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Mr. Andrea Zammitti
University of Catania

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Journal article
Published: 31 July 2021 in Behavioral Sciences
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In a risk society, personal values can be important resources, useful for managing uncertainty and guiding people in the perception of risk. The goal of this article is to explore the relationship between risk intelligence and personal values. The participants were 731 Italian adults aged between 18 and 65 years (M = 30.25; DS = 10.71). The survey was composed of the following measures: Subjective Risk Intelligence Scale and Portrait Values Questionnaire. Data analyses have found significant relationships between some types of personal values and risk intelligence: subjective risk intelligence is negatively related to conservation and positively related to openness to change and self-transcendence, but it was not related to self-enhancement. Furthermore, values of openness to change and self-transcendence mediate the relationship between age and subjective risk intelligence, while conservation values and self-enhancement values did not mediate the same relationship. Implication for practice and future research will be discussed.

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Andrea Zammitti; Angela Russo; Giuseppe Santisi; Paola Magnano. Personal Values in Relation to Risk Intelligence: Evidence from a Multi-Mediation Model. Behavioral Sciences 2021, 11, 109 .

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Andrea Zammitti, Angela Russo, Giuseppe Santisi, Paola Magnano. Personal Values in Relation to Risk Intelligence: Evidence from a Multi-Mediation Model. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11 (8):109.

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Andrea Zammitti; Angela Russo; Giuseppe Santisi; Paola Magnano. 2021. "Personal Values in Relation to Risk Intelligence: Evidence from a Multi-Mediation Model." Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 8: 109.

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Published: 08 July 2021 in European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
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Italy was quickly hit hard by the coronavirus. ‘Lockdown’ has significantly impacted the psychological health, personal wellbeing and quality of life of the people. The study aims to explore the relationship between positive and negative affect, as well as positive (spiritual well-being and flourishing) and negative outcomes (psychological distress caused by a traumatic life event in terms of perception of PTSD symptoms) on Italian adults during the lockdown period. Data was collected between April and May 2020. The participants were 281 Italian adults aged between 18 and 73 years. The survey was composed of the following measures: Flourishing Scale, Jarel Spiritual Well-Being scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Impact of Event Scale—Revised, Fear of COVID-19. The mediational analysis shows that fear of COVID-19 fully mediates the relationship between negative affect and spiritual well-being and flourishing; fear of COVID-19 partially mediates the relationship between negative affect and PTSD symptoms; the positive affect shows only direct effects on positive outcomes. Therefore, fear of COVID-19 does not play any mediation role. Implications for psychological interventions and future research will be discussed.

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Andrea Zammitti; Chiara Imbrogliera; Angela Russo; Rita Zarbo; Paola Magnano. The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions in Italy. The Mediating Role of the Fear of COVID-19 in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect with Positive and Negative Outcomes. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 2021, 11, 697 -710.

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Andrea Zammitti, Chiara Imbrogliera, Angela Russo, Rita Zarbo, Paola Magnano. The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions in Italy. The Mediating Role of the Fear of COVID-19 in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect with Positive and Negative Outcomes. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2021; 11 (3):697-710.

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Andrea Zammitti; Chiara Imbrogliera; Angela Russo; Rita Zarbo; Paola Magnano. 2021. "The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions in Italy. The Mediating Role of the Fear of COVID-19 in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect with Positive and Negative Outcomes." European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 11, no. 3: 697-710.

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Published: 30 March 2021 in Frontiers in Psychology
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The way people make career choices is often influenced by their idea of work. Alongside this concept, there is the idea of decent work, which takes the form of the opportunity, for men and women, to have productive, equal, safe, and rights-based work. We have conducted a study on these two concepts with a group of Italian adolescents, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. We found that most of the participants consider work as a means to obtain economic benefits and satisfy certain values, and decent work as characterized by the respect for rights and duties and economic benefits; a part of the participants fails in giving a definition of decent work or gives a negative definition of it. We deepened the study through quantitative analyses that revealed that those who have a more complex view of work and decent work also have higher levels of self-efficacy and career adaptability. These findings are discussed in the light of previous research and from a perspective that intends to give a contribution to career counseling practices.

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Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi. The Concepts of Work and Decent Work in Relationship With Self-Efficacy and Career Adaptability: Research With Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology 2021, 12, 1 .

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Andrea Zammitti, Paola Magnano, Giuseppe Santisi. The Concepts of Work and Decent Work in Relationship With Self-Efficacy and Career Adaptability: Research With Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021; 12 ():1.

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Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi. 2021. "The Concepts of Work and Decent Work in Relationship With Self-Efficacy and Career Adaptability: Research With Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Adolescence." Frontiers in Psychology 12, no. : 1.

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Published: 12 March 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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College students approaching a university degree can experience a critical period in their career development path that could affect their well-being. The main aim of this study was to examine the role of courage, career adaptability, and professional readiness as protective factors toward life satisfaction and flourishing during the university-to-work transition. These psychosocial resources could be useful to cope with the recent transformations of the labor market. The study involved 352 Italian university students (M = 100; F = 252), aged from 21 to 29 years (M = 23.57; SD = 2.37), attending the last year of their degree course. The results of the mediation analysis showed that courage plays a mediating role between career transition readiness and career adaptability, on one hand, with well-being indicators as outcomes. The results are discussed, providing some suggestions on practical implications for career interventions to support college students during the university-to-work transition.

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Paola Magnano; Ernesto Lodi; Andrea Zammitti; Patrizia Patrizi. Courage, Career Adaptability, and Readiness as Resources to Improve Well-Being during the University-to-Work Transition in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2919 .

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Paola Magnano, Ernesto Lodi, Andrea Zammitti, Patrizia Patrizi. Courage, Career Adaptability, and Readiness as Resources to Improve Well-Being during the University-to-Work Transition in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (6):2919.

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Paola Magnano; Ernesto Lodi; Andrea Zammitti; Patrizia Patrizi. 2021. "Courage, Career Adaptability, and Readiness as Resources to Improve Well-Being during the University-to-Work Transition in Italy." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6: 2919.

Journal article
Published: 11 August 2020 in Sustainability
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The development of professional identity starts with childhood. In adolescents, individuals should have appropriate resources to make choices; high levels of self-efficacy and professional curiosity, as well as better representations of the concept of work and decent work, could support adolescents in their planning of the future. For this reason, we developed a training aimed at providing adolescents with resources of professional curiosity and self-efficacy, which would also increase their representation of the concepts of work and decent work. A longitudinal study compared a control group (n = 80) with an experimental group (n = 80). The second group participated in mainly qualitative career counseling activities and showed an improvement in the levels of professional curiosity and self-efficacy; moreover, after the training, the experimental group showed a better representation of work and decent work. Consequently, the training managed to improve the dimensions set out above. The results show that career counseling activities can help increase adolescent resources and increase their chances of finding a qualitatively good job.

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Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi. “Work and surroundings”: A Training to Enhance Career Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and the Perception of Work and Decent Work in Adolescents. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6473 .

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Andrea Zammitti, Paola Magnano, Giuseppe Santisi. “Work and surroundings”: A Training to Enhance Career Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and the Perception of Work and Decent Work in Adolescents. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6473.

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Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi. 2020. "“Work and surroundings”: A Training to Enhance Career Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and the Perception of Work and Decent Work in Adolescents." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6473.

Journal article
Published: 28 June 2020 in Sustainability
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Quality of life is a multidimensional concept, a construct influenced by objective and subjective factors that include the evaluation of functional, physical, social, and emotional aspects of the person. The recent contributions of positive psychology present the quality of life as a fundamental indicator for health promotion and prevention strategies. In the recent psychological studies about this topic, courage demonstrated to positively affect several work behavioral outcomes, personal identity, and prosocial actions. Courage promotes change, innovation, and coping skills to achieve aims, and it correlates positively with many individual resources. The aim of the study was to investigate, according to the positive psychology approach, the relationships between psychological capital and two dimensions of quality of life—life satisfaction and flourishing—with particular attention to the mediation function performed by courage. The research was attended by a convenience sample of 807 Italian workers, balanced by gender, belonging to public, private, and non-profit organizations, and recruited on a voluntary basis. Participants responded to a structured online questionnaire containing the following measures: Psychological Capital Questionnaire, Courage Measure, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Flourishing Scale. Cronbach’s alpha on each scale showed very good internal consistency. The collected data were analyzed according to a model of linear structural equations. In the first step, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the model fit of the measurement model; in the second step, we verified the mediation hypothesis through Process v.3.1. Finally, the correlations were implemented using SPSS 20.0. The results showed that, in general, psychological capital predicts life satisfaction and flourishing, with an indirect mediation effect of courage only on flourishing. Two main conclusions emerged from the study: flourishing and life satisfaction are representative indicators of the quality of life; courage emerges as an important psychological resource that supports the individual to face and manage the uncertainties of the risk society.

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Giuseppe Santisi; Ernesto Lodi; Paola Magnano; Rita Zarbo; Andrea Zammitti. Relationship between Psychological Capital and Quality of Life: The Role of Courage. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5238 .

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Giuseppe Santisi, Ernesto Lodi, Paola Magnano, Rita Zarbo, Andrea Zammitti. Relationship between Psychological Capital and Quality of Life: The Role of Courage. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (13):5238.

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Giuseppe Santisi; Ernesto Lodi; Paola Magnano; Rita Zarbo; Andrea Zammitti. 2020. "Relationship between Psychological Capital and Quality of Life: The Role of Courage." Sustainability 12, no. 13: 5238.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2020 in Behavioral Sciences
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The recent transformation of the workplaces and labor market, characterized by rapid technological changes, social and economic instability, has greatly influenced the construction of people’s career paths. These paths cannot be viewed more as linear, but multifaceted and unstable. In organizational context, the psychological contract has changed from long term to short term. In this scenario, the construct of employability becomes central: people need to maintain and improve their ability to be attractive to the labor market to get or keep a job. The study presents the adaptation of the Self-Perceived Employability Scale to the Italian context. The participants are 660 Italian workers. The instruments used to verify the concurrent validity of the scale were the Employability Scale, the Flourishing Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, the Organizational Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale. Results showed good psychometric properties of the Italian version in terms of internal consistency, construct and concurrent validity, with significant correlations with all the other measures. The CFA highlights some dissimilarity in the scale’s structure compared to the UK version, probably due to cultural differences among the samples.

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Ernesto Lodi; Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Patrizia Patrizi; Giuseppe Santisi. Italian Adaption of Self-Perceived Employability Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations with the Career Adaptability and Well-Being. Behavioral Sciences 2020, 10, 82 .

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Ernesto Lodi, Andrea Zammitti, Paola Magnano, Patrizia Patrizi, Giuseppe Santisi. Italian Adaption of Self-Perceived Employability Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations with the Career Adaptability and Well-Being. Behavioral Sciences. 2020; 10 (5):82.

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Ernesto Lodi; Andrea Zammitti; Paola Magnano; Patrizia Patrizi; Giuseppe Santisi. 2020. "Italian Adaption of Self-Perceived Employability Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations with the Career Adaptability and Well-Being." Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 5: 82.

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Published: 27 June 2019 in Mental Health, Religion & Culture
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Spiritual well-being is a multidimensional construct that includes both existential and religious dimensions. It is associated with several indicators of well-being, as self-esteem and assertiveness. The study presents the adaptation of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale to the Italian context. The participants are 531 Italian adults. The survey includes: Hope State Scale, Adult Hope Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Vision about Future Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The measures selected aim to verify the external validity of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Data analysis shows good psychometric properties of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale: the good external validity is confirmed by the significant correlations with the other measures, while the confirmatory factor analysis highlights some differences in the structure of the scale respect to the original version, probably due to cultural differences among US and Italian samples, that required a new factorial solution for the Italian version of the scale.

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Paola Magnano; Andrea Zammitti; Rossana Dibilio; Palmira Faraci. Italian validation of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 2019, 22, 626 -644.

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Paola Magnano, Andrea Zammitti, Rossana Dibilio, Palmira Faraci. Italian validation of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 2019; 22 (6):626-644.

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Paola Magnano; Andrea Zammitti; Rossana Dibilio; Palmira Faraci. 2019. "Italian validation of the Jarel Spiritual Well-Being Scale." Mental Health, Religion & Culture 22, no. 6: 626-644.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2019 in Sustainability
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The concept of sustainability, from a psychological point of view, can be related to the promotion of personal resources that help people to find decent and meaningful work and live quality lives. In the psychological concept of sustainability and sustainable development, the sustainability of careers is related not only to individual career management, but also to the possibility for individuals to obtain a good quality of life despite the frequent changes and the unpredictability of the work context. The present study focuses on the constructs of self-perceived employability and meaningful work, analyzing their relationships with workers’ quality of life. An empirical study was conducted on 660 Italian workers using the following measures: Self-perceived employability scale, work and meaning inventory, courage measure, satisfaction with life scale, and the flourishing scale. The results showed direct effects of employability and meaningful work on the indicators of quality of life (life satisfaction and flourishing); moreover, indirect effects of employability and meaningful work on the quality of life were found to be caused by the mediation of courage.

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Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi; Andrea Zammitti; Rita Zarbo; Santo Di Nuovo. Self-Perceived Employability and Meaningful Work: The Mediating Role of Courage on Quality of Life. Sustainability 2019, 11, 764 .

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Paola Magnano, Giuseppe Santisi, Andrea Zammitti, Rita Zarbo, Santo Di Nuovo. Self-Perceived Employability and Meaningful Work: The Mediating Role of Courage on Quality of Life. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (3):764.

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Paola Magnano; Giuseppe Santisi; Andrea Zammitti; Rita Zarbo; Santo Di Nuovo. 2019. "Self-Perceived Employability and Meaningful Work: The Mediating Role of Courage on Quality of Life." Sustainability 11, no. 3: 764.