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Sebastiano Costa is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work covers multiple topics, such as:

  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research

Frequent publication venues where Costa has contributed include:

  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL INFANZIA
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Current Psychology
  • European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Costa are:

  • Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy, 2020, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Trait Emotional Intelligence and School Burnout: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Academic Anxiety in High School, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Collectively coping with coronavirus: Local community identification predicts giving support and lockdown adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Community identification, social support, and loneliness: The benefits of social identification for personal well-being, 2021, British Journal of Social Psychology
  • A social cure in the community: A mixed-method exploration of the role of social identity in the experiences and well-being of community volunteers, 2020, European Journal of Social Psychology

Costa regularly collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Maria Cristina Gugliandolo
  • Francesca Liga
  • Francesca Cuzzocrea
  • Nadia Barberis
  • Clifford Stevenson

Best Publications

  • Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

    Nicola Cellini;Natale Canale;Giovanna Mioni;Sebastiano Costa

  • Predicting the brighter and darker sides of interpersonal relationships: Does psychological need thwarting matter?

    Sebastiano Costa;Nikos Ntoumanis;Kimberley J. Bartholomew

  • Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Autonomy Support, and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration

    Sebastiano Costa;Francesca Cuzzocrea;Maria C. Gugliandolo;Rosalba Larcan

  • Parental stress, coping strategies and social support in families of children with a disability

    Francesca Cuzzocrea;Anna Maria Murdaca;Sebastiano Costa;Pina Filippello

  • The Mediating Role of Experiences of Need Satisfaction in Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Internalizing Problems: A Study Among Italian College Students

    Sebastiano Costa;Bart Soenens;Maria C. Gugliandolo;Francesca Cuzzocrea

  • The role of age, gender, mood states and exercise frequency on exercise dependence

    Sebastiano Costa;Heather A. Hausenblas;Patrizia Oliva;Francesca Cuzzocrea

  • Trait Emotional Intelligence and School Burnout: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Academic Anxiety in High School.

    Caterina Fiorilli;Eleonora Farina;Ilaria Buonomo;Sebastiano Costa

  • Trait emotional intelligence and behavioral problems among adolescents: A cross-informant design

    Maria C. Gugliandolo;Sebastiano Costa;Francesca Cuzzocrea;Rosalba Larcan

  • Collectively coping with coronavirus: Local community identification predicts giving support and lockdown adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Clifford Stevenson;Juliet R. H. Wakefield;Isabelle Felsner;John Drury

  • Community identification, social support, and loneliness: The benefits of social identification for personal well-being.

    Niamh McNamara;Clifford Stevenson;Sebastiano Costa;Mhairi Bowe

  • Trait Emotional Intelligence as mediator between psychological control and behaviour problems.

    Maria C. Gugliandolo;Sebastiano Costa;Francesca Cuzzocrea;Rosalba Larcan

  • A Social Cure in the Community: A mixed‐method exploration of the role of social identity in the experiences and well‐being of community volunteers

    Mhairi Bowe;Debra Gray;Clifford Stevenson;Niamh McNamara

  • Antecedents and consequences of parental psychological control and autonomy support: The role of psychological basic needs

    Sebastiano Costa;Maria C. Gugliandolo;Nadia Barberis;Francesca Cuzzocrea

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy

    Sebastiano Costa;Sonia Ingoglia;Cristiano Inguglia;Francesca Liga

  • The Love Addiction Inventory: Preliminary Findings of the Development Process and Psychometric Characteristics

    Sebastiano Costa;Sebastiano Costa;Nadia Barberis;Mark D. Griffiths;Loredana Benedetto

  • School Refusal and Absenteeism: Perception of Teacher Behaviors, Psychological Basic Needs, and Academic Achievement

    Pina Filippello;Caterina Buzzai;Sebastiano Costa;Luana Sorrenti

  • The relationship between school-basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration, academic engagement and academic achievement:

    Caterina Buzzai;Luana Sorrenti;Sebastiano Costa;Mary Ellen Toffle

  • Technological Addiction in Adolescents: the Interplay Between Parenting and Psychological Basic Needs

    M. C. Gugliandolo;S. Costa;D. J. Kuss;F. Cuzzocrea

  • Teaching Style and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Learned Helplessness and Mastery Orientation.

    Pina Filippello;Caterina Buzzai;Sebastiano Costa;Susanna Orecchio

  • Psychometric examination and factorial validity of the Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised in Italian exercisers

    Sebastiano Costa;Francesca Cuzzocrea;Heather A. Hausenblas;Rosalba Larcan

  • The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: Construct and Predictive Validity in the Italian Context.

    Francesca Liga;Sonia Ingoglia;Francesca Cuzzocrea;Cristiano Inguglia

  • The Relationship Between Frustration Intolerance, Unhealthy Emotions, and Assertive Behaviour in Italian Students

    Pina Filippello;Neil Harrington;Caterina Buzzai;Luana Sorrenti

Frequent Co-Authors

Heather A. Hausenblas
Heather A. Hausenblas Jacksonville University
Konstantinos V. Petrides
Konstantinos V. Petrides University College London
Daria J. Kuss
Daria J. Kuss Nottingham Trent University
Bart Soenens
Bart Soenens Ghent University
John Drury
John Drury University of Sussex
Rhiannon N. Turner
Rhiannon N. Turner Queen's University Belfast
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University

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