in Persons Exposed to Natural Disasters

Author

Isa Zappullo, Gennaro Raimo, Chiara Baiano, Laura Sagliano, Maria Vela, Carmela Finelli, Monica Positano, Roberta Cecere, Massimiliano Conson, Francesca Pistoia, [A. Esposito, M. Faundez-Zanuy, F.C. Morabito, E. Pasero], Conson, Massimiliano, Zappullo, Isa, Baiano, Chiara, Sagliano, Laura, Finelli, Carmela, Raimo, Gennaro, Cecere, Roberta, Vela, Maria, Positano, Monica, Pistoia, Francesca, Dipartimento di Psicologia, and AREA MIN. 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche

Subjects
Attentional bias, Earthquake, media_common.quotation_subject, Emotion regulation, 05 social sciences, Neuropsychology, Traumatic stress, Cognition, Neural correlates of trauma, Hypervigilance, 050105 experimental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Psychological resilience, medicine.symptom, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Depression (differential diagnoses), media_common, Subclinical infection, Clinical psychology
Abstract

Individuals exposed to traumatic events can develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, but also subclinical behavioral and emotional changes. Although persons exposed to trauma without PTSD show greater resilience, and are better at regulating emotions, with respect to trauma survivors with PTSD, they are anyway more prone to develop physical and psychological maladaptive changes to subsequent stressful experiences. Indeed, especially persons surviving to natural disasters, as earthquakes, can show complex patterns of non-psychopathological responses to traumatic experiences suggesting hypervigilance to signals of threat, and in particular to stimuli conveying self-relevant threatening information. Here, we review neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies uncovering the neural and cognitive mechanisms involved in these non-clinical psychological responses to natural disasters.

Published
2021

9. The Influence of Systemizing, Empathizing and Autistic Traits on Visuospatial Abilities

Author

Roberta Cecere, Gennaro Raimo, Maria Vela, Monica Positano, Isa Zappullo, Chiara Baiano, Massimiliano Conson, Carmela Finelli, Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Eros Pasero, Conson, Massimiliano, Baiano, Chiara, Zappullo, Isa, Positano, Monica, Raimo, Gennaro, Finelli, Carmela, Vela, Maria, Cecere, Roberta, and Senese, Vincenzo Paolo

Subjects
education.field_of_study, 05 social sciences, Population, Empathy quotient, medicine.disease, Mental rotation, Developmental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Autistic traits, Social skills, medicine, Autism, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Attention switching, education, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Neurotypical, 050104 developmental & child psychology
Abstract

Much evidence indicates that neurotypical individuals with high level of autistic traits show performances comparable to those of autistic individuals in visuospatial tasks, such as the embedded figure test and the block design task. On the contrary, the role of autistic-like traits on mental rotation abilities in neurotypical population still remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate in a sample of 315 University students (147 female and 168 male) the influence autistic-related traits (including systemizing and empathizing) on different visuospatial skills, as hidden figure identification and mental rotations, also taking into account the influence of participants’ sex. Results showed significant effect of sex on specific behavioural traits associated with autism, as attention switching and imagination, while no sex differences were found in visuospatial skills. More relevant, results showed that performance on figure disembedding was more related to autism-related social skills while performance on mental rotation was more related to systemizing.

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2020
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10. Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale .

Author

Salzano S, Zappullo I, Senese VP, Conson M, Finelli C, Mikulincer M, and Shaver PR

Abstract

The power behavioural system is a neurobehavioral system that motivates a person to acquire and control resources that are important for survival and reproductive success. When activated, its function is to protect or restore the sense of power, influence, or dominance. Repeated experiences of failure in achieving this goal may result in hyperactivation or deactivation of power-oriented behaviours (analogous to the secondary strategies observed with respect to the attachment behavioural system). Gaining a reliable and valid measure of hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system can be important for understanding an individual's responses to different social contexts and, in clinical settings, can help the therapist identify the client's difficulties that may undermine the therapeutic process. In the present study, we developed the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale (PBSS), a self-report measure developed by Shaver et al. (2011) to assess individual differences in hyperactivation and deactivation of the power system. Results indicated an adequate fit to the expected two-factor model, and the measure proved to be reliable and had good convergent and structural validity, allowing the quantification of individual differences in power system hyperactivation and deactivation.

Published
2023
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