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Overview

Arnaldo Zelli is affiliated with the University of Rome "Foro Italico" in Italy. The researcher has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a primary focus on behavioral health and interventions, motivation and self-concept in sports, doping in sports, sport psychology and performance, perfectionism, procrastination, anxiety studies, COVID-19 and mental health, and eating disorders and behaviors.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, social psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Key recent publications include:

  • The Psychometric Properties of the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3): Factorial Structure, Invariance and Validity in the Italian Context, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Implementation and Evaluation of a Media Literacy Intervention About PAES Use in Sport Science Students, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Anxiety, Motives, and Intention for Physical Activity during the Italian COVID-19 Lockdown: An Observational Longitudinal Study, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The role of comprehensive education in anti-doping policy legitimacy and support among clean athletes, 2022, Psychology of sport and exercise
  • Adolescents' Characteristics and Peer Relationships in Class: A Population Study, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Arnaldo Zelli include:

  • Luca Mallia
  • Federica Galli
  • Fabio Lucidi
  • Andrea Chirico
  • Alessandra De Maria

Arnaldo Zelli's publications frequently appear in these venues:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Psychology of sport and exercise
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Best Publications

  • Discipline Responses: Influences of Parents' Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, Beliefs About Parenting, Stress, and Cognitive–Emotional Processes

    Ellen E. Pinderhughes;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Physical discipline and children's adjustment: Cultural normativeness as a moderator

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Lei Chang;Kenneth A. Dodge;Patrick S. Malone

  • The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Arnaldo Zelli;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992.

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  • A New Scale for Measuring Adults' Prosocialness

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Patrizia Steca;Arnaldo Zelli;Cristina Capanna

  • Weight stigmatization and ideological beliefs: relation to psychological functioning in obese adults.

    Kelli E. Friedman;Simona K. Reichmann;Philip R. Costanzo;Arnaldo Zelli

  • Parent discipline practices in an international sample: associations with child behaviors and moderation by perceived normativeness

    Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff;Andrew Grogan-Kaylor;Jennifer E. Lansford;Lei Chang

  • Multidimensional latent-construct analysis of children's social information processing patterns: correlations with aggressive behavior problems.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Robert Laird;John E. Lochman;Arnaldo Zelli

  • The social-cognitive mechanisms regulating adolescents' use of doping substances

    Fabio Lucidi;Arnaldo Zelli;Luca Mallia;Caterina Grano

  • Boys’ and Girls’ Relational and Physical Aggression in Nine Countries

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Ann T. Skinner;Emma Sorbring;Laura Di Giunta

  • Assessment of family relationship characteristics: A measure to explain risk for antisocial behavior and depression among urban youth

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;L. Rowell Huesmann;Arnaldo Zelli

  • Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Chinmayi Sharma;Patrick S. Malone;Darren Woodlief

  • Corporal Punishment of Children in Nine Countries as a Function of Child Gender and Parent Gender

    Jennifer E Lansford;Liane Peña Alampay;Suha M Al-Hassan;Dario Bacchini

  • The distinction between beliefs legitimizing aggression and deviant processing of social cues : Testing measurement validity and the hypothesis that biased processing mediates the effects of beliefs on aggression

    Arnaldo Zelli;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Lochman;Robert D. Laird

  • The association between parental warmth and control in thirteen cultural groups.

    Kirby Deater-Deckard;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick S. Malone;Liane Peña Alampay

  • Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Patrick S. Malone;Jennifer E. Lansford;Emma Sorbring

  • Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries.

    Concetta Pastorelli;Jennifer E. Lansford;Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri;Patrick S. Malone

  • Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries.

    Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick S. Malone

  • Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports.

    Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Jennifer E. Lansford;Concetta Pastorelli

  • Agreement in Mother and Father Acceptance-Rejection, Warmth, and Hostility/Rejection/Neglect of Children across Nine Countries.

    Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Lei Chang

  • Prevalence of asthma and wheezing in public schoolchildren: association with maternal smoking during pregnancy.

    Frank B Hu;Victoria Persky;Brian R Flay;Arnaldo Zelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
Concetta Pastorelli
Concetta Pastorelli Sapienza University of Rome
Suha M. Al-Hassan
Suha M. Al-Hassan Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority
Lei Chang
Lei Chang University of Macau
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University
Kirby Deater-Deckard
Kirby Deater-Deckard University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sombat Tapanya
Sombat Tapanya Chiang Mai University
Ann T. Skinner
Ann T. Skinner Duke University
Laura Di Giunta
Laura Di Giunta Sapienza University of Rome
Fabio Lucidi
Fabio Lucidi Sapienza University of Rome

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