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Overview

Adriano Schimmenti is affiliated with Università degli Studi di Enna Kore in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics including:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Schimmenti has been published in various academic journals, frequently appearing in:

  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Computers in Human Behavior

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Schimmenti include:

  • The Four Horsemen of Fear: An Integrated Model of Understanding Fear Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020, PubMed
  • Facing Loneliness and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Isolation: The Role of Excessive Social Media Use in a Sample of Italian Adults, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study, 2021, Addiction
  • Cyberchondria in the time of the COVID -19 pandemic, 2020, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • Childhood adversity and psychosis: a systematic review of bio-psycho-social mediators and moderators, 2020, Psychological Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Alessandro Musetti
  • Joël Billieux
  • Gianluca Santoro
  • Vladan Starčević
  • Lucia Sideli

Best Publications

  • Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research

    Joël Billieux;Adriano Schimmenti;Yasser Khazaal;Pierre Maurage

  • How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours

    Daniel Kardefelt-Winther;Alexandre Heeren;Adriano Schimmenti;Antonius J. van Rooij

  • Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal

    Espen Aarseth;Anthony M. Bean;Huub Boonen;Michelle Colder Carras

  • Associations between depression and specific childhood experiences of abuse and neglect: a meta-analysis

    Maria Rita Infurna;Corinna Reichl;Peter Parzer;Adriano Schimmenti

  • The four horsemen of fear: An integrated model of understanding fear experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Adriano Schimmenti;Joël Billieux;Vladan Starcevic

  • A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Christopher J. Ferguson;Michelle Colder Carras;Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

  • Self-reported dependence on mobile phones in young adults: a European cross-cultural empirical survey

    Olatz Lopez-Fernandez;Olatz Lopez-Fernandez;Daria J. Kuss;Lucia Romo;Yannick Morvan

  • Traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and Internet addiction symptoms among late adolescents: A moderated mediation analysis.

    Adriano Schimmenti;Alessia Passanisi;Vincenzo Caretti;Luana La Marca

  • Problematic video game use as an emotional coping strategy: Evidence from a sample of MMORPG gamers

    Maria Di Blasi;Alessandro Giardina;Cecilia Giordano;Gianluca Lo Coco

  • LINKING THE OVERWHELMING WITH THE UNBEARABLE: Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, and the Disconnected Self

    Adriano Schimmenti;Vincenzo Caretti

  • Linking lack of care in childhood to anxiety disorders in emerging adulthood: the role of attachment styles

    Adriano Schimmenti;Antonia Bifulco

  • Facing Loneliness and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Isolation: The Role of Excessive Social Media Use in a Sample of Italian Adults

    Valentina Boursier;Francesca Gioia;Alessandro Musetti;Adriano Schimmenti

  • Insecure Attachment Attitudes in the Onset of Problematic Internet Use Among Late Adolescents

    Adriano Schimmenti;Alessia Passanisi;Alessia Maria Gervasi;Sergio Manzella

  • Psychic Retreats or Psychic Pits? Unbearable States of Mind and Technological Addiction

    Adriano Schimmenti;Vincenzo Caretti

  • Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study.

    Jesús Castro-Calvo;Daniel L. King;Dan J. Stein;Matthias Brand

  • The Relationship Between Attachment and Psychopathy: A Study with a Sample of Violent Offenders

    Adriano Schimmenti;Alessia Passanisi;Ugo Pace;Sergio Manzella

  • Attachment disorganization and dissociation in virtual worlds: A study on problematic Internet use among players of online role playing games.

    Adriano Schimmenti;Fanny Guglielmucci;Chiara Barbasio;Antonella Granieri

  • Personality and Internet Gaming Disorder: a Systematic Review of Recent Literature

    Alessia Maria Gervasi;Luana La Marca;Antonino Costanzo;Ugo Pace

  • Unveiling the hidden self: Developmental trauma and pathological shame

    Adriano Schimmenti

  • Cyberchondria in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Vladan Starcevic;Adriano Schimmenti;Joël Billieux;David Berle;David Berle

  • A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution

    Antonius J. van Rooij;Christopher J. Ferguson;Michelle Colder Carras;Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

Frequent Co-Authors

Joël Billieux
Joël Billieux University of Lausanne
Vladan Starcevic
Vladan Starcevic University of Sydney
Antonia Bifulco
Antonia Bifulco Middlesex University
Pierre Maurage
Pierre Maurage Université Catholique de Louvain
Yasser Khazaal
Yasser Khazaal University of Lausanne
Daniel King
Daniel King Flinders University
Alexandre Heeren
Alexandre Heeren Université Catholique de Louvain
Eli Somer
Eli Somer University of Haifa
Alex Blaszczynski
Alex Blaszczynski University of Sydney
Daria J. Kuss
Daria J. Kuss Nottingham Trent University

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