Publications by authors named "Paolo Soraci"
The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS). A total of 742 Italian participants (84.6% female), with a mean age of 33.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is consistently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU). Moreover, previous studies have shown a significant association between FoMO, self-esteem, and social comparison. However, there is a lack of studies that have investigated the relationship between, FoMO, social comparison, self-esteem, and PSMU in an integrated model.
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- The text discusses the growing recognition of problematic sexual behaviors like compulsive sexual behavior disorder, hypersexuality, and sex addiction, alongside ongoing debates about their definitions and whether they can be used interchangeably.
- It introduces the Bergen-Yale Sex Addiction Scale (BYSAS), a recently developed tool based on addiction theories, and reports on the validation of its Italian version using a sample of 1,230 Italian adults aged 18 to 67.
- The study found that the BYSAS demonstrated strong reliability and validity, showing relationships with personality traits, self-esteem, depression, and other measures of sexual behavior, indicating its effectiveness in assessing sex addiction in this population.
Aim: The threats of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have caused fears worldwide. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was recently developed to assess the fear of COVID-19. Although many studies found that the FCV-19S is psychometrically sound, it is unclear whether the FCV-19S is invariant across countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The advent of COVID-19 worldwide has led to consequences for people's health, both physical and psychological, such as fear and anxiety. This is the case in Italy, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. Given the heightened fear concerning COVID-19 in Italy.
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