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ALESSANDRO ALBERTO ROSSI
Position
Ricercatore a tempo det. art. 24 c. 3 lett. A L. 240/2010
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VIA VENEZIA, 14 - PADOVA
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Alessandro Alberto Rossi, PhD, is Research Associate/Research Fellow (RtdA) in Clinical-Dynamic Psychology (11/E4), Dynamic Psychology (M-PSI/07), at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua.
He is a licensed psychologist registered with the Ordine degli Psicologi della Lombardia – n° 15432.
Educational Background:
- Bachelor's degree in Psychological Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan.
- Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan.
- Doctorate (PhD) in Psychological Sciences (XXXIII Cycle), University of Padua, Padua.
Work Experience:
- Fellow Psychologist; Department of Medical Oncology, ASST della Valle Olona, Saronno Hospital; Saronno.
- Psychologist; Psychology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, San Giuseppe Hospital; Verbania.
- Postdoctoral research fellow in Dynamic Psychology (M-PSI/07); Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy, and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua; Padua.
Editorial Roles in Indexed Scientific Journals:
- Associate Editor; Frontiers in Psychology; Section: "Psychology for Clinical Settings."
- Guest Editor; Special topic: "Food Intake and Addictive Eating"; Nutrients.
- Guest Editor; Special topic: "New Trends in Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors: Food Addiction, Drunkorexia, and Orthorexia Nervosa"; Healthcare.
- Editorial Board; Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity.
Membership in Scientific Societies:
- Affiliate Member of AIP (Italian Association of Psychology – Clinical and Dynamic section).
- Member of SPR-I (Society for Psychotherapy Research – Italian group).
- Member of SISDCA (Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders).
- Foreign Affiliate Member of APA (American Psychological Association).
Notices
Office hours
Thursday from 11:00 to 13:00
at Via Venezia 14 Piano IV - Studio 014a
Il ricevimento degli studenti sarà svolto preferibilmente in presenza e/o online. Si prega di prenotarsi via email con due giorni di anticipo.
Publications
Pubblicazioni selezionate (2017-2023)
Rossi, A. A., Mannarini, S., Donini, L. M., Castelnuovo, G., Simpson, S., & Pietrabissa, G. (2024). Dieting, obsessive-compulsive thoughts, and orthorexia nervosa: Assessing the mediating role of worries about food through a structural equation model approach. APPETITE, 193, 107164. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107164
Rossi, A.A., Panzeri, A., Mannarini, S. The Italian Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Short Form (IT-DERS-SF): A Two-step Validation Study (2023) JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT, 45 (2), pp. 572-590. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-022-10006-8
Rossi, A.A., Pietrabissa, G., Tagliagambe, A., Scuderi, A., Montecchiani, L., Castelnuovo, G., Mannarini, S., Dalla Ragione, L. Many Facets of Eating Disorders: Profiling Key Psychological Features of Anorexia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder (2023) BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 13 (3). DOI: 10.3390/bs13030276
Rossi, A.A., Mannarini, S., Castelnuovo, G., Pietrabissa, G. Disordered Eating Behaviors Related to Food Addiction/Eating Addiction in Inpatients with Obesity and the General Population: The Italian Version of the Addiction-like Eating Behaviors Scale (AEBS-IT) (2023) NUTRIENTS, 15 (1). DOI: 10.3390/nu15010104
Rossi, A.A., Marconi, M., Taccini, F., Verusio, C., Mannarini, S. Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) (2022) FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 13, 859478. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859478
Rossi, A.A., Panzeri, A., Taccini, F., Parola, A., Mannarini, S. The Rising of the Shield hero. Development of the Post-Traumatic Symptom Questionnaire (PTSQ) and Assessment of the Protective Effect of self-esteem from trauma-related Anxiety and Depression (2022) JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TRAUMA. DOI: 10.1007/s40653-022-00503-z
Rossi, A.A., Marconi, M., Taccini, F., Verusio, C., Mannarini, S. From fear to hopelessness: The buffering effect of patient-centered communication in a sample of oncological patients during covid-19 (2021) BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 11 (6), 87. DOI: 10.3390/bs11060087
Rossi, A., Panzeri, A., Pietrabissa, G., Manzoni, G.M., Castelnuovo, G., Mannarini, S. The Anxiety-Buffer Hypothesis in the Time of COVID-19: When Self-Esteem Protects From the Impact of Loneliness and Fear on Anxiety and Depression (2020) FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 11, 2177. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02177
Jackson, J.B., Pietrabissa, G., Rossi, A., Manzoni, G.M., Castelnuovo, G. Brief strategic therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for women with binge eating disorder and comorbid obesity: A randomized clinical trial one-year follow-up (2018) JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 86 (8), pp. 688-701. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000313
Research Area
Research Lines.
The current research lines primarily focus on clinical-dynamic psychology, delineated in the following domains:
(A) Feeding and Eating disorders – eating disorders – dysfunctional eating behaviors – obesity. Particularly, considerable emphasis is placed on emerging constructs such as food addiction, eating compulsivity, grazing, orthorexia nervosa, drunkorexia, etc.
(B) Psycho-oncology and health psychology. Specifically, exploring the role of emotional, mental, and physical states, distress, and the quality of life in patients affected by oncological/organic diseases.
(C) Traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and (dis-)regulation of emotions.
(D) Problematic use of technology, social networks, and digital well-being
Thesis proposals
Thesis topics align with the indicated research areas.
