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Fabio Sani is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses mainly on Medicine and Psychology, with particular attention to epidemiology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and philosophy. The scientist's work addresses various interconnected topics including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, HIV and drug use risks, mental health research, opioid use disorder treatment, child abuse and trauma, behavioral health interventions, and psychiatry.

The scientist has contributed to several publications across multiple venues, including:

  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Mental Health
  • BJPsych Open
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Among the most recent papers authored or co-authored by Fabio Sani are:

  • "Effectiveness of the use of implementation intentions on reduction of substance use: A meta-analysis" (2020) in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Understanding the typical presentation of emptiness: a study of lived-experience" (2021) in Journal of Mental Health
  • "Psychosocial factors associated with overdose subsequent to Illicit Drug use: a systematic review and narrative synthesis" (2024) in Harm Reduction Journal
  • "The Psychological Emptiness Scale: a psychometric evaluation" (2024) in BJPsych Open
  • "Child maltreatment is linked to difficulties in identifying with social groups as a young adult" (2020) in British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Fabio Sani has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Amy Malaguti
  • Shona Joyce Herron
  • Christopher J. Byrne
  • John Dillon
  • Ann Eriksen

The research work prominently addresses substance use disorders and their treatment outcomes, examining psychosocial and behavioral factors linked to substance misuse and overdose risk. Mental health, particularly related to feelings of emptiness and psychological evaluation scales, also represents a significant portion of the work. The scientist's studies further investigate the links between child maltreatment and challenges in social group identification during young adulthood.

Best Publications

  • Perceived collective continuity: seeing groups as entities that move through time

    Fabio Sani;Mhairi Bowe;Marina Herrera;Cristian Manna

  • Comparing social contact and group identification as predictors of mental health

    Fabio Sani;Marina Herrera;Juliet R. H. Wakefield;Olga Boroch

  • The development of the social self.

    Mark Bennett;Fabio Sani

  • Perceived collective continuity and social well-being: exploring the connections

    Fabio Sani;Mhairi Bowe;Marina Herrera

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder after cancer diagnosis in adults: A meta-analysis.

    Samantha Swartzman;Josephine N. Booth;Alastair Munro;Fabio Sani

  • Children's subjective identification with the group and in-group favoritism.

    Mark Bennett;Evanthia Lyons;Fabio Sani;Martyn Barrett

  • Self Continuity : Individual and Collective Perspectives

    Fabio Sani

  • Perceived collective continuity and ingroup identification as defence against death awareness

    Fabio Sani;Marina Herrera;Mhairi Bowe

  • When consensus fails: an analysis of the schism within the Italian Communist Party (1991)

    Fabio Sani;Stephen Reicher

  • When Subgroups Secede: Extending and Refining the Social Psychological Model of Schism in Groups

    Fabio Sani

  • Greater number of group identifications is associated with healthier behaviour: Evidence from a Scottish community sample

    Fabio Sani;Vishnu Madhok;Michael Norbury;Pat Dugard

  • Contested identities and schisms in groups: opposing the ordination of women as priests in the Church of England.

    Fabio Sani;Steve Reicher

  • Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course

    Fabio Sani;John B. Todman

  • The effects of identification with a support group on the mental health of people with multiple sclerosis

    Juliet R.H. Wakefield;Sarah Bickley;Fabio Sani

  • Identity, Argument and Schism: Two Longitudinal Studies of the Split in the Church of England over the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood

    Fabio Sani;Steve Reicher

  • Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Social Psychological Model of Schisms in Groups

    Fabio Sani;John Todman

  • Group identification, social relationships, and health.

    Fabio Sani

  • In-group identification mediates the effects of subjective in-group status on mental health.

    Fabio. Sani;Maria Magrin Elena;Marta Scrignaro;Rachel McCollum

  • Identification with social groups is associated with mental health in adolescents: Evidence from a Scottish community sample

    Kirsty Miller;Juliet R.H. Wakefield;Fabio Sani

  • Greater number of group identifications is associated with lower odds of being depressed: evidence from a Scottish community sample

    Fabio Sani;Vishnu B. Madhok;Michael Norbury;Pat Dugard

  • Remembering Being Me: The Self Continuity Function of Autobiographical Memory in Younger and Older Adults

    Fabio Sani

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Power
Kevin Power University of Stirling
Genevieve A. Dingle
Genevieve A. Dingle University of Queensland
Stephen Reicher
Stephen Reicher University of St Andrews
Tegan Cruwys
Tegan Cruwys Australian National University
Jolanda Jetten
Jolanda Jetten University of Queensland
Nick Hopkins
Nick Hopkins University of Dundee
Martyn Barrett
Martyn Barrett University of Surrey
J. Richard Eiser
J. Richard Eiser University of Sheffield
Christine Eiser
Christine Eiser University of Sheffield

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