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Massimo Casacchia

Massimo Casacchia

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
6596
World Ranking
7319
National Ranking
146

Massimo Casacchia publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Casacchia sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 212 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Massimo Casacchia D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Casacchia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Massimo Casacchia is affiliated with the University of L'Aquila in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with specific focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Massimo Casacchia has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychology
  • BMC Medical Education
  • Internet Interventions
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Predictors of academic performance during the covid-19 outbreak: impact of distance education on mental health, social cognition and memory abilities in an Italian university student sample" (2021, BMC Psychology)
  • "Distance education during COVID 19: an Italian survey on the university teachers' perspectives and their emotional conditions" (2021, BMC Medical Education)
  • "#Everything Will Be Fine. Duration of Home Confinement and "All-or-Nothing" Cognitive Thinking Style as Predictors of Traumatic Distress in Young University Students on a Digital Platform During the COVID-19 Italian Lockdown" (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • "Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) anxiety management and reasoning bias modification in young adults with anxiety disorders: A real-world study of a therapist-assisted computerized (TACCBT) program Vs. "person-to-person" group CBT" (2020, Internet Interventions)
  • "Heart and Head: Profiles and Predictors of Self-Assessed Cognitive and Affective Empathy in a Sample of Medical and Health Professional Students" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)

Massimo Casacchia's collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Rita Roncone, Laura Giusti, Anna Salza, Silvia Mammarella, and Sasha Del Vecchio.

In addition to journal articles, Casacchia has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Recovery and Major Mental Disorders published by Springer International Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Selective impairments of theory of mind in people with schizophrenia

    M. Mazza;A. De Risio;L. Surian;R. Roncone

  • Is theory of mind in schizophrenia more strongly associated with clinical and social functioning than with neurocognitive deficits

    Rita Roncone;Ian R.H. Falloon;Monica Mazza;Alessandro De Risio

  • Neurological soft signs in schizophrenia.

    A Rossi;S De Cataldo;V Di Michele;V Manna

  • Sensorimotor gating and habituation evoked by electro-cutaneous stimulation in schizophrenia

    Francesca Bolino;Vittorio Di Michele;Loredana Di Cicco;Vincenzo Manna

  • Reliability of an Italian standardized and expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS 4.0) in raters with high vs. low clinical experience.

    R. Roncone;J. Ventura;M. Impallomeni;I. R. H. Falloon

  • Double-blind study of the efficacy and safety of sertraline versus fluoxetine in major depression

    E Aguglia;M Casacchia;G B Cassano;C Faravelli

  • Risperidone, negative symptoms and cognitive deficit in schizophrenia: an open study

    A. Rossi;F. Mancini;P. Stratta;P. Mattei

  • Could schizophrenic subjects improve their social cognition abilities only with observation and imitation of social situations

    Monica Mazza;Giuliana Lucci;Francesca Pacitti;Maria Chiara Pino

  • Schizophrenic Deficits in the Processing of Context

    Paolo Stratta;Enrico Daneluzzo;Massimiliano Bustini;Massimo Casacchia

  • Reduced temporal lobe areas in schizophrenia: Preliminary evidences from a controlled multiplanar magnetic resonance imaging study

    Alessandro Rossi;P. Stratta;L. D'Albenzio;A. Tartaro

  • Effect of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAMe) upon depressive symptoms

    A. Agnoli;V. Andreoli;M. Casacchia;R. Cerbo

  • Predictors of academic performance during the covid-19 outbreak: impact of distance education on mental health, social cognition and memory abilities in an Italian university student sample.

    Laura Giusti;Silvia Mammarella;Anna Salza;Sasha Del Vecchio

  • Planum temporale asymmetry and thought disorder in schizophrenia

    Alessandro Rossi;Antonio Serio;Paolo Stratta;Concetta Petruzzi

  • Magnetic resonance imaging findings of amygdala- anterior hippocampus shrinkage in male patients with schizophrenia

    Alessandro Rossi;Paolo Stratta;Fabrizio Mancini;Massimo Gallucci

  • Planum temporale in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance study

    Alessandro Rossi;Paolo Stratta;Paolo Mattei;Maurizio Cupillari

  • Quantification of corpus callosum and ventricles in schizophrenia with nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: a pilot study.

    Rossi A;Stratta P;Gallucci M;Passariello R

  • Distance education during COVID 19: an Italian survey on the university teachers' perspectives and their emotional conditions.

    Massimo Casacchia;Maria Grazia Cifone;Laura Giusti;Leila Fabiani

  • Pragmatic Language and Theory of Mind Deficits in People with Schizophrenia and Their Relatives

    M. Mazza;V. Di Michele;R. Pollice;M. Casacchia

  • Italian validation of MOAS and NOSIE: a useful package for psychiatric assessment and monitoring of aggressive behaviours.

    Francesco Margari;Rosanna Matarazzo;Massimo Casacchia;Rita Roncone

  • Quality of Life and Urban / Rural Living: Preliminary Results of a Community Survey in Italy

    Mauro Giovanni Carta;Eugenio Aguglia;Filippo Caraci;Liliana Dell'Osso

  • Rehabilitation of theory of mind deficit in schizophrenia: a pilot study of metacognitive strategies in group treatment

    Rita Roncone;Monica Mazza;Irini Frangou;Alessandro De Risio

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Rossi
Alessandro Rossi University of L'Aquila
Paolo Stratta
Paolo Stratta University of L'Aquila
Monica Mazza
Monica Mazza University of L'Aquila
Carlo Faravelli
Carlo Faravelli University of Florence
Maria Grazia Cifone
Maria Grazia Cifone University of L'Aquila
Roberto Passariello
Roberto Passariello Sapienza University of Rome
Matteo Balestrieri
Matteo Balestrieri University of Udine
Filippo Drago
Filippo Drago University of Catania
Mauro Giovanni Carta
Mauro Giovanni Carta University of Cagliari
Liliana Dell'Osso
Liliana Dell'Osso University of Pisa

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