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Vincenza Capone, PhD, is a senior assistant professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Department of Humanities of the University of Naples “Federico II,” where she teaches work and organizational psychology at the degree course in psychological sciences and techniques. Her scientific interests, expressed in several studies, publications, and participation in national and international conferences, focus on health workers–patient communication; personal and collective efficacy beliefs; organizational well-being and justice; organizational assessment, and psychosocial factors related to career development.
In the world of university research, although the figure of project manager is not formally foreseen, the principal researcher (PR) is, at many times, the last responsible the project results, schedule, and cost. The study aimed to investigate, in the light of the literature and through a cross-cultural study conducted in Italy and Poland, the relationship between soft skills (empowering leadership style, self-efficacy beliefs, and collective efficacy) of the principal researcher (PR) and the perceived success of research projects and satisfaction with the project, taking into account cross-cultural differences. A total of 67 PRs of complex projects in public universities (28 in Italy and 39 in Poland) participated in the study, completing a self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analyses. The results showed a significantly higher mean value for team management self-efficacy in a Polish sample and a higher satisfaction with projects in Italian sample. All the soft skills included in the study were related to project success and satisfaction with the project. The results could be used to identify possible ways of intervention to establish a more mature project culture in public research organizations.
Guido Capaldo; Vincenza Capone; Jolanta Babiak; Beata Bajcar; Dorota Kuchta. Efficacy Beliefs, Empowering Leadership, and Project Success in Public Research Centers: An Italian–Polish Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6763 .
AMA StyleGuido Capaldo, Vincenza Capone, Jolanta Babiak, Beata Bajcar, Dorota Kuchta. Efficacy Beliefs, Empowering Leadership, and Project Success in Public Research Centers: An Italian–Polish Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (13):6763.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuido Capaldo; Vincenza Capone; Jolanta Babiak; Beata Bajcar; Dorota Kuchta. 2021. "Efficacy Beliefs, Empowering Leadership, and Project Success in Public Research Centers: An Italian–Polish Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 6763.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led the worldwide healthcare system to a severe crisis in which personnel paid the major costs. Many studies were promptly dedicated to the physical and psychological consequences of the COVID-19 exposure among healthcare employees, whereas the research on the other working populations has been substantially ignored. To bridge the current lack of knowledge about safe behaviors related to the risk of COVID-19 contagion at work, the aim of the study was to validate a new tool, the [email protected] (Safety at Work), to assess workers’ perceptions of safety. Methods: A total of 1085 participants, employed in several organizations sited across areas with different levels of risk of contagion, completed an online questionnaire. To test the [email protected] validity and measurement invariance, the research sample was randomly divided in two. Results: In the first sub-sample, Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated the adequacy of the [email protected] factorial structure. In the second sub-sample, multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis revealed that the [email protected] was invariant across gender, ecological risk level, and type of occupation (in-person vs. remote working). Conclusions: The study evidenced the psychometric properties of the [email protected], a brief tool to monitor workers’ experiences and safety perceptions regarding the COVID-19 risk in any organisational setting.
Daniela Converso; Andreina Bruno; Vincenza Capone; Lara Colombo; Alessandra Falco; Teresa Galanti; Damiano Girardi; Gloria Guidetti; Sara Viotti; Barbara Loera. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 5986 .
AMA StyleDaniela Converso, Andreina Bruno, Vincenza Capone, Lara Colombo, Alessandra Falco, Teresa Galanti, Damiano Girardi, Gloria Guidetti, Sara Viotti, Barbara Loera. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (11):5986.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Converso; Andreina Bruno; Vincenza Capone; Lara Colombo; Alessandra Falco; Teresa Galanti; Damiano Girardi; Gloria Guidetti; Sara Viotti; Barbara Loera. 2021. "Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 5986.
Background: Among older people in the world, older patients’ communication has become a public health issue of vital importance. Such communication could be improved by different interventions. However, a means of measuring patient’s communication confidence in these measures has not been established in China. This study is aimed at translating and introducing the Patient’s Communication Self-Efficacy Scale for communication between doctors and patients after total hip replacement. Method: (1) A questionnaire was completed after a consultation by 167 patients (mean age = 70.04 years; SD: 6.3 years; females/males: 94/73). Translation of the original English version PCSS into the Chinese; (2) Validation of the final Chinese version of the PCSS. Measurement indexes included item generation, reliability testing, construct validity and test–retest reliability. To actualize the above test, we used SPSS 19.0 software and LISREL 8.7. We build the Bayesian Network Model of the Chinese version of the PCSS and determined predictive variables. Result: Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Chinese version of the PCSS has fit a three-dimensional model. Meanwhile, the Chinese version of the PCSS has high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α coefficient 0.929) and test–retest reliability (Kappa coefficient 0.761). Analysis using Bayesian networks shows that the important predictors are education (0.4207), PEPPI 3(0.3951), and PCSS 1(0.1139). The connections between PCSS 3 and other variables do not indicate causality, conditional dependencies or inter-relatedness. Conclusion: This is the first study to validate the Chinese version of the PCSS in outpatients after total hip replacement. Our results confirmed that the Chinese version of the scale has high internal consistency, construct validity and test–retest reliability. And the patient–doctor interaction and education are important predictors of patient’s communication self-efficacy.
Jing Liu; Huiwen Zhao; Vincenza Capone; Ziyi Li; Jing Wang; Wen Luo. Validation of the Chinese Version of the Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (PCSS) in Outpatients After Total Hip Replacement. Patient Preference and Adherence 2021, ume 15, 625 -633.
AMA StyleJing Liu, Huiwen Zhao, Vincenza Capone, Ziyi Li, Jing Wang, Wen Luo. Validation of the Chinese Version of the Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (PCSS) in Outpatients After Total Hip Replacement. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2021; ume 15 ():625-633.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJing Liu; Huiwen Zhao; Vincenza Capone; Ziyi Li; Jing Wang; Wen Luo. 2021. "Validation of the Chinese Version of the Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (PCSS) in Outpatients After Total Hip Replacement." Patient Preference and Adherence ume 15, no. : 625-633.
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.
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 .
AMA StyleFortuna 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFortuna 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.
Communication is a crucial component in all steps of the health care process. Therefore, it is important to have knowledge about the communication skills of the whole health organization. From the socio-cognitive perspective, collective efficacy beliefs are the main indicators of the capacity of functioning of the system. This work aimed to contribute to the validation of the English version of Health Profession Communication Collective Efficacy Scale (HPCCE scale) a self-report questionnaire measuring hospital doctors’ beliefs to succeed as a group to meet the needs of internal and external communication and of communication with patients, examining the structure, reliability and convergent validity. This study was a cross-sectional investigation conducted using snowball sampling. The participants were 287 doctors working at different hospitals in UK. Explorative factor analyses and Rush analysis confirmed the one-factor solution. Results revealed high internal reliability. The HPCCE scale correlated positively with Social Self-Efficacy. The English version of HPCCE is a valid instrument to measure communication efficacy beliefs in hospital, involving different type of doctors. It can contribute to the implementation and evaluation of management interventions in a health organization aimed at its optimization.
Vincenza Capone; Leda Marino; Anna Donizzetti. The English Version of the Health Profession Communication Collective Efficacy Scale (HPCCE Scale) by Capone and Petrillo, 2012. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 2020, 10, 1065 -1079.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Leda Marino, Anna Donizzetti. The English Version of the Health Profession Communication Collective Efficacy Scale (HPCCE Scale) by Capone and Petrillo, 2012. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2020; 10 (4):1065-1079.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Leda Marino; Anna Donizzetti. 2020. "The English Version of the Health Profession Communication Collective Efficacy Scale (HPCCE Scale) by Capone and Petrillo, 2012." European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 10, no. 4: 1065-1079.
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.
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 .
AMA StyleVincenza 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza 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.
Life Satisfaction is a key indicator of subjective well-being and represents its cognitive component, measuring individuals’ judgment of their own lives. The aim of this study is to analyze the predictors of Life Satisfaction in a large Italian representative sample. To this end, we consider sociodemographic characteristics and other variables identified in the literature as central to Life Satisfaction. These variables are satisfaction with standards of living, household income satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and social support. Cross-sectional. The data were extracted from the Gallup World Poll which has collected nationally representative samples from Italy since 2005. The total number of participants was 14,039 individuals aged 15 and above (58.3% females, Mage = 48.74, SDage = 16.43). The results show that women score significantly lower than men on Life Satisfaction and that Life Satisfaction declines with age. Furthermore, satisfaction with standards of living is the strongest predictor of Life Satisfaction. Household income satisfaction, positive affect, social support, and negative affect, respectively, follow. Present findings demonstrate that researchers and policy-makers need to pay attention to a wide range of economic and psycho-social factors in order to understand and improve Life Satisfaction in Italy.
Vincenza Capone; Mohsen Joshanloo; Heinz Scheifinger. Predictors of life satisfaction in a large representative sample from Italy. Current Psychology 2019, 1 -19.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Mohsen Joshanloo, Heinz Scheifinger. Predictors of life satisfaction in a large representative sample from Italy. Current Psychology. 2019; ():1-19.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Mohsen Joshanloo; Heinz Scheifinger. 2019. "Predictors of life satisfaction in a large representative sample from Italy." Current Psychology , no. : 1-19.
The present study investigated burnout and its associated factors in school teachers. We tested the relationships between burnout, depression, efficacy beliefs (self and collective), school climate, and organizational justice in a sample of 609 Italian school teachers. Using path analysis and controlling for age and gender, we found that collective efficacy, school climate, and organizational justice were significantly associated with burnout and depression. The relationships between these variables and depression were mediated by burnout. Results suggest that planning development programs to reduce teachers’ malaise and improve their evaluation methods involves taking into account the buffering effect of efficacy beliefs, school climate, and organizational justice against burnout and depression.
Vincenza Capone; Mohsen Joshanloo; Miriam Sang-Ah Park. Burnout, depression, efficacy beliefs, and work-related variables among school teachers. International Journal of Educational Research 2019, 95, 97 -108.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Mohsen Joshanloo, Miriam Sang-Ah Park. Burnout, depression, efficacy beliefs, and work-related variables among school teachers. International Journal of Educational Research. 2019; 95 ():97-108.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Mohsen Joshanloo; Miriam Sang-Ah Park. 2019. "Burnout, depression, efficacy beliefs, and work-related variables among school teachers." International Journal of Educational Research 95, no. : 97-108.
Several studies showed that mental well-being varies based on employment status. A comprehensive assessment of well-being, covering both hedonic and eudaimonic aspects, has been considered essential to capture an individual’s positive mental health. Aims: Based on the classification proposed in the Mental Health Continuum model by Keyes (2005), aims were to estimate teachers’ prevalence of mental health, and to examine the associations between mental health and, respectively, burnout, depression, teacher self-efficacy, teacher collective efficacy and job satisfaction, taking into account the job status. 285 high school teachers completed a self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analyses. Findings showed that 38.7% of participants were flourishing, 53.2% were moderately mentally healthy, and 8.2% were languishing. The flourishing group reported lower prevalence of depression and burnout, and higher levels of job satisfaction and efficacy beliefs than the other two groups. Significant differences between the permanent and temporary teachers emerged. Interventions to improve teachers’ well-being should take into account factors as teachers’ self-efficacy, collective efficacy, as well as teachers’ perception of job satisfaction, and the adverse impact that the condition of temporary teacher could have on work.
Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. Mental health in teachers: Relationships with job satisfaction, efficacy beliefs, burnout and depression. Current Psychology 2018, 39, 1757 -1766.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo. Mental health in teachers: Relationships with job satisfaction, efficacy beliefs, burnout and depression. Current Psychology. 2018; 39 (5):1757-1766.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. 2018. "Mental health in teachers: Relationships with job satisfaction, efficacy beliefs, burnout and depression." Current Psychology 39, no. 5: 1757-1766.
A review of literature suggests a lack of studies analyzing the correlates of school context to social well-being (SWB). By integrating the perspective of community psychology and social cognition, this study uses structural equation model to examine the effect of classroom climate, classroom sense of community, collective efficacy, and justice beliefs on students SWB. The study involves 390 high school students (58.6% females) between the ages of 13 and 20 years. The results show that classroom relationships as indicator of classroom climate and sense of community are associated with collective efficacy. Furthermore, collective efficacy, sense of community, and relational and procedural justice correlate with SWB. We discuss the implications of this finding for the positive development of adolescents and school-based intervention programs.
Vincenza Capone; Anna Rosa Donizzetti; Giovanna Petrillo. Classroom relationships, sense of community, perceptions of justice, and collective efficacy for students’ social well-being. Journal of Community Psychology 2017, 46, 374 -382.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Anna Rosa Donizzetti, Giovanna Petrillo. Classroom relationships, sense of community, perceptions of justice, and collective efficacy for students’ social well-being. Journal of Community Psychology. 2017; 46 (3):374-382.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Anna Rosa Donizzetti; Giovanna Petrillo. 2017. "Classroom relationships, sense of community, perceptions of justice, and collective efficacy for students’ social well-being." Journal of Community Psychology 46, no. 3: 374-382.
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
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.
AMA StyleMohsen 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohsen 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.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the validation of the Organizational Justice Index (OJI) by Hoy and Tarter (2004), a self-report questionnaire for teachers’ perceptions of fairness in the operation and administration of schools. Design/methodology/approach – In two studies the authors validated the Italian version of the OJI. Study 1 included 164 Italian high school teachers (76.8 percent were female) to test structure and construct validity. Study 2 involved 200 teachers (permanent and temporary teachers) to confirm the structure of the scale, test the construct and criterion validity, and invariance. Findings – Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-factor solution and that the structure of the scale was the same across teachers. Results revealed high internal reliability. The OJI correlated positively with equity, school climate, and job satisfaction, and negatively with depression and burnout. Research limitations/implications – Since the research approach could lead to common method variance issues, it will be important to determine the associations of OJI with non-self-report assessments. Practical implications – The OJI can be applied optimally to: assess potential organizational problems prior to conducting major interventions; investigate school dynamic problems; target interventions designed to enhance perception of organizational justice; incorporate evaluation of organizational justice as part of regular employee assessments. Originality/value – Overall findings fill the need of standardized measures of organizational justice for specific context. The OJI is a valid instrument to measure organizational justice in school, involving different type of teachers.
Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. Teachers’ perceptions of fairness, well-being and burnout. International Journal of Educational Management 2016, 30, 864 -880.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo. Teachers’ perceptions of fairness, well-being and burnout. International Journal of Educational Management. 2016; 30 (6):864-880.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. 2016. "Teachers’ perceptions of fairness, well-being and burnout." International Journal of Educational Management 30, no. 6: 864-880.
Recent approaches define collective identity as a multi-component construct. Nonetheless, there is a lack of research about the dimensionality of in-group identification in relation to European Identity. Leach and colleagues (2008) proposed a framework of in-group identification, in which they distinguish five main components integrated into two higher-order dimensions. In two studies we examined the validity of the Italian version of the In-Group Identification Scale by Leach et al., with a focus on European identity. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the hierarchical model of in-group identification fitted the data well (Study 1); the measure was shown to have satisfactory convergent and divergent validity. In Study 2, the relations between European identification and several possible antecedents and outcomes were examined.
Francesco La Barbera; Vincenza Capone. Five dimensions of European identity: A contribution to the Italian adaptation and validation of the In-Group Identification Scale. Europe's Journal of Psychology 2016, 12, 288 -303.
AMA StyleFrancesco La Barbera, Vincenza Capone. Five dimensions of European identity: A contribution to the Italian adaptation and validation of the In-Group Identification Scale. Europe's Journal of Psychology. 2016; 12 (2):288-303.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco La Barbera; Vincenza Capone. 2016. "Five dimensions of European identity: A contribution to the Italian adaptation and validation of the In-Group Identification Scale." Europe's Journal of Psychology 12, no. 2: 288-303.
We examined the structure, reliability, construct validity, and gender invariance of the Classroom sense of community scale (SoC-C), a self-report questionnaire for measuring students’ classroom sense of community. The SoC-C was administered to 390 Italian students (58.6% females), between the ages of 13 and 20 years. Explorative and confirmatory factor analyses established a 5-factors solution (Sense of belonging and emotional connection with peers, Satisfaction of needs and opportunities for involvement, Support and emotional connection in the community, Support by peers, and Opportunities for influence) and a latent factor consisting of the five dimensions of classroom sense of community. Results revealed a high internal reliability and that the structure of the scale was the same for males and females. The SoC-C and its subscales correlated positively with corresponding measures, such as psychosocial well-being, perceived justice, collective efficacy, showing convergent validity
Giovanna Petrillo; Vincenza Capone; Anna Rosa Donizzetti. CLASSROOM SENSE OF COMMUNITY SCALE: VALIDATION OF A SELF-REPORT MEASURE FOR ADOLESCENTS. Journal of Community Psychology 2016, 44, 399 -409.
AMA StyleGiovanna Petrillo, Vincenza Capone, Anna Rosa Donizzetti. CLASSROOM SENSE OF COMMUNITY SCALE: VALIDATION OF A SELF-REPORT MEASURE FOR ADOLESCENTS. Journal of Community Psychology. 2016; 44 (3):399-409.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Petrillo; Vincenza Capone; Anna Rosa Donizzetti. 2016. "CLASSROOM SENSE OF COMMUNITY SCALE: VALIDATION OF A SELF-REPORT MEASURE FOR ADOLESCENTS." Journal of Community Psychology 44, no. 3: 399-409.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure, reliability, construct validity, and group invariance of the Italian version of the Bohn Organizational Efficacy Scale (OES), a self-report questionnaire for organizational efficacy assessment in the business context. Design/methodology/approach – The first study included Italian employees of a pasta factory (n=120) to test divergent, convergent, and discriminant validity of the OES with existing instruments. The second study combined three hospital (n=180 Italian health workers) to confirm the structure of the scale. Findings – Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the three-factor solution (collaboration, sense of mission and future, and sense of resilience), and that the structure of the scale was the same across employees of hospital and pasta factory. Results revealed a high internal reliability. The OES correlated positively with corresponding aspects of organizational functioning, well-being, and job satisfaction. The scale did not correlate with measures of general self-efficacy and personal empowerment. Levels of job satisfaction and well-being resulted higher among people with moderate/high organizational efficacy than among adults with low organizational efficacy. Research limitations/implications – Because of the chosen research approach could lead to common method variance issues: it will be important to determine the associations of OES with non-self-report assessments of the same construct. Practical implications – The OES can be applied optimally in the empirical study of factors influencing organizational setting and used in training aiming at strengthening employees’ collective skills. Originality/value – The OES is a valid instrument to measure organizational efficacy. Findings highlighted a strong relationship between collective efficacy, job satisfaction and well-being.
Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. Organizational efficacy, job satisfaction and well-being. Journal of Management Development 2015, 34, 374 -394.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo. Organizational efficacy, job satisfaction and well-being. Journal of Management Development. 2015; 34 (4):374-394.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. 2015. "Organizational efficacy, job satisfaction and well-being." Journal of Management Development 34, no. 4: 374-394.
Giovanna Petrillo; Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Corey L. M. Keyes. Mental Health Continuum—Short Form—Italian Version. PsycTESTS Dataset 2015, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanna Petrillo, Vincenza Capone, Daniela Caso, Corey L. M. Keyes. Mental Health Continuum—Short Form—Italian Version. PsycTESTS Dataset. 2015; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Petrillo; Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Corey L. M. Keyes. 2015. "Mental Health Continuum—Short Form—Italian Version." PsycTESTS Dataset , no. : 1.
Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo. Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset. 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. 2014. "Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale." PsycTESTS Dataset , no. : 1.
In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the associations between patient communication self-efficacy and self-reported symptoms in doctor–patient communication, as perceived by patients, and the mental health and illness of hospital outpatients. Using data from a sample of 74 outpatients ( mean age = 37.58 years, standard deviation = 12.54), a structural equation model was calculated. The results showed that communication self-efficacy and respectful behaviour were associated with mental health and illness. Furthermore, self-reported symptoms were correlated with mental illness. Gender and educational differences also occurred. The findings suggest that enhancing patients’ communication skills could benefit outpatients in general, but female and less educated patients in particular.
Vincenza Capone. Patient communication self-efficacy, self-reported illness symptoms, physician communication style and mental health and illness in hospital outpatients. Journal of Health Psychology 2014, 21, 1271 -1282.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone. Patient communication self-efficacy, self-reported illness symptoms, physician communication style and mental health and illness in hospital outpatients. Journal of Health Psychology. 2014; 21 (7):1271-1282.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone. 2014. "Patient communication self-efficacy, self-reported illness symptoms, physician communication style and mental health and illness in hospital outpatients." Journal of Health Psychology 21, no. 7: 1271-1282.
Secondo il Mental Health Continuum (MHC) di Keyes le persone si collocano lungo un continuum che va da presenza (Flourishing) ad assenza di benessere (Languishing). Numerosi studi hanno identificato il posizionamento sul MHC di adulti e adolescenti (americani, africani, nord europei). L’obiettivo principale di questo studio è stato di verificare l’applicabilità del MHC nel contesto italiano e di indagare le relazioni tra Salute Mentale Positiva e Malessere Psicologico (Two Continua Model). Hanno partecipato alla ricerca 1438 persone con un’età tra i 18 e gli 89 anni (M = 47.12 anni, DS = 19.9; suddivise per fasce d’età in giovani, adulti e anziani), equamente distribuite per genere. Ai partecipanti è stato somministrato un questionario self-report che comprende, oltre all’Italian Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, altre scale volte a rilevare le variabili psicosociali oggetto di studio. Dai risultati è emerso che il 31% dei partecipanti ha una salute mentale positiva (Flourishing), l’11% dei partecipanti non ha una salute mentale positiva (Languishing), la maggioranza (58%) possiede una moderata salute mentale. In linea con quanto suggerito dalla letteratura, i flourishing (e coloro che hanno una moderata salute mentale) presentano bassi livelli di malessere psicologico, non sono depressi e non denunciano disturbi psicofisici. Lo studio evidenzia anche differenze significative per genere e per età. Tali risultati comprovano l’applicabilità del Mental Health Continuum anche nel contesto italiano e forniscono elementi utili alla messa a punto di programmi di promozione della salute per quelle fasce della popolazione – donne, giovani e anziani - in cui la salute mentale è più compromessa. Summary The Mental Health Continuum by Keyes in Italian context: Mental Health and Mental Illness in the young, and adults, and old people According to the Mental Health Continuum (MHC) by Keyes people are placed along a continuum that ranges from presence (Flourishing) to absence of well-being (Languishing). A lot of studies focused on MHC in adults and adolescents (Africans, Americans, Northern Europeans). The aims of this study were to test the applicability of the MHC by Keyes in the Italian context and to investigate the relationships between the Positive Mental Health and Mental Illness (Two Continua Model). 1438 people, get involved in the research. They aged between 18 and 89 years (M = 47.12 years, SD = 19.9; combined into young, people in midlife, and older people) and equally divided by gender,. Participants were administered a self-report questionnaire that included, in addition to the Italian Mental Health Continuum - Short Form, scales designed to detect psychosocial variables. The results showed that 31% of participants had a positive mental health (Flourishing), 11% of participants did not have positive mental health (Languishing) and the majority (58%) had moderate mental health. In line with previous studies, the Flourishing (and those who have moderate mental health) have low levels of psychological distress, they are not depressed and do not report psychological and physical symptoms. The study also highlights significant differences by gender and age. These findings support the validity of the MHC in Italian context. They provide a contribution to the development of health promotion programs for special target of population – women, the young and elderly - in which mental health is compromised. Keywords: Mental Health Continuum, Positive Mental Health, Mental Illness, well-being, life cycle
Vincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Giovanna Petrillo. Un'applicazione del Mental Health Continuum di Keyes al contesto italiano: benessere e malessere in giovani, adulti e anziani. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE 2014, 159 -181.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Daniela Caso, Giovanna Petrillo. Un'applicazione del Mental Health Continuum di Keyes al contesto italiano: benessere e malessere in giovani, adulti e anziani. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE. 2014; (2):159-181.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Daniela Caso; Giovanna Petrillo. 2014. "Un'applicazione del Mental Health Continuum di Keyes al contesto italiano: benessere e malessere in giovani, adulti e anziani." PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE , no. 2: 159-181.
The study is aimed at developing and providing validation of Patient’s Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale to measure patients’ beliefs as regards the ability to successfully master situations related to communication with doctor. Patients were contacted, who had just concluded an interview with a specialist. The responses of the subjects were evaluated with explorative and confirmatory factor analysis. The scale is composed by 16 items, has a three-dimensional structure and shows good psychometric properties. The results emphasize the potential of the scale in evaluating patients’ communication self-efficacy perceptions. It can be applied optimally in the empirical study of factors influencing communication doctor-patient and used in training aiming at strengthening patients’ communication skills
Vincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. Patient's Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale (PCSS): Construction and validation of a new measure in a socio-cognitive perspective. Patient Education and Counseling 2014, 95, 340 -347.
AMA StyleVincenza Capone, Giovanna Petrillo. Patient's Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale (PCSS): Construction and validation of a new measure in a socio-cognitive perspective. Patient Education and Counseling. 2014; 95 (3):340-347.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVincenza Capone; Giovanna Petrillo. 2014. "Patient's Communication Perceived Self-efficacy Scale (PCSS): Construction and validation of a new measure in a socio-cognitive perspective." Patient Education and Counseling 95, no. 3: 340-347.