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Overview

Guido Alessandri is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and specializes in the field of psychology, with a focus on social psychology, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, organizational behavior, human resource management, and applied psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics including psychological well-being and life satisfaction, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, mental health research, behavioral health and interventions, personality traits, cultural differences and values, and stress responses.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Guido Alessandri include:

  • Early impact of COVID-19 lockdown on children's sleep: a 4-week longitudinal study, 2020, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • The impact of workaholism on day-level workload and emotional exhaustion, and on longer-term job performance, 2020, Work & Stress
  • Moral Disengagement and Generalized Social Trust as Mediators and Moderators of Rule-Respecting Behaviors During the COVID-19 Outbreak, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Where you came from and where you are going: The role of performance trajectory in promotion decisions, 2020, Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Self-Esteem in Adolescents, 2020, The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lorenzo Filosa
  • Лаура Боргогни
  • Simone Tavolucci
  • Enrico Perinelli
  • Tommaso Palombi

Guido Alessandri's research has been published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Current Psychology
  • Journal of Personality
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Identity
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology

Best Publications

  • The contribution of personality traits and self‐efficacy beliefs to academic achievement: A longitudinal study

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Michele Vecchione;Guido Alessandri;Maria Gerbino

  • Prosociality: the contribution of traits, values, and self-efficacy beliefs.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Guido Alessandri;Nancy Eisenberg

  • The positivity scale.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Guido Alessandri;Nancy Eisenberg;A. Kupfer

  • Academic Achievement: The Unique Contribution of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Self-Regulated Learning beyond Intelligence, Personality Traits, and Self-Esteem.

    Antonio Zuffianò;Guido Alessandri;Maria Gerbino;Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri

  • Testing a dynamic model of the impact of psychological capital on work engagement and job performance

    Guido Alessandri;Chiara Consiglio;Fred Luthans;Laura Borgogni

  • Human Optimal Functioning: The Genetics of Positive Orientation Towards Self, Life, and the Future

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Corrado Fagnani;Guido Alessandri;Patrizia Steca

  • Positive effects of promoting prosocial behavior in early adolescence: Evidence from a school-based intervention

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri;Maria Gerbino;Antonio Zuffianò

  • The determinants of scholastic achievement: The contribution of personality traits, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy

    Laura Di Giunta;Guido Alessandri;Maria Gerbino;Paula Luengo Kanacri

  • Positive orientation: Explorations on what is common to life satisfaction, self-esteem, and optimism

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Patrizia Steca;Guido Alessandri;John R. Abela

  • The Contribution of Agreeableness and Self-efficacy Beliefs to Prosociality.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Guido Alessandri;Laura Di Giunta;Laura Panerai

  • Stability and change of basic personal values in early adulthood: An 8-year longitudinal study

    Michele Vecchione;Shalom H. Schwartz;Guido Alessandri;Anna K. Döring

  • Reciprocal Relations Among Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Prosociality Across Time

    Guido Alessandri;Gian Vittorio Caprara;Nancy Eisenberg;Patrizia Steca

  • Parental Burden and its Correlates in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multicentre Study with Two Comparison Groups.

    Angelo Picardi;Antonella Gigantesco;Emanuele Tarolla;Vera Stoppioni

  • The contribution of moral disengagement in mediating individual tendencies toward aggression and violence.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Marie S. Tisak;Guido Alessandri;Reid Griffith Fontaine

  • Academic motivation predicts educational attainment: Does gender make a difference?

    Michele Vecchione;Guido Alessandri;Gilda Marsicano

  • Personal values and political activism: A cross‐national study

    Michele Vecchione;Shalom H. Schwartz;Shalom H. Schwartz;Gian Vittorio Caprara;Harald Schoen

  • On the factor structure of the Rosenberg (1965) general self-esteem scale

    Guido Alessandri;Michele Vecchione;Nancy Eisenberg;Mariola Łaguna

  • From Positive Orientation to Job performance: The Role of Work Engagement and Self-efficacy Beliefs

    Guido Alessandri;Laura Borgogni;Wilmar B. Schaufeli;Gian Vittorio Caprara

  • Emotional Stability and Affective Self–regulatory Efficacy Beliefs: Proofs of Integration between Trait Theory and Social Cognitive Theory:

    Gianvittorio Caprara;Michele Vecchione;Claudio Barbaranelli;Guido Alessandri

  • Does self-efficacy matter for burnout and sickness absenteeism? The mediating role of demands and resources at the individual and team levels

    Chiara Consiglio;Laura Borgogni;Guido Alessandri;Wilmar B. Schaufeli

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Vecchione
Michele Vecchione Sapienza University of Rome
Gian Vittorio Caprara
Gian Vittorio Caprara Sapienza University of Rome
Laura Borgogni
Laura Borgogni Sapienza University of Rome
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Claudio Barbaranelli
Claudio Barbaranelli Sapienza University of Rome
Shalom H. Schwartz
Shalom H. Schwartz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jan Cieciuch
Jan Cieciuch University of Zurich
Concetta Pastorelli
Concetta Pastorelli Sapienza University of Rome
Laura Di Giunta
Laura Di Giunta Sapienza University of Rome

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