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Overview

Chiara Ruini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their work spans multiple disciplines, primarily within psychology and medicine.

The research output includes publications focused on clinical psychology, social psychology, endocrinology, and public health. Specific subfields covered are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Applied Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The main fields of study are:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chiara Ruini include:

  • Francesca Vescovelli
  • Giorgio Li Pira
  • Guadalupe Echeverría
  • Loni Berkowitz
  • Victoria Pinto

The scientist has published in a variety of academic venues. Notable journals with multiple contributions are:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
  • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
  • JMIR Mental Health
  • Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Representative recent publications authored or co-authored by Chiara Ruini include:

  • Writing Technique Across Psychotherapies-From Traditional Expressive Writing to New Positive Psychology Interventions: A Narrative Review (2021) in Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
  • The role of music therapy in the treatment of children with cancer: A systematic review of literature (2020) in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
  • The Use of Virtual Reality Interventions to Promote Positive Mental Health: Systematic Literature Review (2023) in JMIR Mental Health
  • Mediterranean Lifestyle to Promote Physical, Mental, and Environmental Health: The Case of Chile (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Italian Guidelines for the Management of Prolactinomas (2023) in Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Development and characteristics of a well-being enhancing psychotherapeutic strategy: well-being therapy

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Ruini

  • School intervention for promoting psychological well-being in adolescence.

    Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini;Elena Tomba;Carlotta Belaise

  • The concept of recovery in major depression.

    Giovanni Andrea Fava;Chiara Ruini;Carlotta Belaise

  • Well-being therapy in school settings: a pilot study.

    Chiara Ruini;Carlotta Belaise;Chiara Brombin;Ernesto Caffo

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

    Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Rafanelli;Eliana Tossani

  • Psychological and clinical correlates of posttraumatic growth in cancer: A systematic and critical review.

    Anna Casellas-Grau;Cristian Ochoa;Chiara Ruini

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

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

  • 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

  • Lighten UP! A community-based group intervention to promote psychological well-being in older adults

    Elliot M. Friedman;Chiara Ruini;Renee Foy;LaVerne Jaros

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

    Giovanni Andrea Fava;Chiara Ruini;Chiara Rafanelli

  • The Role of Gratitude in Breast Cancer: Its Relationships with Post-traumatic Growth, Psychological Well-Being and Distress

    Chiara Ruini;Francesca Vescovelli

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

    Elena Tomba;Carlotta Belaise;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Ruini

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

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

  • Assessment of psychological distress in the setting of medical disease.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Lara Mangelli;Chiara Ruini

  • Role of well-being therapy in achieving a balanced and individualized path to optimal functioning.

    Chiara Ruini;Giovanni A. Fava

  • Beyond Ryff's scale: Comprehensive measures of eudaimonic well‐being in clinical populations. A systematic review

    Martina Brandel;Francesca Vescovelli;Chiara Ruini

  • Persistent psychological distress in patients treated for endocrine disease.

    Nicoletta Sonino;Cecilia Navarrini;Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini

  • Well-being therapy for generalized anxiety disorder.

    Chiara Ruini;Giovanni Andrea Fava

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Chiara Rafanelli
Chiara Rafanelli University of Bologna
Elena Tomba
Elena Tomba University of Bologna
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Valdo Ricca
Valdo Ricca University of Florence
Mark B. Powers
Mark B. Powers Baylor University Medical Center
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp University of Amsterdam
Johan Denollet
Johan Denollet Tilburg University
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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