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Barcaccia, Barbara; Pallini, Susanna; Pozza, Andrea; Milioni, Michela; Baiocco, Roberto; Mancini, Francesco; Vecchio, Giovanni Maria
Forgiving Adolescents: far from depression, close to well-being Journal Article
In: Frontiers in Psychology , vol. 10, pp. 1725, 2019, ISSN: 1664-1078 .
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: adolescence, Anger, depression, forgiveness, well-being
@article{Barcaccia2019b,
title = {Forgiving Adolescents: far from depression, close to well-being},
author = {Barbara Barcaccia and Susanna Pallini and Andrea Pozza and Michela Milioni and Roberto Baiocco and Francesco Mancini and Giovanni Maria Vecchio},
url = {https://apc.it/2019-barcaccia-et-al-2019-forgiving-adolescents/},
doi = {www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01725/full},
issn = {1664-1078 },
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-24},
journal = {Frontiers in Psychology },
volume = {10},
pages = {1725},
abstract = {Forgiveness has been proven to be an effective way of regulating negative affect and decreasing depression. This study aimed at examining the relationship among constructs particularly relevant to adolescents’ well-being, including forgivingness (dispositional forgiveness) anger, depression and Hedonic Balance (HB). Specifically, using a structural equation modelling approach, the fully mediational role of the different facets of anger in the relationship between forgiveness and depression was tested in 773 adolescents, of which 69% girls. Results showed that forgivingness was positively and negatively related to, respectively, HB and depression, through a general effect of anger, suggesting that more forgiving adolescents had higher HB and lower depression, as they reported a lower general tendency to experience anger. Forgivingness was also positively related both to HB and to depression through the mediation of all the facets of Anger. Moreover, only for HB, a specific effect of Anger-control was found, suggesting that more forgiving adolescents had higher HB, as they reported higher strategies to control anger in a functional manner. Model invariance was supported across gender. Our results suggest that forgiveness is a significant protective factor against depression for adolescents, helping them to effectively control and manage anger, thus fostering emotional health. An important clinical implication of our study regards the potential of forgiveness as a resource for well-being in therapy: among the various possible protective factors in adolescence, forgiveness has the added advantage that it can be fostered in clinical settings, and working on forgiveness in psychotherapy could decrease adolescent depression and improve well-being.},
keywords = {adolescence, Anger, depression, forgiveness, well-being},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Forgiveness has been proven to be an effective way of regulating negative affect and decreasing depression. This study aimed at examining the relationship among constructs particularly relevant to adolescents’ well-being, including forgivingness (dispositional forgiveness) anger, depression and Hedonic Balance (HB). Specifically, using a structural equation modelling approach, the fully mediational role of the different facets of anger in the relationship between forgiveness and depression was tested in 773 adolescents, of which 69% girls. Results showed that forgivingness was positively and negatively related to, respectively, HB and depression, through a general effect of anger, suggesting that more forgiving adolescents had higher HB and lower depression, as they reported a lower general tendency to experience anger. Forgivingness was also positively related both to HB and to depression through the mediation of all the facets of Anger. Moreover, only for HB, a specific effect of Anger-control was found, suggesting that more forgiving adolescents had higher HB, as they reported higher strategies to control anger in a functional manner. Model invariance was supported across gender. Our results suggest that forgiveness is a significant protective factor against depression for adolescents, helping them to effectively control and manage anger, thus fostering emotional health. An important clinical implication of our study regards the potential of forgiveness as a resource for well-being in therapy: among the various possible protective factors in adolescence, forgiveness has the added advantage that it can be fostered in clinical settings, and working on forgiveness in psychotherapy could decrease adolescent depression and improve well-being.
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Barcaccia, Barbara; Schaeffer, Tyler; Balestrini, Viviana; Rizzo, Fabio; Mattogno, Francesca; Baiocco, Roberto; Mancini, Francesco; Schneider, Barry Howard
Is expressive writing effective in decreasing depression and increasing forgiveness and emotional wellbeing if preadolescents? Journal Article
In: Terapia psicológica, vol. 35, no 3, pp. 213-222, 2017, ISSN: 0716-6184.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: Anger, depression, Expressive Writing, forgiveness, Pre-adolescents
@article{Barcaccia2017bb,
title = {Is expressive writing effective in decreasing depression and increasing forgiveness and emotional wellbeing if preadolescents?},
author = {Barbara Barcaccia and Tyler Schaeffer and Viviana Balestrini and Fabio Rizzo and Francesca Mattogno and Roberto Baiocco and Francesco Mancini and Barry Howard Schneider},
editor = {Sociedad Chilena de Psicologia Clinica},
url = {https://apc.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-Expressive-Writing-and-forgiveness-in-preadolescents_Barcaccia-et-al.-2017.pdf},
doi = {10.1037//0022-3514.82.4.675},
issn = {0716-6184},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-08-31},
journal = {Terapia psicológica},
volume = {35},
number = {3},
pages = {213-222},
abstract = {Expressive writing (EW) can be an effective way to alter maladaptive emotional reactions to stressful life events,
although little is known about how pre-adolescents may beneft from it. In this quasi-experimental study, we
compared measures of depression, anger, forgiveness, positive and negative affect in pre-adolescents before
and after EW in both an experimental group undergoing the EW paradigm and a control group (N=138). No
signifcant effects between control and experimental groups were found for the considered variables, except
for positive and negative affect. We suggest potential reasons accounting for these results. Given that the
theorised mechanisms involved in the EW paradigm include executive functioning abilities, it is possible that
preadolescents may not be able to beneft from it, due to not fully developed executive functioning skills.
Our results provide useful information in order to better design future studies and prevention/intervention
programmes to be implemented with preadolescents.},
keywords = {Anger, depression, Expressive Writing, forgiveness, Pre-adolescents},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Expressive writing (EW) can be an effective way to alter maladaptive emotional reactions to stressful life events,
although little is known about how pre-adolescents may beneft from it. In this quasi-experimental study, we
compared measures of depression, anger, forgiveness, positive and negative affect in pre-adolescents before
and after EW in both an experimental group undergoing the EW paradigm and a control group (N=138). No
signifcant effects between control and experimental groups were found for the considered variables, except
for positive and negative affect. We suggest potential reasons accounting for these results. Given that the
theorised mechanisms involved in the EW paradigm include executive functioning abilities, it is possible that
preadolescents may not be able to beneft from it, due to not fully developed executive functioning skills.
Our results provide useful information in order to better design future studies and prevention/intervention
programmes to be implemented with preadolescents.
although little is known about how pre-adolescents may beneft from it. In this quasi-experimental study, we
compared measures of depression, anger, forgiveness, positive and negative affect in pre-adolescents before
and after EW in both an experimental group undergoing the EW paradigm and a control group (N=138). No
signifcant effects between control and experimental groups were found for the considered variables, except
for positive and negative affect. We suggest potential reasons accounting for these results. Given that the
theorised mechanisms involved in the EW paradigm include executive functioning abilities, it is possible that
preadolescents may not be able to beneft from it, due to not fully developed executive functioning skills.
Our results provide useful information in order to better design future studies and prevention/intervention
programmes to be implemented with preadolescents.
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Ottaviani, Cristina; Mancini, Francesco; Petrocchi, Nicola; Medea, Barbara; Couyoumdjian, Alessandro
Autonomic correlates of physical and moral disgust Journal Article
In: International Journal of Psychophysiology, vol. 89, no 1, pp. 57 - 62, 2013, ISSN: 0167-8760.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: Anger, Contempt, Disgust sensitivity, Heart rate, Heart rate variability, Moral disgust, Obsessive compulsive tendencies, Physical disgust
@article{Ottaviani201357,
title = {Autonomic correlates of physical and moral disgust},
author = {Cristina Ottaviani and Francesco Mancini and Nicola Petrocchi and Barbara Medea and Alessandro Couyoumdjian},
editor = {Elsevier},
url = {https://apc.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ottaviani-et-al-Autonomic-correlates-of-physical-and-moral-disgust-2013.pdf},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.003},
issn = {0167-8760},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Psychophysiology},
volume = {89},
number = {1},
pages = {57 - 62},
abstract = {Abstract Given that the hypothesis of a common origin of physical and moral disgust has received sparse empirical support, this study aimed to shed light on the subjective and autonomic signatures of these two facets of the same emotional response. Participants (20 men, 20 women) were randomly assigned to physical or moral disgust induction by the use of audio scripts while their electrocardiogram was continuously recorded. Affect ratings were obtained before and after the induction. Time and frequency domain heart rate variability (HRV) measures were obtained. After controlling for disgust sensitivity (DS-R) and obsessive–compulsive (OCI-R) tendencies, both scripts elicited disgust but whereas the physical script elicited a feeling of dirtiness, the moral script evoked more indignation and contempt. The disgust-induced subjective responses were associated with opposite patterns of autonomic reactivity: enhanced activity of the parasympathetic nervous system without concurrent changes in heart rate (HR) for physical disgust and decreased vagal tone and increased HR and autonomic imbalance for moral disgust. Results suggest that immorality relies on the same biological root of physical disgust only in subjects with obsessive compulsive tendencies. Disgust appears to be a heterogeneous response that varies based on the individuals' contamination-based appraisal.},
keywords = {Anger, Contempt, Disgust sensitivity, Heart rate, Heart rate variability, Moral disgust, Obsessive compulsive tendencies, Physical disgust},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Abstract Given that the hypothesis of a common origin of physical and moral disgust has received sparse empirical support, this study aimed to shed light on the subjective and autonomic signatures of these two facets of the same emotional response. Participants (20 men, 20 women) were randomly assigned to physical or moral disgust induction by the use of audio scripts while their electrocardiogram was continuously recorded. Affect ratings were obtained before and after the induction. Time and frequency domain heart rate variability (HRV) measures were obtained. After controlling for disgust sensitivity (DS-R) and obsessive–compulsive (OCI-R) tendencies, both scripts elicited disgust but whereas the physical script elicited a feeling of dirtiness, the moral script evoked more indignation and contempt. The disgust-induced subjective responses were associated with opposite patterns of autonomic reactivity: enhanced activity of the parasympathetic nervous system without concurrent changes in heart rate (HR) for physical disgust and decreased vagal tone and increased HR and autonomic imbalance for moral disgust. Results suggest that immorality relies on the same biological root of physical disgust only in subjects with obsessive compulsive tendencies. Disgust appears to be a heterogeneous response that varies based on the individuals' contamination-based appraisal.