Publications by authors named "A Gnisci"
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- Exposure to the Russian-Ukrainian War led to severe mental health issues among residents from 11 countries, with Ukrainians experiencing the worst effects.
- The study identified factors like previous mental disorders and perceived stress as common predictors of PTSD and CPTSD, while some unique factors, such as gender and relationship status, also played a role.
- Findings emphasize the importance of mental health support for populations affected by ongoing conflict, especially given the uncertain threat of war in many areas.
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- The study investigated how different HEXACO personality traits impact academic performance in Italian middle school students aged 10-14, analyzing data from two groups of adolescents.
- Key findings indicated that Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience were the strongest predictors of school success, followed by Honesty-Humility, while eXtraversion and Emotionality had a smaller yet significant influence.
- The results were consistent across genders and grade levels, with specific facets such as Perfectionism and Sincerity showing strong correlations with academic performance.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has had devastating effects on the Ukrainian population and the global economy, environment, and political order. However, little is known about the psychological states surrounding the outbreak of war, particularly the mental well-being of individuals outside Ukraine. Here, we present a longitudinal experience-sampling study of a convenience sample from 17 European countries (total participants = 1,341, total assessments = 44,894, countries with >100 participants = 5) that allows us to track well-being levels across countries during the weeks surrounding the outbreak of war.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Question: What are the complications of transvaginal ethanol sclerotherapy for the treatment of endometriomas?
Summary Answer: Sclerotherapy is a reliable, minimally invasive method applicable in outpatient procedures but with specific and potential life-threatening complications that need to be identified and prevented.
What Is Known Already: There are currently few data on the use of transvaginal ethanol sclerotherapy, and we mainly note septic complications.
Study Design, Size, Duration: A retrospective observational cohort study was carried out.
In this cross-sectional study we aimed at: 1) validating the observer (Obs) version of HEXACO Medium School Inventory Extended (MSI-E); 2) establishing convergent and divergent construct validity of the HEXACO-MSI-E; 3) establishing criterion validity of HEXACO-MSI-E. We administered the HEXACO-MSI-E, the Big Five Questionnaire-Children (BFQ-C), the Internalizing and Externalizing scales of Youth Self Report (YSR), some items of the 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRB) and some items about adolescents' values, beliefs, behaviors, and desired features of a possible future job to 1175 adolescents (Mage = 12.03, SD = 0.
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