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Marinella Paciello

Marinella Paciello

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
4879
World Ranking
10217
National Ranking
232

Overview

Marinella Paciello is affiliated with UniNettuno University in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences and psychology. Their work mainly spans the fields of sociology and political science, social psychology, clinical psychology, artificial intelligence, and communication, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding social behavior and its dynamics.

Their research interests focus on several key topics, including:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Paciello's frequent publication venues indicate a strong presence in journals addressing psychological and social sciences. These venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Children
  • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences

The researcher has collaborated regularly with several colleagues, forming notable co-author relationships with:

  • Giuseppe Corbelli
  • Francesca D'Errico
  • Roberta Fida
  • Claudio Barbaranelli
  • Paolo Giovanni Cicirelli

Among recent publications, several papers can be highlighted to provide insight into Paciello's research focus:

  • "Online sexist meme and its effects on moral and emotional processes in social media," 2020, published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Withstanding Moral Disengagement: Moral Self-Efficacy as Moderator in Counterproductive Behavior Routinization," 2022, published in Group & Organization Management
  • "Does the Interplay of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Moral Disengagement Underpin Disruptive Behavior? A Systematic Review," 2020, published in Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics

These publications show an emphasis on moral and emotional processes related to social behavior, with applications in understanding disruptive behavior and the effects of media content.

Overall, Marinella Paciello's research contributes to a broad and complex understanding of human social behavior, particularly within digital contexts and adolescent development, grounded in empirical studies published across multiple peer-reviewed journals.

Best Publications

  • Stability and Change of Moral Disengagement and Its Impact on Aggression and Violence in Late Adolescence

    Marinella Paciello;Roberta Fida;Carlo Tramontano;Catia Lupinetti

  • Looking for adolescents’ well-being: self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of positive thinking and happiness

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Patrizia Steca;Maria Gerbino;Marinella Paciello

  • An integrative approach to understanding counterproductive work behavior: The roles of stressors, negative emotions, and moral disengagement

    Roberta Fida;Marinella Paciello;Carlo Tramontano;Reid Griffith Fontaine

  • High cost helping scenario: The role of empathy, prosocial reasoning and moral disengagement on helping behavior

    Marinella Paciello;Roberta Fida;Luca Cerniglia;Carlo Tramontano

  • Mothers' Depression, Anxiety, and Mental Representations After Preterm Birth: A Study During the Infant's Hospitalization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

    Carmen Trumello;Carla Candelori;Marika Cofini;Silvia Cimino

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

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

  • Cheating behaviors in academic context: Does academic moral disengagement matter?

    Maria Luisa Farnese;Carlo Tramontano;Roberta Fida;Marinella Paciello

  • Individual differences conducive to aggression and violence: trajectories and correlates of irritability and hostile rumination through adolescence

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Marinella Paciello;Maria Gerbino;Claudia Cugini

  • Prosocial development from childhood to adolescence: a multi-informant perspective with Canadian and Italian longitudinal studies

    Amélie Nantel-Vivier;Katja Kokko;Gian Vittorio Caprara;Concetta Pastorelli

  • Counteracting depression and delinquency in late adolescence: The role of regulatory emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Maria Gerbino;Marinella Paciello;Laura Di Giunta

  • Depressive Symptoms, Self-Esteem and Perceived Parent-Child Relationship in Early Adolescence.

    Alessandra Babore;Carmen Trumello;Carla Candelori;Marinella Paciello

  • When emotions enhance students’ engagement in e-learning processes

    Francesca D'Errico;Marinella Paciello;Luca Cerniglia

  • "Yes, I Can": the protective role of personal self-efficacy in hindering counterproductive work behavior under stressful conditions.

    Roberta Fida;Marinella Paciello;Carlo Tramontano;Claudio Barbaranelli

  • Juvenile firesetting in Italy: relationship to aggression, psychopathology, personality, self-efficacy, and school functioning.

    Giannetta Del Bove;Gian Vittorio Caprara;Concetta Pastorelli;Marinella Paciello

  • Moral dilemma in adolescence: The role of values, prosocial moral reasoning and moral disengagement in helping decision making

    Marinella Paciello;Roberta Fida;Carlo Tramontano;Ellie Cole

  • Assessing personality in early adolescence through self-report and other-ratings a multitrait-multimethod analysis of the BFQ-C

    Claudio Barbaranelli;Roberta Fida;Marinella Paciello;Laura Di Giunta

  • Mothers with Depression, Anxiety or Eating Disorders: Outcomes on Their Children and the Role of Paternal Psychological Profiles

    Silvia Cimino;Luca Cerniglia;Marinella Paciello

  • The mediating role of moral disengagement in the developmental course from peer rejection in adolescence to crime in early adulthood

    Reid Griffith Fontaine;Roberta Fida;Marinella Paciello;Marie S. Tisak

  • Understanding the Interplay Among Regulatory Self-Efficacy, Moral Disengagement, and Academic Cheating Behaviour During Vocational Education: A Three-Wave Study

    Roberta Fida;Roberta Fida;Carlo Tramontano;Marinella Paciello;Valerio Ghezzi

  • A Six-year Prospective Study on Children of Mothers with Eating Disorders: The Role of Paternal Psychological Profiles

    Silvia Cimino;Luca Cerniglia;Marinella Paciello;Stefania Sinesi

  • The Role of Traditional and Online Moral Disengagement on Cyberbullying: Do Externalising Problems Make Any Difference?

    Marinella Paciello;Carlo Tramontano;Annalaura Nocentini;Roberta Fida

  • Adolescent Peer Relationships and Emerging Adult Romantic Styles: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in an Italian Community

    Amrit Dhariwal;Jennifer Connolly;Marinella Paciello;Gian Vittorio Caprara

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta Fida
Roberta Fida Aston University
Claudio Barbaranelli
Claudio Barbaranelli Sapienza University of Rome
Luca Cerniglia
Luca Cerniglia UniNettuno University
Gian Vittorio Caprara
Gian Vittorio Caprara Sapienza University of Rome
Silvia Cimino
Silvia Cimino Sapienza University of Rome
Concetta Pastorelli
Concetta Pastorelli Sapienza University of Rome
Renata Tambelli
Renata Tambelli Sapienza University of Rome
John E. Lochman
John E. Lochman University of Alabama
Guido Alessandri
Guido Alessandri Sapienza University of Rome
Laura Di Giunta
Laura Di Giunta Sapienza University of Rome

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