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Overview

Fiorenzo Laghi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical and social psychology as well as developmental and educational psychology. Their scholarly output includes 152 publications primarily categorized under psychology and social sciences.

Their research covers a range of topics with particular emphasis on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, eating disorders and behaviors, COVID-19 and mental health, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, psychological and temporal perspectives research, early childhood education and development, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Current Psychology
  • European Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Among recent papers associated with their research, notable works are:

  • The role of HEXACO personality traits in different kinds of sexting: A cross-cultural study in 10 countries, 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The cerebellum is linked to theory of mind alterations in autism. A direct clinical and MRI comparison between individuals with autism and cerebellar neurodegenerative pathologies, 2021, Autism Research
  • Social Anxiety and Peer Communication Quality During Adolescence: The Interaction of Social Avoidance, Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking, 2020, Child & Youth Care Forum
  • Love in Quarantine: Sexting, Stress, and Coping During the COVID-19 Lockdown, 2021, Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dora Bianchi
  • Antonia Lonigro
  • Roberto Baiocco
  • Emiddia Longobardi
  • Sara Pompili

Overall, Fiorenzo Laghi's work spans multiple interconnected dimensions of psychological research, with a significant focus on developmental stages, social behavior, mental health under pandemic conditions, and personality traits influencing behaviors across various cultural contexts.

Best Publications

  • Technology Use and Sleep Quality in Preadolescence and Adolescence.

    Oliviero Bruni;Stefania Sette;Lilybeth Fontanesi;Roberto Baiocco

  • Decision-making style among adolescents: Relationship with sensation seeking and locus of control

    Roberto Baiocco;Fiorenzo Laghi;Maria D'Alessio

  • Negative Parental Responses to Coming Out and Family Functioning in a Sample of Lesbian and Gay Young Adults

    Roberto Baiocco;Lilybeth Fontanesi;Federica Santamaria;Salvatore Ioverno

  • Binge drinking among gay, and lesbian youths: The role of internalized sexual stigma, self-disclosure, and individuals’ sense of connectedness to the gay community

    Roberto Baiocco;Maria D'Alessio;Fiorenzo Laghi

  • Sexual orientation and the desires and intentions to become parents

    Roberto Baiocco;Fiorenzo Laghi

  • Suicidal ideation and time perspective in high school students

    Fiorenzo Laghi;Roberto Baiocco;Maria D'Alessio;Grazia Gurrieri

  • The relation of attachment security status to effortful self-regulation: A meta-analysis.

    Susanna Pallini;Antonio Chirumbolo;Mara Morelli;Roberto Baiocco

  • Attachment Representations and Time Perspective in Adolescence

    Fiorenzo Laghi;Maria D’Alessio;Susanna Pallini;Roberto Baiocco

  • Mind Reading Skills and Empathy: Evidence for Nice and Nasty ToM Behaviours in School-Aged Children

    Antonia Lonigro;Fiorenzo Laghi;Roberto Baiocco;Emma Baumgartner

  • Factorial and Construct Validity of FACES IV Among Italian Adolescents

    Roberto Baiocco;Marco Cacioppo;Fiorenzo Laghi;Mimma Tafà

  • Coming-Out to Family Members and Internalized Sexual Stigma in Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay People

    Jessica Pistella;Marco Salvati;Salvatore Ioverno;Fiorenzo Laghi

  • Time perspective and psychosocial positive functioning among Italian adolescents who binge eat and drink

    Fiorenzo Laghi;Francesca Liga;Emma Baumgartner;Roberto Baiocco

  • Knowing when not to use the Internet: Shyness and adolescents' on-line and off-line interactions with friends

    Fiorenzo Laghi;Barry H. Schneider;Irene Vitoroulis;Robert J. Coplan

  • The problem of binge drinking among Italian university students: a preliminary investigation.

    Maria D'Alessio;Roberto Baiocco;Fiorenzo Laghi

  • The Emotion Regulation Checklist – Italian translation. Validation of parent and teacher versions

    Paola Molina;Maria Nives Sala;Carla Zappulla;Chiara Bonfigliuoli

  • Lesbian Mother Families and Gay Father Families in Italy: Family Functioning, Dyadic Satisfaction, and Child Well-Being

    Roberto Baiocco;Federica Santamaria;Salvatore Ioverno;Lilybeth Fontanesi

  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity Changes Between Dentate Nucleus and Cortical Social Brain Regions in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Giusy Olivito;Silvia Clausi;Fiorenzo Laghi;Anna Maria Tedesco

  • Attachment relationships and Internalizing and Externalizing problems among Italian adolescents

    Renata Tambelli;Fiorenzo Laghi;Flaminia Odorisio;Valentina Notari

  • Attitudes toward TV advertising: A measure for children

    Maria D'Alessio;Fiorenzo Laghi;Roberto Baiocco

  • Self-disclosure to the best friend: Friendship quality and internalized sexual stigma in Italian lesbian and gay adolescents

    Roberto Baiocco;Fiorenzo Laghi;Ileana Di Pomponio;Concetta Simona Nigito

  • Parenting Stress Index – Fourth Edition (PSI-4)

    A. Guarino;F. Laghi;G. Serantoni;Paola Di Blasio

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Baiocco
Roberto Baiocco Sapienza University of Rome
Antonio Chirumbolo
Antonio Chirumbolo Sapienza University of Rome
Robert J. Coplan
Robert J. Coplan Carleton University
Barry H. Schneider
Barry H. Schneider Boston College
Piotr Sorokowski
Piotr Sorokowski University of Wrocław
Maria Leggio
Maria Leggio Sapienza University of Rome
Cristina Ottaviani
Cristina Ottaviani Sapienza University of Rome
Koen Ponnet
Koen Ponnet Ghent University
Michel Walrave
Michel Walrave University of Antwerp
Michelle Drouin
Michelle Drouin Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

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