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Valentina Cardi

Valentina Cardi

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Psychology

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39
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4954
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8665
National Ranking
183

Overview

Valentina Cardi is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and specializes in psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The primary topics of Valentina Cardi's research include eating disorders and behaviors, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, the impact of technology on adolescents, body image and dysmorphia studies, digital mental health interventions, child nutrition and feeding issues, as well as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Recent notable publications by Cardi include:

  • Cognitive Interpersonal Model for Anorexia Nervosa Revisited: The Perpetuating Factors that Contribute to the Development of the Severe and Enduring Illness (2020), Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • A multicenter audit of outpatient care for adult anorexia nervosa: Symptom trajectory, service use, and evidence in support of "early stage" versus "severe and enduring" classification (2020), International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Exploring the ways in which COVID-19 and lockdown has affected the lives of adult patients with anorexia nervosa and their carers (2020), European Eating Disorders Review
  • Advances in the use of virtual reality to treat mental health conditions (2024), Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Time to make a change: A call for more experimental research on key mechanisms in anorexia nervosa (2020), European Eating Disorders Review

Valentina Cardi frequently collaborates with various researchers. The most common coauthors include:

  • Janet Treasure
  • Katie Rowlands
  • Suman Ambwani
  • Valentina Meregalli
  • Danielle Clark Bryan

Their work has been published often in several key venues, demonstrating a consistent focus on eating disorders and related fields. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Appetite
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Valentina Cardi's contributions center primarily on clinical psychology, with an emphasis on disordered eating and its psychological and social determinants. They investigate the mechanisms underlying severe and enduring anorexia nervosa and explore the use of emerging technologies such as virtual reality in mental health treatment.

Best Publications

  • The effects of negative and positive mood induction on eating behaviour: A meta-analysis of laboratory studies in the healthy population and eating and weight disorders.

    Valentina Cardi;Jenni Leppanen;Janet Treasure

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of ‘Systems for Social Processes’ in eating disorders

    H Pinar Caglar-Nazali;Freya Corfield;Valentina Cardi;Suman Ambwani

  • Social reward and rejection sensitivity in eating disorders: an investigation of attentional bias and early experiences.

    Valentina Cardi;Rosalia Di Matteo;Freya Corfield;Janet Treasure

  • Cognitive Interpersonal Model for Anorexia Nervosa Revisited: The Perpetuating Factors that Contribute to the Development of the Severe and Enduring Illness.

    Janet Treasure;Daniel Willmott;Suman Ambwani;Valentina Cardi

  • A Three‐phase Model of the Social Emotional Functioning in Eating Disorders

    Janet Treasure;Freya Corfield;Valentina Cardi

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for externalizing disorders: a meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness

    Gemma Battagliese;Maria Caccetta;Olga Ines Luppino;Chiara Baglioni

  • The perception of affective touch in anorexia nervosa

    Laura Crucianelli;Valentina Cardi;Janet Treasure;Paul M. Jenkinson

  • Novel methods to help develop healthier eating habits for eating and weight disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Robert Turton;Kiki Bruidegom;Valentina Cardi;Colette R. Hirsch

  • Emotion recognition deficits in eating disorders are explained by co-occurring alexithymia

    Rebecca Brewer;Richard Cook;Valentina Cardi;Janet Treasure

  • New treatment approaches for severe and enduring eating disorders

    Janet Treasure;Valentina Cardi;Jenni Leppanen;Robert Turton

  • A multicenter audit of outpatient care for adult anorexia nervosa: Symptom trajectory, service use, and evidence in support of "early stage" versus "severe and enduring" classification.

    Suman Ambwani;Valentina Cardi;Gaia Albano;Gaia Albano;Li Cao

  • Intranasal oxytocin attenuates attentional bias for eating and fat shape stimuli in patients with anorexia nervosa

    Youl-Ri Kim;Chan-Hyung Kim;Valentina Cardi;Jin-Sup Eom

  • Video game therapy for emotional regulation and impulsivity control in a series of treated cases with bulimia nervosa.

    Ana B. Fagundo;Juan J. Santamaría;Laura Forcano;Cristina Giner-Bartolomé

  • Early Response to treatment in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and a Diagnostic Test Accuracy Meta-Analysis

    Bruno Palazzo Nazar;Bruno Palazzo Nazar;Louise Kathrine Gregor;Gaia Albano;Gaia Albano;Angelo Marchica

  • Rank perception and self-evaluation in eating disorders.

    Valentina Cardi;Rosalia Di Matteo;Paul Gilbert;Janet Treasure

  • Premorbid and Illness-related Social Difficulties in Eating Disorders: An Overview of the Literature and Treatment Developments.

    Valentina Cardi;Kate Tchanturia;Janet Treasure

  • Eating in eating disorders.

    Janet Treasure;Valentina Cardi;Valentina Cardi;Carol Kan

  • Exploring the ways in which COVID-19 and lockdown has affected the lives of adult patients with anorexia nervosa and their carers.

    Danielle Clark Bryan;Pamela Macdonald;Suman Ambwani;Valentina Cardi;Valentina Cardi

  • Social Difficulties As Risk and Maintaining Factors in Anorexia Nervosa: A Mixed-Method Investigation.

    Valentina Cardi;Núria Mallorqui-Bague;Gaia Albano;Gaia Albano;Alessio Maria Monteleone

  • A preliminary investigation of a novel training to target cognitive biases towards negative social stimuli in Anorexia Nervosa

    Valentina Cardi;Mirko Esposito;Geoff Bird;Charlotte Rhind

  • Biased Interpretation of Ambiguous Social Scenarios in Anorexia Nervosa

    Valentina Cardi;Robert Turton;Sylvia Schifano;Jenni Leppanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Kate Tchanturia
Kate Tchanturia King's College London
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Colette R. Hirsch
Colette R. Hirsch King's College London
Alessio Maria Monteleone
Alessio Maria Monteleone University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Gianluca Lo Coco
Gianluca Lo Coco University of Palermo
Geoffrey Bird
Geoffrey Bird University of Oxford
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Roser Granero
Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona

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