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  1. A Cross-Cultural Study of Social Support from Family, Friends, and Significant Others and Mental Health Among Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Gay and Lesbian Young Adults

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso, Dr Pedro A Costa

  2. The Reciprocal Effects of Prosociality, Peer Support and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescence: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso

  3. A Four-Wave Cross-Lagged Study of Exposure to Violent Contexts, Cognitive Distortions, and School Bullying during Adolescence

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso

  4. A Four-Wave Cross-Lagged Study of Exposure to Violent Contexts, Cognitive Distortions, and School Bullying during Adolescence

    Article • May 2024, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso

  5. Minority stress and mental health in gay and lesbian youth: a cross-cultural comparison

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, October 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Nicola Picone, Gaetana Affuso, Dr Pedro A Costa, Marta Aparicio

  6. The Responsiveness of Mental Health Service Professionals to Two Years of Pandemic Emergency in Italy

    Article • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  7. Values across adolescence: a four-year longitudinal study. The predictive role of community violence and parental acceptance-rejection

    Article • European Journal of Personality, April 2023, SAGE Publications

    Gaetana Affuso

  8. Prevalence and Multidimensional Model of Disordered Eating in Youths With Type 1 Diabetes: Results From a Nationwide Population-Based Study

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Psychology, March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gaetana Affuso

  9. Prevalence of engagement and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury behaviors in adolescence: an investigation of the longitudinal course and the role of temperamental effortful control

    Article • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  10. Prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Results of multicenter Italian Nationwide study

    Article • International Journal of Eating Disorders, June 2022, Wiley

    Gaetana Affuso

  11. Attitudes of Catholic Priests Regarding the Participation of People with Schizophrenia and Depression in Religious Practices: Relationships with Prejudices and Community Size

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  12. Views of Mental Health Professionals on Positive Changes in Service Practices and Staff-User Relationships After One Year of Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy

    Article • Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  13. The effects of teacher support, parental monitoring, motivation and self-efficacy on academic performance over time

    Article • European Journal of Psychology of Education, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  14. Individual and Environmental Correlates of Adolescents’ Moral Decision-Making in Moral Dilemmas

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2021, Frontiers

    Gaetana Affuso

  15. Bullying Victimization: Investigating the Unique Contribution of Homophobic Bias on Adolescent Non-suicidal Self-injury and the Buffering Role of School Support

    Article • School Mental Health, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  16. Improving Employees’ Views About Persons With Mental Disorders as Potential Workmates.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Lorenza Magliano, Gaetana Affuso

  17. Views of Catholic Priests Regarding Causes, Treatments and Psychosocial Consequences of Schizophrenia and Depression: A Comparative Study in Italy

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  18. Individual, Familial, and Socio-Environmental Risk Factors of Gang Membership in a Community Sample of Adolescents in Southern Italy

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso

  19. Effortful Control and Community Violence Exposure as Predictors of Developmental Trajectories of Self-serving Cognitive Distortions in Adolescence: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  20. The Impact of Personal Values, Gender Stereotypes, and School Climate on Homophobic Bullying: a Multilevel Analysis

    Article • Sexuality Research and Social Policy, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  21. A new dimensional measure of antisocial behaviour evaluation (ASBE)

    Article • European Journal of Developmental Psychology, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Gaetana Affuso

  22. Pathways Linking Exposure to Community Violence, Self-serving Cognitive Distortions and School Bullying Perpetration: A Three-Wave Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Gaetana Affuso

  23. Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury and its relationships with school bullying and peer rejection

    Article • Psychiatry Research, April 2019, Elsevier

    Gaetana Affuso

  24. Three‐year cross‐lagged relationships among adolescents’ antisocial behavior, personal values, and judgment of wrongness

    Article • Social Development, January 2018, Wiley

    Gaetana Affuso

  25. Parenting styles and children’s internalizing-externalizing behavior: The mediating role of behavioral regulation

    Article • Current Psychology, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  26. Predictors of Staff Attitudes Toward Schizophrenia Treatments

    Article • Psychiatric Services, December 2017, American Psychiatric Association

    Lorenza Magliano, Gaetana Affuso

  27. Effortful control, exposure to community violence, and aggressive behavior: Exploring cross-lagged relations in adolescence

    Article • Aggressive Behavior, June 2017, Wiley

    concetta esposito, Gaetana Affuso

  28. The Interplay among BMI z-Score, Peer Victmization, and Self-Concept in Outpatient Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity

    Article • Childhood Obesity, June 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Gaetana Affuso

  29. Effects of the diagnostic label ‘schizophrenia’, actively used or passively accepted, on general practitioners’ views of this disorder

    Article • International Journal of Social Psychiatry, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Gaetana Affuso

  30. General practitioners’ beliefs about people with schizophrenia and whether they should be subject to discriminatory treatment when in medical hospital: The mediating role of dangerousness perception.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Gaetana Affuso

  31. The contribution of school-related parental monitoring, self-determination, and self-efficacy to academic achievement

    Article • The Journal of Educational Research, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Gaetana Affuso

  32. The mediating role of domain judgement in the relation between the Big Five and bullying behaviours

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, February 2016, Elsevier

    Gaetana Affuso

  33. Parental Acceptance–Rejection and Adolescent Maladjustment: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Combined Roles

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gaetana Affuso

  34. Multiple Forms and Settings of Exposure to Violence and Values

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, October 2015, SAGE Publications

    Gaetana Affuso

  35. The Structure of Self-Serving Cognitive Distortions

    Article • Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dario Bacchini, Gaetana Affuso

  36. Memories of parenting styles and communicative processes in adolescence

    Article • Family Science, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Gaetana Affuso

  37. Esposizione alla violenza in contesti multipli e sintomi post-traumatici da stress: uno studio con adolescenti

    Article • MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL INFANZIA, June 2014, Franco Angeli

    Gaetana Affuso

  38. Moral vs. non-moral attribution in adolescence: Environmental and behavioural correlates

    Article • European Journal of Developmental Psychology, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Gaetana Affuso

  39. Effects of Parental Monitoring and Exposure to Community Violence on Antisocial Behavior and Anxiety/Depression Among Adolescents

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Gaetana Affuso

  40. Fattori di rischio e di protezione in preadolescenza: l'importanza della scuola, della famiglia e degli amici

    Article • PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, December 2009, Franco Angeli

    Gaetana Affuso

  41. Social experience and school bullying

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, January 2009, Wiley

    Gaetana Affuso

  42. Temperament, ADHD and peer relations among schoolchildren: the mediating role of school bullying

    Article • Aggressive Behavior, May 2008, Wiley

    Gaetana Affuso