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Overview

Martina Luchetti is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and specializes primarily in psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. Their research spans several topics including health disparities and outcomes, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, personality traits and psychology, aging and gerontology research, dementia and cognitive impairment research, optimism, hope, and well-being, as well as cognitive abilities and testing.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • The trajectory of loneliness in response to COVID-19, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Psychological and behavioural responses to Coronavirus disease 2019: The role of personality, 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • Loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Is personality associated with dementia risk? A meta-analytic investigation, 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
  • Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations With Perceived Behavioral Control, Attitudes, and Subjective Norm, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Antonio Terracciano
  • Angelina R. Sutin
  • Yannick Stéphan
  • Damaris Aschwanden
  • Amanda A. Sesker

Martina Luchetti's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Their research focuses on understanding the psychological and behavioral aspects of aging and health, with emphasis on how personality traits and social factors influence well-being and cognitive outcomes. Loneliness and its effects in the context of public health challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic are recurring themes in their recent studies.

Best Publications

  • The trajectory of loneliness in response to COVID-19.

    Martina Luchetti;Ji Hyun Lee;Damaris Aschwanden;Amanda Sesker

  • Loneliness and Risk of Dementia.

    Angelina R Sutin;Yannick Stephan;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

  • The Five-Factor Model of Personality and Physical Inactivity: A Meta-Analysis of 16 Samples.

    Angelina R. Sutin;Yannick Stephan;Martina Luchetti;Ashley Artese

  • Personality and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Data From a Longitudinal Sample and Meta-Analysis

    Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano;Yannick Stephan;Angelina R. Sutin

  • Psychological and Behavioural Responses to Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Role of Personality.

    Damaris Aschwanden;Jason E. Strickhouser;Amanda A. Sesker;Ji Hyun Lee

  • Five-factor model personality traits and inflammatory markers: new data and a meta-analysis.

    Martina Luchetti;James M. Barkley;Yannick Stephan;Antonio Terracciano

  • Personality traits and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia

    Antonio Terracciano;Yannick Stephan;Martina Luchetti;Emiliano Albanese

  • Perceived weight discrimination and C-reactive protein

    Angelina R. Sutin;Yannick Stephan;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

  • Measuring the phenomenology of autobiographical memory: A short form of the Memory Experiences Questionnaire.

    Martina Luchetti;Angelina R Sutin

  • Loneliness is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.

    Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano;Damaris Aschwanden;Ji H. Lee

  • Is personality associated with dementia risk? A meta-analytic investigation.

    Damaris Aschwanden;Jason E. Strickhouser;Martina Luchetti;Yannick Stephan

  • Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations With Perceived Behavioral Control, Attitudes, and Subjective Norm.

    Damaris Aschwanden;Jason E. Strickhouser;Amanda A. Sesker;Ji Hyun Lee

  • Five-factor model personality traits and cognitive function in five domains in older adulthood

    Angelina R. Sutin;Yannick Stephan;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

  • Impact of Michelangelo prosthetic hand: Findings from a crossover longitudinal study.

    Martina Luchetti;Andrea G. Cutti;Gennaro Verni;Rinaldo Sacchetti

  • Parental educational attainment and adult offspring personality: An intergenerational life span approach to the origin of adult personality traits.

    Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Yannick Stephan;Richard W. Robins

  • Allostatic Load and Personality: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study.

    Yannick Stephan;Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

  • Change in five-factor model personality traits during the acute phase of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Damaris Aschwanden;Ji Hyun Lee

  • Feeling Older and the Development of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

    Yannick Stephan;Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

  • Is neuroticism differentially associated with risk of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia?

    Antonio Terracciano;Damaris Aschwanden;Luca Passamonti;Nicola Toschi

  • Personality and self-rated health across eight cohort studies.

    Yannick Stephan;Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Louis Hognon

  • Subjective age and risk of incident dementia: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends survey.

    Yannick Stephan;Angelina R. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Antonio Terracciano

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelina R. Sutin
Angelina R. Sutin Florida State University
Antonio Terracciano
Antonio Terracciano Florida State University
Yannick Stephan
Yannick Stephan University of Montpellier
Mathias Allemand
Mathias Allemand University of Zurich
Mary A. Gerend
Mary A. Gerend Florida State University
Nicholas A. Turiano
Nicholas A. Turiano West Virginia University
Eric Robinson
Eric Robinson University of Liverpool
Michael Daly
Michael Daly National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Susan M. Resnick
Susan M. Resnick National Institutes of Health
David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger National Institutes of Health

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