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  1. Buffer or burden? The conditional effect of supervisor support on work-family conflict and wellbeing under backlash

    Article • Work & Stress, June 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  2. Academic Well-Being Among STEM University Students Living Away from Home: A Mixed-Methods Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  3. Beyond borders: A cross-national study on cultivated meat acceptance in Italy, France, and the Netherlands

    Article • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, May 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  4. Innovating Food or Preserving Nature? Cross-Cultural Validation of the Food Naturalness Scale in Italy, France, and The Netherlands

    Article • Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, May 2026, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Professor Barbara Loera

  5. Indifferent or Attractive? An Exploratory Kano Model Application to Cultivated Meat Products

    Article • Food Frontiers, April 2026, Wiley

    Professor Barbara Loera

  6. Validating the Existential Quest Scale using item response theory

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2026, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  7. Assessing the Perception of Academic Students’ Stress: The Psychometric Robustness of the PAS Scale

    Article • SAGE Open, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  8. Disgusting, sustainable, odd: A study on consumers' social representation of insect-based food and its association with TPB variables

    Article • Food Quality and Preference, August 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  9. Unfamiliar familiarity: A scoping review on the role of familiarity in consumer acceptance of cultivated meat

    Article • Appetite, July 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  10. Promoting sustainable food behavior among young people: evidence-based suggestions for intervention in higher education

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, June 2025, Emerald

    Professor Barbara Loera

  11. Editorial: Quality of life in academia: new perspectives for assessing and promoting wellbeing in university population

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  12. Quality of Life in Academia: New Perspectives for Assessing and Promoting Wellbeing in University Population

    Article • January 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  13. Cultivated meat beyond bans: Ten remarks from the Italian case toward a reasoned decision-making process

    Article • One Earth, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  14. Qualità della vita lavorativa, differenze di genere e di ruolo nel personale docente e ricercatore nelle università: un'indagine nel contesto italiano

    Article • PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, October 2024, Franco Angeli

    Professor Barbara Loera

  15. The Event-Related Rumination Inventory: How Does Scale Validity Change with Time Instructions?

    Article • Journal of Loss and Trauma, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  16. All that glitters is not gold! Job insecurity and well-being in STEM research fellows: a latent profile analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  17. More Than Organic: Consumer Expectations of Sustainability and Quality. Evidences from a Qualitative Study in Italy

    Article • Journal of Food Products Marketing, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  18. Shortened version of TAS using IRT: The 10-item scale for adolescents

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, April 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  19. Preclinical and Clinical Medical Student Attitudes Toward the Care of the Dying: Testing the 9-Item Version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale

    Article • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  20. “GPS in my Salad?” A Mixed Method Study of Consumers’ Perception of Biomarkers in Organic Vegetables

    Article • Journal of International Consumer Marketing, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  21. A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  22. Consumer trust in organic food and organic certifications in four European countries

    Article • Food Control, March 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  23. Understanding the purchase intentions for organic vegetables across EU: a proposal to extend the TPB model

    Article • British Food Journal, February 2022, Emerald

    Professor Barbara Loera

  24. Expanded version of the Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation Inventory: Scale validation and refinement among Italian adults.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kanako Taku, Professor Barbara Loera

  25. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the SAPH@W Questionnaire

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  26. Shortening the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B): a Brief 9-Item Version for Medical Education and Practice

    Article • Journal of Cancer Education, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  27. L’ortoressia nervosa tra attenzione per la qualità dell’alimentazione e disturbi alimentari: criteri diagnostici e strumenti di valutazione

    Article • Rivista di Psichiatria, July 2020, Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore

    Professor Barbara Loera

  28. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the RhinAsthma Patient Perspective (RAPP) in Spanish

    Article • Allergologia et Immunopathologia, March 2020, Codon Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  29. Improving the psychometric properties of the dissociative experiences scale (DES-II): a Rasch validation study

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  30. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the RhinAsthma Patient Perspective (RAPP) in the Polish population

    Article • Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, January 2020, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Barbara Loera

  31. The relationship between menopausal symptoms and burnout. A cross-sectional study among nurses

    Article • BMC Women s Health, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  32. Corrigendum: Organizational Climate and Teachers’ Morale: Developing a Specific Tool for the School Context – A Research Project in Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  33. Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, October 2019, Wiley

    Professor Barbara Loera

  34. Organizational Climate and Teachers’ Morale: Developing a Specific Tool for the School Context – A Research Project in Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  35. Sometimes It Drains, Sometimes It Sustains: The Dual Role of the Relationship with Students for University Professors

    Article • BioMed Research International, July 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Barbara Loera

  36. The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers

    Article • Sustainability, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  37. Not All Academics Are Alike: First Validation of the Academics' Quality of Life at Work Scale (AQoLW)

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, December 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  38. Personal values and the acceptance of immigrants: why national identification matters / Los valores personales y la aceptación de inmigrantes: ¿Por qué es importante la identificación nacional?

    Article • International Journal of Social Psychology Revista de Psicología Social, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera, Professor Anna Miglietta

  39. eMSQOL-29: Prospective validation of the abbreviated, electronic version of MSQOL-54

    Article • Multiple Sclerosis Journal, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Alessandra Solari, Professor Barbara Loera

  40. Concerns about change and employee wellbeing: the moderating role of social support

    Article • Employee Counselling Today, April 2018, Emerald

    Daniela Converso, Professor Barbara Loera

  41. When social support by patrons protects against burnout: A study among Italian public library workers

    Article • Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Daniela Converso, Professor Barbara Loera

  42. Aging and Work Ability: The Moderating Role of Job and Personal Resources

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  43. Chronic Urticaria Patient Perspective (CUPP): The First Validated Tool for Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Practice

    Article • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  44. Equivalence of the electronic versus paper-based short version of the MSQOL-54 (MSQOL-29)

    Article • October 2017, Morressier

    Professor Barbara Loera, Dr. Alessandra Solari

  45. Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, May 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Marco Miniotti, Professor Barbara Loera

  46. RhinAsthma patient perspective: A Rasch validation study

    Article • Journal of Asthma, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  47. Stress, work ability, and an aging workforce: A study among women aged 50 and over.

    Article • International Journal of Stress Management, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  48. Users’ Support as a Social Resource in Educational Services: Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS)

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, August 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  49. User Initiated Support Scale

    Article • January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  50. Do positive relations with patients play a protective role for healthcare employees? Effects of patients' gratitude and support on nurses' burnout

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, April 2015, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  51. Assessment of healthcare students’ attitudes toward palliative medicine. FATCOD–B scale

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Barbara Loera

  52. Perceived-Gratitude Scale

    Article • January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  53. Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) among Italian Nurses: How Many Factors Must a Researcher Consider?

    Article • PLOS One, December 2014, PLOS

    Professor Barbara Loera

  54. Giustizia organizzativa, supporto sociale e burnout tra lavoratori della Sanità: effetti diretti e di moderazione

    Article • PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, March 2013, Franco Angeli

    Professor Barbara Loera

  55. Work-home interaction and aging workforce

    Article • January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  56. The reciprocity of the quality of care providers' occupational life of and the quality of care: A cycle model

    Article • January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera