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Department of Humanities, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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Research article
Published: 27 June 2021 in Psychology & Health
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This study aimed to identify the psychosocial factors involved in Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children. For this purpose, we used an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, which included both proximal and distal factors influencing intention not to vaccinate children. Participants included 447 Italian parents, each completed an online questionnaire, which measured intention not to vaccinate children, attitude toward not vaccinating, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, anticipated regret, negative attitude toward vaccines, risk perception, trust in healthcare institutions, trust in science and religious morality. Results showed that attitude toward not vaccinating was strongly associated with intention not to vaccinate children. Furthermore, attitude toward not vaccinating was associated with negative attitude toward vaccines, which in turn was affected by all the distal factors considered (risk perception, trust in healthcare institutions, trust in science, religious morality). Finally, negative attitude toward vaccines fully mediated the effect of the distal factors on attitude toward not vaccinating children. These findings provide support for the validity of the proposed extended TPB model in explaining parents’ intention not to vaccinate children. Theoretical and practical implications, in terms of understanding and promoting vaccination behaviour, are discussed.

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Daniela Caso; Miriam Capasso; Rosa Fabbricatore; Mark Conner. Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model. Psychology & Health 2021, 1 -21.

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Daniela Caso, Miriam Capasso, Rosa Fabbricatore, Mark Conner. Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model. Psychology & Health. 2021; ():1-21.

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Daniela Caso; Miriam Capasso; Rosa Fabbricatore; Mark Conner. 2021. "Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model." Psychology & Health , no. : 1-21.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2021 in Proceedings e report
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Physical activity is one of the most basic human functions, and it is an important foundation of health throughout life. Physical activity apports benefit on both physical and mental health, reducing the risk of several diseases and lowering stress reactions, anxiety and depression. More specifically, physical activity is defined as "any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure" (World Health Organization), including in this definition several activities. Among them, walking has been shown to improve physical and mental well-being in every age group. Despite that, insufficient walking among university students has been increasingly reported, requiring walking promotion intervention. In order to do this, dividing students based on their intention to walk might be useful since the intention is considered as the best predictor of behaviour. In this work, we carried out a study on university students' intention to walk and some of its predictors by exploiting Item Response Theory (IRT) models. In particular, we inspected the predictors of intention by mean of Rating Scale Graded Response Model (RS-GRM). Then we used the Latent Class IRT model to divide students according to their intention to walk, including predictors' scores as covariates. We chose the intention's predictors according to an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), with both classic and additional variables. The formers are attitude toward behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control, whereas we used risk perception, self-efficacy, anticipation, self-identity and anticipated regret as additional variables. Data was collected administrating a self-report questionnaire to undergraduate students enrolled in the Psychology course at Federico II University of Naples.

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Carla Galluccio; Rosa Fabbricatore; Daniela Caso. Exploring the intention to walk: a study on undergraduate students using item response theory and theory of planned behaviour. Proceedings e report 2021, 127, 153 -158.

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Carla Galluccio, Rosa Fabbricatore, Daniela Caso. Exploring the intention to walk: a study on undergraduate students using item response theory and theory of planned behaviour. Proceedings e report. 2021; 127 ():153-158.

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Carla Galluccio; Rosa Fabbricatore; Daniela Caso. 2021. "Exploring the intention to walk: a study on undergraduate students using item response theory and theory of planned behaviour." Proceedings e report 127, no. : 153-158.

Journal article
Published: 23 November 2020 in Psych
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Quality of life of Celiac Disease (CD) patients is affected by constraints in their physical, social and emotional behaviour. Our objective is to assess differences in two relevant dimensions of the Celiac Quality of Life (CQoL) scale, Limitations due to the disease and Dysphoria (i.e., feelings of depression and discomfort), in relation to the perceived social support and some individual and disease-related characteristics. The paper exploits suitable unidimensional Item Response Theory (IRT) models to individually analyse the two mentioned dimensions of the CQoL and Multidimensional Latent Class IRT models for ordinal polytomous items in order to detect sub-populations of CD patients that are homogenous with respect to the perceived CQoL. The latter methods allow to address patients with similar characteristics to the same treatment, performing at the same time a more tailored overture to health promotion programmes. The analysis extracts the relevant patterns and relations among CD patients, disentangling respondents receiving CD diagnosis in adolescence or adult age rather than in childhood (the first perceive high levels of Limitations and Dysphoria), patients with high perceived social support, a factor influencing in a positive way motivation to engage in management of CD-related distress and psychological well-being, and participants who are married or cohabiting. The latter report higher latent trait levels.

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Silvia Bacci; Daniela Caso; Rosa Fabbricatore; Maria Iannario. Measurement of Inter-Individual Variability in Assessing the Quality of Life in Respondents with Celiac Disease. Psych 2020, 2, 296 -314.

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Silvia Bacci, Daniela Caso, Rosa Fabbricatore, Maria Iannario. Measurement of Inter-Individual Variability in Assessing the Quality of Life in Respondents with Celiac Disease. Psych. 2020; 2 (4):296-314.

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Silvia Bacci; Daniela Caso; Rosa Fabbricatore; Maria Iannario. 2020. "Measurement of Inter-Individual Variability in Assessing the Quality of Life in Respondents with Celiac Disease." Psych 2, no. 4: 296-314.

Journal article
Published: 21 November 2020 in Sustainability
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In the face of emergency situations, such as a global pandemic, individuals rely on their personal resources, but also on community dimensions, to deal with the unprecedented changes and risks and to safeguard their well-being. The present study specifically addresses the role of individual resources and community dimensions with reference to academic communities facing COVID-19-related lockdowns and the changes that these have implied. An online questionnaire was administered to 1124 Italian University students. It detected their sense of belonging and of responsible togetherness with reference to their academic community through community dimensions, their student self-efficacy as an individual resource, and their academic stress—potentially stemming from studying in the middle of a pandemic. A multiple mediation model was been run with structural equation modeling. The results show that both the community dimensions associate with higher student self-efficacy and the sense of responsible togetherness, while also associating with lower academic stress. Moreover, student self-efficacy, in turn, associates with lower academic stress and mediates the relationships between both community dimensions and students’ academic stress levels. From these findings, the protective role that community dimensions can exert on an individual’s life becomes apparent. Building on this, further strategies should be implemented to reinforce personal and community resources in order to strengthen individuals against potentially stressful circumstances.

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Fortuna Procentese; Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Anna Donizzetti; Flora Gatti. Academic Community in the Face of Emergency Situations: Sense of Responsible Togetherness and Sense of Belonging as Protective Factors against Academic Stress during COVID-19 Outbreak. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9718 .

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Fortuna Procentese, Vincenza Capone, Daniela Caso, Anna Donizzetti, Flora Gatti. Academic Community in the Face of Emergency Situations: Sense of Responsible Togetherness and Sense of Belonging as Protective Factors against Academic Stress during COVID-19 Outbreak. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9718.

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Fortuna Procentese; Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Anna Donizzetti; Flora Gatti. 2020. "Academic Community in the Face of Emergency Situations: Sense of Responsible Togetherness and Sense of Belonging as Protective Factors against Academic Stress during COVID-19 Outbreak." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9718.

Original article
Published: 17 September 2020 in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
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Background This study aimed to test the efficacy of a messaging intervention targeting psychological or physical benefits plus goal setting and self‐monitoring strategies to promote walking activity in the university context. Methods Two hundred and thirty university students from the University of Naples Federico II were randomly allocated to one of four conditions: physical health messages + self‐monitoring, psychological health (well‐being) messages + self‐monitoring, self‐monitoring, and no messages. All three intervention conditions were exposed to goal setting (doing at least 7,000 steps a day) and participants were required to monitor their daily progress through the specific step counting app. Participants’ walking activity and related psychological variables were assessed at T1 and T2. We ran ANCOVAs and mediation analysis to test our research questions and hypotheses. Analyses were based on the N = 156 who completed all measures at both time points. Results Participants in the three experimental (message) conditions reported improvement in psychological variables and behaviour. In particular, the messages focused on the physical health benefits, combined with self‐monitoring, were the most effective. Conclusions Our study provides new information on the factors that could be usefully targeted to promote walking activity (i.e. intention, past behaviour, action control, and persuasive messages on the physical benefits of walking).

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Miriam Capasso; Deborah Oliano; Mark Conner. Using Messages Targeting Psychological versus Physical Health Benefits to Promote Walking Behaviour: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 2020, 13, 152 -173.

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Daniela Caso, Valentina Carfora, Miriam Capasso, Deborah Oliano, Mark Conner. Using Messages Targeting Psychological versus Physical Health Benefits to Promote Walking Behaviour: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 2020; 13 (1):152-173.

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Miriam Capasso; Deborah Oliano; Mark Conner. 2020. "Using Messages Targeting Psychological versus Physical Health Benefits to Promote Walking Behaviour: A Randomised Controlled Trial." Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 13, no. 1: 152-173.

Original article
Published: 09 September 2020 in Journal of Applied Social Psychology
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This study analyzed the psychosocial aspects that predict intention to reduce red/processed meat consumption, proposing an integration of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Value‐Belief‐Norm (VBN) approaches. Participants (N = 233) filled in a self‐report online questionnaire, measuring the intention to reduce red/processed meat consumption, and both TPB (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and past behavior) and VBN (universalism, general pro‐environmental beliefs, awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibility, and personal norm) variables. Results of structural equation modeling showed the adequacy of the proposed TPB + VBN integrated model to predict consumers’ intention to reduce red/processed meat consumption. Attitude and subjective norm were the strongest predictors of intention, followed by personal norm and past behavior. Mediation analyses showed that the impact of the VBN chain (from universalism to personal norm) on intention was mediated by attitude. Thus, consumers’ intention to reduce red/processed meat consumption was associated with a rational consideration of benefits related to the behavior in question, which in turn was based on moral considerations connected to pro‐environmental motives. Discussion focuses on the opportunity to integrate the (rational) TPB approach with the (normative) VBN approach, highlighting psychosocial aspects that public policy should focus on to promote a reduction of red/processed meat consumption.

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Valentina Carfora; Mark Conner; Daniela Caso; Patrizia Catellani. Rational and moral motives to reduce red and processed meat consumption. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2020, 50, 744 -755.

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Valentina Carfora, Mark Conner, Daniela Caso, Patrizia Catellani. Rational and moral motives to reduce red and processed meat consumption. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2020; 50 (12):744-755.

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Valentina Carfora; Mark Conner; Daniela Caso; Patrizia Catellani. 2020. "Rational and moral motives to reduce red and processed meat consumption." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 50, no. 12: 744-755.

Journal article
Published: 28 August 2020 in Sustainability
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In light of rising concern about the coronavirus pandemic crisis, a growing number of universities across the world have either postponed or canceled all campus and other activities. This posed new challenges for university students. Based on the classification proposed in the Mental Health Continuum model by Keyes, the aims were to estimate university students’ prevalence of mental health during lookdown outbreak, and to examine the associations between mental health and, respectively, academic stress, self-efficacy, satisfaction for degree course, locus of control, COVID-19 risk perception, taking into account the level of information seeking about pandemic. Overall, 1124 Italian university students completed a self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analyses. Results showed that 22.3% of participants were flourishing, and levels of mental well-being appeared in line with normative values in young Italian adults; levels of academic stress were not significantly higher than those found in other student samples before the COVID-19 outbreak. Students with high levels of information seeking presented higher levels of well-being and risk perception. Results could be considered useful to realize training pathways, to help the university students to improve their well-being, post-pandemic.

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Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Anna Donizzetti; Fortuna Procentese. University Student Mental Well-Being during COVID-19 Outbreak: What Are the Relationships between Information Seeking, Perceived Risk and Personal Resources Related to the Academic Context? Sustainability 2020, 12, 7039 .

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Vincenza Capone, Daniela Caso, Anna Donizzetti, Fortuna Procentese. University Student Mental Well-Being during COVID-19 Outbreak: What Are the Relationships between Information Seeking, Perceived Risk and Personal Resources Related to the Academic Context? Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7039.

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Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Anna Donizzetti; Fortuna Procentese. 2020. "University Student Mental Well-Being during COVID-19 Outbreak: What Are the Relationships between Information Seeking, Perceived Risk and Personal Resources Related to the Academic Context?" Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7039.

Original article
Published: 20 July 2020 in Journal of Applied Social Psychology
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Self‐objectification is a pervasive phenomenon, related to specific socio‐cultural context, that can lead to many psychological and interpersonal consequences. With the present study, we investigated the correlates of self‐objectification in young Italian women analyzing both its traditional antecedents and its consequences for self‐presentation on social network sites (SNS). A total of 676 Italian university female students completed a self‐reported questionnaire on self‐objectification, internalization of a thin‐ideal and related influences, internalized sexism, self‐esteem, SNS use, selfie‐posting on SNS and selfies’ manipulation. Results indicated that media and peers, but not family pressures, were positively associated with thin‐ideal internalization, which, in turn, was positively associated with self‐objectification. Moreover, both sexism and self‐esteem were significantly associated with self‐objectification. Regarding self‐objectification consequences for SNS usage, results revealed that self‐objectification was positively associated with time spent on SNS, frequency of selfie‐posting and selfie‐editing. It was concluded that objectification theory can be extended into the context of image‐related behaviors on SNS. Results suggest that young women with low self‐esteem, traditional attitudes toward gender roles and high levels of internalization of thin‐ideal may report high levels of self‐objectification which, in turn, may be related to specific self‐promotion behaviors on social media. The limitations of the present study, particularly in terms of sampling and implications for future research on selfie‐behavior are discussed.

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Daniela Caso; Giovanni Schettino; Rosa Fabbricatore; Mark Conner. “Change my selfie”: Relationships between self‐objectification and selfie‐behavior in young Italian women. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2020, 50, 538 -549.

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Daniela Caso, Giovanni Schettino, Rosa Fabbricatore, Mark Conner. “Change my selfie”: Relationships between self‐objectification and selfie‐behavior in young Italian women. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2020; 50 (9):538-549.

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Daniela Caso; Giovanni Schettino; Rosa Fabbricatore; Mark Conner. 2020. "“Change my selfie”: Relationships between self‐objectification and selfie‐behavior in young Italian women." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 50, no. 9: 538-549.

Research article
Published: 01 July 2020 in Health Psychology Open
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This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between stress and unhealthy eating among undergraduate students, considering the moderation effects of BMI, eating style, and nationality. A total of 748 Italian and French students completed self-report measures of academic stress, emotional eating, restrained eating, BMI, and unhealthy eating intake. Results showed that academic stress increased unhealthy food consumption in Italian students, whereas it reduced junk food consumption in French students. Negative emotional eating and BMI moderated, respectively, the impact of academic stress on sweet food intake and snacking. Finally, no clear support was found for the moderation role of restrained eating.

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Daniela Caso; Capasso Miriam; Fabbricatore Rosa; Conner Mark. Unhealthy eating and academic stress: The moderating effect of eating style and BMI. Health Psychology Open 2020, 7, 1 .

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Daniela Caso, Capasso Miriam, Fabbricatore Rosa, Conner Mark. Unhealthy eating and academic stress: The moderating effect of eating style and BMI. Health Psychology Open. 2020; 7 (2):1.

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Daniela Caso; Capasso Miriam; Fabbricatore Rosa; Conner Mark. 2020. "Unhealthy eating and academic stress: The moderating effect of eating style and BMI." Health Psychology Open 7, no. 2: 1.

Journal article
Published: 07 April 2020 in Journal of Functional Foods
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Innovation is fundamental for all agri-food companies to increase competitiveness. Being extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) a traditional food product (TFP), the main obstacle to innovation is its traditional nature. This study evaluated consumers’ acceptance for an EVOO with a naturally increased content of poliphenols, as it has been extracted through ultrasounds. This product has been compared with a set of emerging innovations that may be introduced in the next future. To this end, a choice experiment was carried out bent on the estimation of a Latent Class Model (LCM). A nationally-representative sample of EVOO consumers were involved in a web-based interview. The LCM analysis highlighted three segments of consumers: (1) innovative; (2) traditionalist; (3) cautious. Results showed that there is cluster of consumers willing to accept this innovation, therefore its introduction on the market appears to be possibly successful.

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Luigi Roselli; G. Cicia; T. Del Giudice; C. Cavallo; R. Vecchio; V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; Ruggiero Sardaro; D. Carlucci; Bernardo De Gennaro. Testing consumers’ acceptance for an extra-virgin olive oil with a naturally increased content in polyphenols: The case of ultrasounds extraction. Journal of Functional Foods 2020, 69, 103940 .

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Luigi Roselli, G. Cicia, T. Del Giudice, C. Cavallo, R. Vecchio, V. Carfora, Daniela Caso, Ruggiero Sardaro, D. Carlucci, Bernardo De Gennaro. Testing consumers’ acceptance for an extra-virgin olive oil with a naturally increased content in polyphenols: The case of ultrasounds extraction. Journal of Functional Foods. 2020; 69 ():103940.

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Luigi Roselli; G. Cicia; T. Del Giudice; C. Cavallo; R. Vecchio; V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; Ruggiero Sardaro; D. Carlucci; Bernardo De Gennaro. 2020. "Testing consumers’ acceptance for an extra-virgin olive oil with a naturally increased content in polyphenols: The case of ultrasounds extraction." Journal of Functional Foods 69, no. : 103940.

Journal article
Published: 03 December 2019 in Sustainability
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world, is associated with different types of cancer, especially cervical cancer. In Italy in 2017 the Italian Ministry of Health introduced a free HPV vaccination programme for 12-years-old boys. In this study we tested an integrated theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model to explain Italian mothers’ intention to vaccinate their sons against HPV. TPB variables plus past behaviour, trust in healthy authorities and anticipated regret were measured by a questionnaire in a sample of 333 Italian mothers of 6–11 years old boys, who were not yet vaccinated against HPV. Results showed that subjective norm was the strongest predictor of mothers’ intention followed by anticipated regret, trust in health authorities, perceived behavioural control and attitude. Mediation analysis found that past behaviour influenced intention via attitude. The discussion considers the relevance of these factors in promoting mothers’ adherence.

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Chiara Starace; Mark Conner. Key Factors Influencing Italian Mothers’ Intention to Vaccinate Sons against HPV: The Influence of Trust in Health Authorities, Anticipated Regret and Past Behaviour. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6879 .

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Daniela Caso, Valentina Carfora, Chiara Starace, Mark Conner. Key Factors Influencing Italian Mothers’ Intention to Vaccinate Sons against HPV: The Influence of Trust in Health Authorities, Anticipated Regret and Past Behaviour. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (23):6879.

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Chiara Starace; Mark Conner. 2019. "Key Factors Influencing Italian Mothers’ Intention to Vaccinate Sons against HPV: The Influence of Trust in Health Authorities, Anticipated Regret and Past Behaviour." Sustainability 11, no. 23: 6879.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2019 in Journal of Environmental Psychology
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V. Carfora; P. Catellani; Daniela Caso; M. Conner. How to reduce red and processed meat consumption by daily text messages targeting environment or health benefits. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2019, 65, 1 .

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V. Carfora, P. Catellani, Daniela Caso, M. Conner. How to reduce red and processed meat consumption by daily text messages targeting environment or health benefits. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2019; 65 ():1.

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V. Carfora; P. Catellani; Daniela Caso; M. Conner. 2019. "How to reduce red and processed meat consumption by daily text messages targeting environment or health benefits." Journal of Environmental Psychology 65, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 14 March 2019 in Food Quality and Preference
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The present study aimed to investigate, from a psychological perspective, the elements that are able to predict attitudes to, and purchases of, organic products. Our specific focus was organic milk due to the reputation established by this product over the years, especially thanks to sales by large retailers. The analysis was performed within the theoretical framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior, which was extended to include trust in supply chain actors and self-identity of the consumers in question as “green consumers”. A large sample of Italian consumers (n=1509) was interviewed in two stages in order to obtain data regarding both intentions and actual behavior in respect of organic milk purchase. Our results suggest that TPB is, indeed, a predictive model for explaining organic milk purchase intentions and behavior. Furthermore, it can be successfully extended to elements such as self-identity and trust. Yet among all the dimensions of trust in the different actors of the supply chain, only trust in farmers was supported by our results. Therefore, campaigns aimed at fostering trust in farmers could reinforce the position of this food category when required.

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Valentina Carfora; Carla Cavallo; Daniela Caso; T. Del Giudice; B. De Devitiis; R. Viscecchia; Gianluca Nardone; G. Cicia. Explaining consumer purchase behavior for organic milk: Including trust and green self-identity within the theory of planned behavior. Food Quality and Preference 2019, 76, 1 -9.

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Valentina Carfora, Carla Cavallo, Daniela Caso, T. Del Giudice, B. De Devitiis, R. Viscecchia, Gianluca Nardone, G. Cicia. Explaining consumer purchase behavior for organic milk: Including trust and green self-identity within the theory of planned behavior. Food Quality and Preference. 2019; 76 ():1-9.

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Valentina Carfora; Carla Cavallo; Daniela Caso; T. Del Giudice; B. De Devitiis; R. Viscecchia; Gianluca Nardone; G. Cicia. 2019. "Explaining consumer purchase behavior for organic milk: Including trust and green self-identity within the theory of planned behavior." Food Quality and Preference 76, no. : 1-9.

Journal article
Published: 08 January 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The present study focused on an environmental scandal that occurred in Italy, the Land of Fires toxic waste scandal, which caused consumer concerns related to the safety of food produced in the affected region, as well as massive market reduction in products associated with the polluted area. Based on a representative sample of Italian households (N = 1134), this study applied an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to analyze consumer purchases of regional food products after this environmental hazard. In addition to attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, the model included risk perception, trust, and actual purchases. Using a structural equation model, our results provided support to the hypothesis that consumer perceptions of risk negatively impacted their purchase behaviors and suggested that increasing Italians’ trust in government information could reduce their perceived risk and, consequently, increase their intention to purchase regional food.

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Luigi Cembalo; Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Francesco Caracciolo; Alessia Lombardi; Gianni Cicia. The “Land of Fires” Toxic Waste Scandal and Its Effect on Consumer Food Choices. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 165 .

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Luigi Cembalo, Daniela Caso, Valentina Carfora, Francesco Caracciolo, Alessia Lombardi, Gianni Cicia. The “Land of Fires” Toxic Waste Scandal and Its Effect on Consumer Food Choices. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (1):165.

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Luigi Cembalo; Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora; Francesco Caracciolo; Alessia Lombardi; Gianni Cicia. 2019. "The “Land of Fires” Toxic Waste Scandal and Its Effect on Consumer Food Choices." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 1: 165.

Journal article
Published: 16 August 2018 in Appetite
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The present research focused on water intake (WI) in young adults. Study 1 (N = 272) was a correlational study and showed affective attitude, perceived behavioural control, past behaviour and anticipated negative affective reactions (ANAR) to predict WI intentions. It also showed intentions, instrumental attitude, perceived behavioural control, and past behaviour to predict WI prospectively. In addition, ANAR moderates the relationship between intention and future water intake (WI). Study 2 (N = 197) was an experimental study and showed that daily text messages targeting ANAR plus a self-monitoring manipulation increased WI immediately after the intervention although this effect did not persist one month later. Mediation analysis indicated the intervention impacted WI via sequentially changing ANAR and intention.

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Valentina Carfora; Daniela Caso; Francesco Palumbo; Mark Conner. Promoting water intake. The persuasiveness of a messaging intervention based on anticipated negative affective reactions and self-monitoring. Appetite 2018, 130, 236 -246.

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Valentina Carfora, Daniela Caso, Francesco Palumbo, Mark Conner. Promoting water intake. The persuasiveness of a messaging intervention based on anticipated negative affective reactions and self-monitoring. Appetite. 2018; 130 ():236-246.

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Valentina Carfora; Daniela Caso; Francesco Palumbo; Mark Conner. 2018. "Promoting water intake. The persuasiveness of a messaging intervention based on anticipated negative affective reactions and self-monitoring." Appetite 130, no. : 236-246.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2017 in Journal of Environmental Psychology
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Self-identity is considered as a useful additional predictor in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). However, previous research generally assessed the impact of pro-environmental self-identity in relation to single behaviours and no studies considered its potential role in moderating the impact of other predictors on behaviour. The present research used a within-persons approach to examine effects across behaviours and a longitudinal design to assess the moderating role of self-identity in the prediction of intentions and behaviours, controlling for past behaviour. Participants ( N = 240) completed Time 1 questionnaires measuring TPB constructs in relation to five different pro-environmental behaviours. Two weeks later, participants ( N = 220) responded to a questionnaire assessing self-reports of these behaviours during the intervening two-week period. Across pro-environmental behaviours the findings showed that pro-environmental self-identity significantly moderated the impact of perceived behavioural control on intentions and the effect of past behaviour on both intentions and behaviours.

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V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; Paul Sparks; M. Conner. Moderating effects of pro-environmental self-identity on pro-environmental intentions and behaviour: A multi-behaviour study. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2017, 53, 92 -99.

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V. Carfora, Daniela Caso, Paul Sparks, M. Conner. Moderating effects of pro-environmental self-identity on pro-environmental intentions and behaviour: A multi-behaviour study. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2017; 53 ():92-99.

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V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; Paul Sparks; M. Conner. 2017. "Moderating effects of pro-environmental self-identity on pro-environmental intentions and behaviour: A multi-behaviour study." Journal of Environmental Psychology 53, no. : 92-99.

Randomized controlled trial
Published: 01 October 2017 in Appetite
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The present study aimed to extend the literature on text messaging interventions involved in promoting healthy eating behaviours. The theoretical framework was the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A randomized controlled trial was used to test the impact of daily text messages compared to no message (groups) for reducing processed meat consumption (PMC) over a 2 week period, testing the sequential mediation role of anticipated regret and intention on the relationship between groups and PMC reduction. PMC and TPB variables were assessed both at Time 1 and Time 2. Participants were Italian undergraduates (at Time 1 N = 124) randomly allocated to control and message condition groups. Undergraduates in the message condition group received a daily SMS, which focused on anticipated regret and urged them to self-monitor PMC. Participants in the control group did not receive any message. Those who completed all measures at both time points were included in the analyses (N = 112). Findings showed that a daily messaging intervention, controlling for participants' past behaviour, reduced self-reported consumption of PMC. Mediation analyses indicated partial serial mediation via anticipated regret and intentions. The current study provided support for the efficacy of a daily messaging intervention targeting anticipated regret and encouraging self-monitoring in decreasing PMC. Outcomes showed the important mediating role of anticipated regret and intentions for reducing PMC.

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V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; M. Conner. Randomised controlled trial of a text messaging intervention for reducing processed meat consumption: The mediating roles of anticipated regret and intention. Appetite 2017, 117, 152 -160.

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V. Carfora, Daniela Caso, M. Conner. Randomised controlled trial of a text messaging intervention for reducing processed meat consumption: The mediating roles of anticipated regret and intention. Appetite. 2017; 117 ():152-160.

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V. Carfora; Daniela Caso; M. Conner. 2017. "Randomised controlled trial of a text messaging intervention for reducing processed meat consumption: The mediating roles of anticipated regret and intention." Appetite 117, no. : 152-160.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2017 in Personality and Individual Differences
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Two large Italian samples (N1 = 2248 and N2 = 1439) were used to investigate the factor structure and discriminant validity of 3 dimensions of the tripartite model of mental well-being, i.e., hedonic, social, and psychological well-being. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) was used to measure the well-being dimensions. The data were analyzed using both Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM). The results supported the tripartite model in both samples. In factor analysis, three distinct factors emerged with weak to moderate intercorrelations, indicating a large portion of unshared variance between the factors. The three factors also demonstrated largely different relationships with nine external variables. These results support the factorial and discriminant validity of the dimensions of the tripartite model

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Mohsen Joshanloo; Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo; Daniela Caso. Discriminant validity of hedonic, social, and psychological well-being in two Italian samples. Personality and Individual Differences 2017, 109, 23 -27.

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Mohsen Joshanloo, Vincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo, Daniela Caso. Discriminant validity of hedonic, social, and psychological well-being in two Italian samples. Personality and Individual Differences. 2017; 109 ():23-27.

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Mohsen Joshanloo; Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo; Daniela Caso. 2017. "Discriminant validity of hedonic, social, and psychological well-being in two Italian samples." Personality and Individual Differences 109, no. : 23-27.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE
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La Teoria del Comportamento Pianificato (TPB ‒ Ajzen, 1991) è stata ampliamente applicata\ud alla spiegazione del consumo di frutta e verdura. Lo scopo di questo studio pilota è\ud stato quello di verificare l’applicabilità del modello TPB alla valutazione di un intervento di\ud promozione di un adeguato consumo di frutta e verdura, tramite l’invio di messaggi giornalieri\ud che incentivino i partecipanti a monitorare il loro consumo quotidiano. I partecipanti (N=116\ud studenti universitari; 30 M, 86 F; età media=22,91 anni, D.S.=8,33) hanno preso parte ad un\ud disegno di ricerca che prevedeva la manipolazione della variabile “messaggi vs assenza di\ud messaggi”. Come ipotizzato, a seguito dell’intervento il gruppo sperimentale (che ha ricevuto\ud i messaggi giornalieri), confrontato con il gruppo di controllo (che non ha ricevuto messaggi),\ud ha incrementato l’assunzione di frutta e verdura. Inoltre, il ruolo di mediazione dell’intenzione\ud tra le condizioni sperimentali e il cambiamento comportamentale ha confermato il potere predittivo\ud della TPB, la quale considera la pianificazione intenzionale come antecedente cognitivo\ud del comportamento. Se pur nei limiti di uno studio pilota, i risultati ottenuti potranno\ud essere utilizzati a supporto di nuove strategie di promozione della salute alimentare che utilizzino\ud un canale di comunicazione (la messaggistica istantanea) più contestualizzato rispetto\ud alle abitudini delle nuove generazioni

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora. Un intervento di messaggistica istantanea per la promozione del monitoraggio del consumo di frutta e verdura. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE 2017, 97 -111.

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Daniela Caso, Valentina Carfora. Un intervento di messaggistica istantanea per la promozione del monitoraggio del consumo di frutta e verdura. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE. 2017; (1):97-111.

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Daniela Caso; Valentina Carfora. 2017. "Un intervento di messaggistica istantanea per la promozione del monitoraggio del consumo di frutta e verdura." PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE , no. 1: 97-111.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in Social Science & Medicine
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The present studies provide support for the predictive validity of TPB in explaining intentions to reduce RMC and for the efficacy of an SMS intervention targeting self-monitoring in reducing RMC. Findings confirmed the important role of eating identities in explaining intentions to reduce RMC and in changing this behaviour.

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V. Carfora; D. Caso; M. Conner. Correlational study and randomised controlled trial for understanding and changing red meat consumption: The role of eating identities. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 175, 244 -252.

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V. Carfora, D. Caso, M. Conner. Correlational study and randomised controlled trial for understanding and changing red meat consumption: The role of eating identities. Social Science & Medicine. 2017; 175 ():244-252.

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V. Carfora; D. Caso; M. Conner. 2017. "Correlational study and randomised controlled trial for understanding and changing red meat consumption: The role of eating identities." Social Science & Medicine 175, no. : 244-252.