Porreca, A., & Simonelli, A. (2025). Associations between child physical abuse potential, work-related burnout, mental health and executive functions in Italian professionals working with children and youth: A preliminary study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 170, 107786.

Filippi, B., Porreca, A., De Carli, P., Biringen, Z., & Simonelli, A. (2025). Patterns of emotional availability, psychopathology, and sociodemographic risk factors among mothers with substance use disorders and their children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000856

Porreca, A., De Carli, P., Filippi, B., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Simonelli, A. (2024). Maternal cognitive functioning and psychopathology predict quality of parent-child relationship in the context of substance use disorder: A 15-month longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579424000026

Porreca, A., Simonelli, A., De Carli, P., Barone, L., Filippi, B., Rigo, P., van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg (2022). A randomized wait-list controlled trial to investigate the role of cognitive mechanisms in parenting interventions on mothers with Substance Use Disorder. Trials, 23(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06420-8

Porreca, A., De Carli, P., Filippi, B., Parolin, M., & Simonelli, A. (2020). Mothers’ alexithymia in the context of parental Substance Use Disorder: Which implications for parenting behaviors?. Child Abuse & Neglect, 108, 104690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104690

Sinatora, F., Di Florio, N., Traverso, A., Zanato, S., Porreca, A., Tremolada, M., ... & Calore, E. (2020). A mixed-methods study of the disease experience in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation survivors: the contribution of text analysis. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2020.1814932

Frigerio, A., Porreca, A., Simonelli, A., & Nazzari, S. (2019). Emotional availability in samples of mothers at high risk for depression and with substance use disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 577. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00577

Porreca, A., Biringen, Z., Parolin, M., Saunders, H., Ballarotto, G., & Simonelli, A. (2018). Emotional availability, neuropsychological functioning, and psychopathology: The context of parental substance use disorder. BioMed Research International, vol. 2018, Article ID 5359037, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5359037

Cimino, S., Cerniglia, L., Porreca, A., Ballarotto, G., Marzilli, E., & Simonelli, A. (2018). Impact of parental binge eating disorder: Exploring children's emotional/behavioral problems and the quality of parent–child feeding interactions. Infant mental health journal, 39(5), 552-568. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21732

Ballarotto, G., Porreca, A., Erriu, M., Ronconi, L., Cimino, S., Cerniglia, L., & Tambelli, R. (2017). Does alexithymia have a mediating effect between impulsivity and emotional-behavioural functioning in adolescents with Binge eating disorder?. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 14(4).

Sinatora, F., Traverso, A., Zanato, S., Di Florio, N., Porreca, A., Tremolada, M., ... & Pillon, M. (2017). Quality of Life and Psychopathology in Adults Who Underwent Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in Childhood: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1316. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01316

Zanato, S., Traverso, A., Tremolada, M., Sinatora, F., Porreca, A., Pozziani, G., et al. (2017). Psychopathological aspects in childhood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT): the perception of parents and adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 272. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00272

Lucarelli, L., Ammaniti, M., Porreca, A., & Simonelli, A. (2017). Infantile Anorexia and co-parenting: a pilot study on mother-father-child triadic interactions during feeding and play. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 376. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00376

Porreca, A., Parolin, M., Bozza, G., Freato, S., & Simonelli, A. (2017). Infant massage and quality of early mother-infant interactions: Are there associations with maternal psychological wellbeing, marital quality and social support?. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 2049. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02049

Cimino, S., Cerniglia, L., Porreca, A., Simonelli, A., Ronconi, L., Ballarotto, G. (2016). Mothers and fathers with Binge Eating Disorder and their 18-36 months old children: a longitudinal study on parent-infant interactions and offspring’s emotional-behavioral profiles. Frontiers in Psychology. 7, 580. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00580

Porreca, A., De Palo, F., Simonelli, A., Capra, N. (2016).Attachment representations and early interactions in drug addicted mothers: a case study of four women with distinct Adult Attachment Interview classifications . Frontiers in Psychology. 7, 346. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00346

Porreca, A., De Palo, F., Simonelli, A., Capra, N. (2014), Quality of mother-child interactions in a group of substance addicted mothers, EPS - Journal of Education, Psychology and Social Sciences, 2, 105-114. ISSN: 1339-1488

Simonelli, A., De Palo F., Moretti, M., Merlin Baratter P., Porreca, A. (2014). The Strange Situation Procedure: The Role of the Attachment Patterns in the Italian Culture, American Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 3, No. 3, 2014, pp. 47-56. doi: 10.11648/j.ajap.20140303.11