... Adriano Schimmenti. Psicologo e dottore di ricerca in psicologia clinica e delle relazioni in... more ... Adriano Schimmenti. Psicologo e dottore di ricerca in psicologia clinica e delle relazioni interpersonali, è assistant professor presso l'Università Kore di Enna, dove insegna Tecniche del colloquio e Processi evolutivi e personalità criminale. adriano.schimmenti@unikore.it. ...
Objective: Internet pornography addiction typically involves viewing, downloading and trading onl... more Objective: Internet pornography addiction typically involves viewing, downloading and trading online pornography or engagement in adult fantasy role-play. There are some well-validated inventories measuring perceived addiction to internet pornography but these instruments are often too long for a functionally use and fast scoring. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the cyber pornography addiction test (CYPAT), a new, brief, screening measure for assessing cyber pornography. Method: Participants of this study completed the CYPAT, the CPUI, the TAS-20 and the FACES-IV. Descriptive statistics were calculated and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were applied. Results: Cronbach’s alpha coefficient suggested excellent reliability of the measure. Results of this study revealed also good construct, convergent and divergent validity. Conclusions: CYPAT is a brief self-report screening scale composed of 11 items scored ...
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2009
All forms of addiction (drug addiction, food addiction, sexual addiction, technological addiction... more All forms of addiction (drug addiction, food addiction, sexual addiction, technological addiction, work addiction) are syndromic conditions characterized by a recurrent and reiterated search for pleasure derived from a specific dependence behavior, associated with abuse, craving, clinically significant stress, and compulsive dependence actions despite the possible negative consequences. The purpose of this article is to propose a new diagnostic criteria of addiction.
Given the centrality of insight in promoting change, the relevance of measures for assessing this... more Given the centrality of insight in promoting change, the relevance of measures for assessing this construct has become increasingly clear. This paper describes a new self-report measure for assessing some of the characteristics of insight, the insight orientation scale (IOS). In study 1, we evaluated the factor structure and the reliability of the scale. In study 2, we analyzed the concurrent and discriminant validity of the scale in patients with different clinical diagnoses. In study 1 participants were 600 individuals (41.1% male, 58.9% female) with a mean age of 33.95 years (SD = 13.04). In study 2 participants were 136 individuals divided into the following groups: 1) schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (n = 26); 2) substance-related disorders (n = 55); 3) depressive disorders (n = 27); and 4) personality disorders (n = 28). Instruments are the insight orientation scale (IOS) and the Beck cognitive insight scale. The goodness-of-fit indices showed a satisfactory fit of a one factor model. We found also a good internal consistency (α = .77). These findings support the dimensionality of the IOS and suggest that it may be useful as an assessment tool for use in guiding psychotherapy.
RIASSUNTO La Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA) è un'intervista clinica str... more RIASSUNTO La Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA) è un'intervista clinica strutturata composta da 24 domande. La TSIA è stata sviluppata dal “Gruppo di Toronto” diretto da Graeme J. Taylor al fine di sopperire ai limiti applicativi della TAS-20, il questionario self-report maggiormente utilizzato in letteratura per la misurazione del costrutto di alessitimia. Nonostante sia stata costruita nel contesto specifico della ricerca sull'alessitimia, la TSIA è uno strumento altamente valido e attendibile che può essere ...
... Adriano Schimmenti. Psicologo e dottore di ricerca in psicologia clinica e delle relazioni in... more ... Adriano Schimmenti. Psicologo e dottore di ricerca in psicologia clinica e delle relazioni interpersonali, è assistant professor presso l'Università Kore di Enna, dove insegna Tecniche del colloquio e Processi evolutivi e personalità criminale. adriano.schimmenti@unikore.it. ...
Objective: Internet pornography addiction typically involves viewing, downloading and trading onl... more Objective: Internet pornography addiction typically involves viewing, downloading and trading online pornography or engagement in adult fantasy role-play. There are some well-validated inventories measuring perceived addiction to internet pornography but these instruments are often too long for a functionally use and fast scoring. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the cyber pornography addiction test (CYPAT), a new, brief, screening measure for assessing cyber pornography. Method: Participants of this study completed the CYPAT, the CPUI, the TAS-20 and the FACES-IV. Descriptive statistics were calculated and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were applied. Results: Cronbach’s alpha coefficient suggested excellent reliability of the measure. Results of this study revealed also good construct, convergent and divergent validity. Conclusions: CYPAT is a brief self-report screening scale composed of 11 items scored ...
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2009
All forms of addiction (drug addiction, food addiction, sexual addiction, technological addiction... more All forms of addiction (drug addiction, food addiction, sexual addiction, technological addiction, work addiction) are syndromic conditions characterized by a recurrent and reiterated search for pleasure derived from a specific dependence behavior, associated with abuse, craving, clinically significant stress, and compulsive dependence actions despite the possible negative consequences. The purpose of this article is to propose a new diagnostic criteria of addiction.
Given the centrality of insight in promoting change, the relevance of measures for assessing this... more Given the centrality of insight in promoting change, the relevance of measures for assessing this construct has become increasingly clear. This paper describes a new self-report measure for assessing some of the characteristics of insight, the insight orientation scale (IOS). In study 1, we evaluated the factor structure and the reliability of the scale. In study 2, we analyzed the concurrent and discriminant validity of the scale in patients with different clinical diagnoses. In study 1 participants were 600 individuals (41.1% male, 58.9% female) with a mean age of 33.95 years (SD = 13.04). In study 2 participants were 136 individuals divided into the following groups: 1) schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (n = 26); 2) substance-related disorders (n = 55); 3) depressive disorders (n = 27); and 4) personality disorders (n = 28). Instruments are the insight orientation scale (IOS) and the Beck cognitive insight scale. The goodness-of-fit indices showed a satisfactory fit of a one factor model. We found also a good internal consistency (α = .77). These findings support the dimensionality of the IOS and suggest that it may be useful as an assessment tool for use in guiding psychotherapy.
RIASSUNTO La Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA) è un'intervista clinica str... more RIASSUNTO La Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA) è un'intervista clinica strutturata composta da 24 domande. La TSIA è stata sviluppata dal “Gruppo di Toronto” diretto da Graeme J. Taylor al fine di sopperire ai limiti applicativi della TAS-20, il questionario self-report maggiormente utilizzato in letteratura per la misurazione del costrutto di alessitimia. Nonostante sia stata costruita nel contesto specifico della ricerca sull'alessitimia, la TSIA è uno strumento altamente valido e attendibile che può essere ...
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