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Chiara Rafanelli

Chiara Rafanelli

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Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
8838
World Ranking
6415
National Ranking
122

Overview

Chiara Rafanelli is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work focuses notably on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The research topics covered by Rafanelli include:

  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Rafanelli has published articles in several specialized venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Psychology Health & Medicine
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Psychosomatic Medicine

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Rafanelli include:

  • "Sequential Combination of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment and Well-Being Therapy in Depressed Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TREATED-ACS Study)", 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • "Clinimetric Criteria for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures", 2021, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (lead author Danilo Carrozzino)
  • "The Deceptive Manifestations of Treatment Resistance in Depression: A New Look at the Problem", 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (lead author Giovanni A. Fava)
  • "Kellner's Symptom Questionnaire, a Highly Sensitive Patient-Reported Outcome Measure: Systematic Review of Clinimetric Properties", 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (lead author Giada Benasi)
  • "Type D Personality as a Risk Factor for Adverse Outcome in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: An Individual Patient-Data Meta-analysis", 2023, Psychosomatic Medicine (lead author Paul Lodder)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rafanelli include:

  • Sara Gostoli
  • Giovanni A. Fava
  • Regina Subach
  • Renzo Roncuzzi
  • Giada Benasi

Best Publications

  • Prevention of Recurrent Depression With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Preliminary Findings

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Silvana Grandi;Sandra Conti

  • Well-being therapy. A novel psychotherapeutic approach for residual symptoms of affective disorders.

    Giovanni A. Fava;C. Rafanelli;M. Cazzaro;S. Conti

  • Six-year outcome of cognitive behavior therapy for prevention of recurrent depression.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Ruini;Chiara Rafanelli;Livio Finos

  • Well-being therapy of generalized anxiety disorder.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Ruini;Chiara Rafanelli;Livio Finos

  • Six-Year Outcome for Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Residual Symptoms in Major Depression

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Silvana Grandi;Renzo Canestrari

  • The relationship of psychological well-being to distress and personality.

    Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Rafanelli;Eliana Tossani

  • Adjusted prognostic association of depression following myocardial infarction with mortality and cardiovascular events: individual patient data meta-analysis.

    A. Meijer;H. J. Conradi;Elisabeth Bos;M. Anselmino

  • Long-term outcome of panic disorder with agoraphobia treated by exposure.

    G. A. Fava;C. Rafanelli;S. Grandi;S. Conti

  • Methodological Recommendations for Trials of Psychological Interventions.

    Jenny Guidi;Eva Lotta Brakemeier;Claudi L.H. Bockting;Fiammetta Cosci

  • Assessing demoralization and depression in the setting of medical disease.

    Lara Mangelli;Giovanni A. Fava;Silvana Grandi;Luigi Grassi

  • La validazione italiana delle Psychological Well-being Scales (PWB)

    Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Rafanelli;Carol Ryff

  • Rating well-being and distress

    Chiara Rafanelli;Seung K. Park;Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini

  • Psychometric theory is an obstacle to the progress of clinical research.

    Giovanni Andrea Fava;Chiara Ruini;Chiara Rafanelli

  • The clinical process in psychiatry: a clinimetric approach.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Elena Tomba

  • Clinimetric Criteria for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

    Danilo Carrozzino;Chiara Patierno;Jenny Guidi;Carmen Berrocal Montiel

  • Differential effects of well-being promoting and anxiety-management strategies in a non-clinical school setting.

    Elena Tomba;Carlotta Belaise;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Ruini

  • Cognitive-behavioral management of drug-resistant major depressive disorder.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Gianni Savron;Silvana Grandi;Chiara Rafanelli

  • Stressful life events, depression and demoralization as risk factors for acute coronary heart disease.

    Chiara Rafanelli;Renzo Roncuzzi;Yuri Milaneschi;Elena Tomba

  • Psychological well-being and residual symptoms in remitted patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Ruini

  • Psychological Assessment in Cardiac Rehabilitation

    Chiara Rafanelli;Renzo Roncuzzi;Livio Finos;Eliana Tossani

  • The sequential combination of cognitive behavioral treatment and well-being therapy in cyclothymic disorder.

    Giovanni A Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Elena Tomba;Jenny Guidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna
Chiara Ruini
Chiara Ruini University of Bologna
Jenny Guidi
Jenny Guidi University of Bologna
Elena Tomba
Elena Tomba University of Bologna
Piero Porcelli
Piero Porcelli University of Chieti-Pescara
Luigi Grassi
Luigi Grassi University of Ferrara
Angelo Picardi
Angelo Picardi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Richard Balon
Richard Balon Wayne State University
Tom Sensky
Tom Sensky Imperial College London

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