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Elena Tomba is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy, specializing in psychology with a focus on clinical applications. Their research contributions predominantly center on eating disorders and related behavioral health topics.

The scientist has published extensively within the field of psychology, with a notable number of works in clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, and public health. The primary areas of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The main topics addressed in the research include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

Frequent publication venues for Elena Tomba's work include the following journals:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Nutrients
  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • Psychotherapy Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Elena Tomba demonstrate a focus on staging models in eating disorders, diagnostic challenges in related populations, and the role of cognitive and metacognitive factors. Notable recent publications include:

  • Staging models in eating disorders: A systematic scoping review of the literature, 2024, Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • Disturbed Eating Behaviors in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: An Exploratory Study about Challenges in Diagnosis, 2020, Diagnostics
  • Do metacognitions mediate the relationship between irrational beliefs, eating disorder symptoms and cognitive reappraisal?, 2020, Psychotherapy Research
  • Irrational Beliefs and Their Role in Specific and Non-Specific Eating Disorder Symptomatology and Cognitive Reappraisal in Eating Disorders, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Network analysis studies in patients with eating disorders: A systematic review and methodological quality assessment, 2022, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Elena Tomba has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting multidisciplinary interactions in their field. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Lucia Tecuta
  • Valentina Gardini
  • Elena Lo Dato
  • Donatella Ballardini
  • Romana Schumann

Best Publications

  • Increasing Psychological Well-Being and Resilience by Psychotherapeutic Methods

    Giovanni A. Fava;Giovanni A. Fava;Elena Tomba

  • Factors associated with dropout from treatment for eating disorders: a comprehensive literature review

    Secondo Fassino;Andrea Pierò;Elena Tomba;Giovanni Abbate-Daga

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

    Chiara Ruini;Fedra Ottolini;Elena Tomba;Carlotta Belaise

  • Clinimetrics: the science of clinical measurements

    G. A. Fava;E. Tomba;N. Sonino;N. Sonino

  • Methodological Recommendations for Trials of Psychological Interventions.

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

  • Efficacy and tolerability of benzodiazepines versus antidepressants in anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Emanuela Offidani;Jenny Guidi;Elena Tomba;Giovanni Andrea Fava;Giovanni Andrea Fava

  • Demoralization: a systematic review on its clinical characterization

    L. Tecuta;E. Tomba;S. Grandi;G. A. Fava

  • The clinical process in psychiatry: a clinimetric approach.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Chiara Rafanelli;Elena Tomba

  • The Sequential Integration of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of the Sequential Model and a Critical Review of the Literature

    Jenny Guidi;Elena Tomba;Giovanni Andrea Fava

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

    Elena Tomba;Carlotta Belaise;Fedra Ottolini;Chiara Ruini

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

    Chiara Rafanelli;Renzo Roncuzzi;Yuri Milaneschi;Elena Tomba

  • Clinimetrics and Clinical Psychometrics: Macro- and Micro-Analysis

    Elena Tomba;Per Bech

  • The Clinimetric Approach to Psychological Assessment: A Tribute to Per Bech, MD (1942-2018).

    Giovanni A. Fava;Danilo Carrozzino;Lone Lindberg;Elena Tomba

  • The Road to Recovery from Depression – Don’t Drive Today with Yesterday’s Map

    Giovanni Andrea Fava;Elena Tomba;Silvana Grandi

  • Clinical Assessment of Allostatic Load and Clinimetric Criteria

    Giovanni A. Fava;Jenny Guidi;Federica Semprini;Elena Tomba

  • 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

  • Psychological assessment of primary aldosteronism: a controlled study.

    Nicoletta Sonino;Nicoletta Sonino;Elena Tomba;Maria Luisa Genesia;Chiara Bertello

  • Well-being therapy in depression: New insights into the role of psychological well-being in the clinical process.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Giovanni A. Fava;Fiammetta Cosci M.D.;Jenny Guidi;Elena Tomba

  • The evaluation of family functioning by the family assessment device: a systematic review of studies in adult clinical populations.

    Laura Staccini;Elena Tomba;Silvana Grandi;Gabor I. Keitner

  • Excessive mood elevation and behavioral activation with antidepressant treatment of juvenile depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review.

    Emanuela Offidani;Giovanni Andrea Fava;Giovanni Andrea Fava;Elena Tomba;Ross J. Baldessarini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Chiara Rafanelli
Chiara Rafanelli University of Bologna
Jenny Guidi
Jenny Guidi University of Bologna
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna
Chiara Ruini
Chiara Ruini University of Bologna
Fiammetta Cosci
Fiammetta Cosci University of Florence
Richard Balon
Richard Balon Wayne State University
Piero Porcelli
Piero Porcelli University of Chieti-Pescara
Raymond DiGiuseppe
Raymond DiGiuseppe St. John's University
Anton J. L. M. van Balkom
Anton J. L. M. van Balkom University of Amsterdam

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