Selected recent publications
Papers - Psychopathology:
Riskind J. H., Sica, C., Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., & Kashdan, T.B. (2017). Cognitive vulnerabilities in parents as a risk factor for anxiety symptoms in young adult offspring: An exploration of looming cognitive style. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 54, 229-238.
Bottesi G., Ghisi, M., Sica, C., & Freeston, M. H. (2017). Intolerance of Uncertainty, Not Just Right Experiences, and Compulsive Checking: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model on a Non-Clinical Sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 73, 111-119.
Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., Ouimet, A.J., Sica, C., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Affective correlates of trichotillomania across the pulling cycle: Findings from an Italian sample of self-identified hair pullers. Psychiatry Research, 246, 606-611.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Carraro, E., Barclay, N., Payne, R. & Freeston, M. H. (2016). Revising the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model of GAD: Evidence from British and Italian undergraduate samples. Frontiers in Psychology 7:1723.
Sica, C., Bottesi, G., Caudek, C., Orsucci, A., & Ghisi, M. (2016). "Not Just Right Experiences" as a psychological endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence from an Italian family study. Psychiatry Research, 245, 27-35.
Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G., Re, A. M., Cerea, S., & Mammarella, I. C. (2016). Socioemotional features and resilience in Italian University Students with and without Dyslexia. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:160.
Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., Razzetti, E., Sica, C., Frost, R. O., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Investigation of the phenomenological and psychopathological features of trichotillomania in an Italian sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:256.
Mammarella, I. C., Ghisi, M., Bomba, M., Bottesi, G., Caviola, S., Broggi, F., & Nacinovich, R. (2016). Anxiety and Depression in Children With Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Reading Disabilities, or Typical Development. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49, 130–139.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Ouimet, A.J., Tira, M.D., & Sanavio, E. (2015). Compulsivity and Impulsivity in Pathological Gambling: Does a dimensional-transdiagnostic approach add clinical utility to DSM-5 classification? Journal of Gambling Studies, 31, 825-847.
Sica, C., Bottesi, G., Orsucci A., Pieraccioli, C., Sighinolfi, C., & Ghisi, M. (2015). "Not Just Right Experiences" are specific to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Further evidence from Italian clinical samples. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 31, 73-83.
Bottesi, G., & Ghisi, M. (2014). Pathological Gambling: Compulsive-Impulsive Spectrum Disorder, Behavioural Addiction or Both? Phenotypic and Endophenotypic Evidence. Psychopathology Review, 1, 2-25.
Giuliano, M., Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., Prunetti, E., & Ghisi, M. (2014). Disregolazione comportamentale e Disturbo Borderline di Personalità: valutazione di impulsività, aggressività e compulsività in un gruppo clinico. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale, 14(2), 123-146.
Clark, D. A., Abramowitz, J., Alcolado, G. M., Alonso, P., Belloch, A., Bouvard, M., ... & Ghisi, M. (2014). Part 3. A question of perspective: The association between intrusive thoughts and obsessionality in 11 countries. Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, 3, 292-299.
Moulding, R., Coles, M. E., Abramowitz, J. S., Alcolado, G. M., Alonso, P., Belloch, A., Bouvard, M., Clark., D. A., Doron, G., Fernandez-Alvarez, H., García-Soriano, G., Ghisi, M., Gomez, B., Inozu, M., Radomsky, A. S., Shams, G., Sica, C., Simos, G., & Wong, W. (2014). Part 2. They scare because we care: The relationship between obsessive intrusive thoughts and appraisals and control strategies across 15 cities. Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, 3, 280-291.
Radomsky, A. S., Alcolado, G. M., Abramowitz, J. S., Alonso, P., Belloch, A., Bouvard, M., Clark, D. A., Coles, M. E., Doron, G., Fernandez-Alvarez, H., Garcia-Soriano, G., Ghisi, M., Gomez, B., Inozu, M., Moulding, R., Shams, G., Sica, C., Simos, G., Wong, W. (2014). Part 1—You can run but you can't hide: Intrusive thoughts on six continents. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3, 269-279.
Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G., Sica, C., Sanavio, E., & Freeston, M. H. (2013). Is performance on the Go/Nogo task related to Not Just Right Experience in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 7, 1121–1131.
Sica, C., Caudek, C., Bottesi, G., De Fazio E., Ghisi, M., Marchetti, I., & Orsucci, A. (2013). Fathers' "Not Just Right Experiences" predict obsessive-compulsive symptoms in their sons: A family study on non-clinical Italian sample. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2, 263-272.
Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G., Sica, C., Ouimet, A.J., & Sanavio, E. (2013). Prevalence, phenomenology and diagnostic criteria of hair pulling in an Italian community sample. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2, 22-29.
Papers - Development and validation of self-report measures:
Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G., Altoè, G., Razzetti, E., Melli, G., & Sica, C. (2016). Italian Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3: Factor structure and psychometric properties in a community sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:160.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Altoè, G., Conforti, E., Melli, G., & Sica, C. (2015). The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 60, 170-181.
Sica, C., Drislane, L., Caudek, C., Angrilli, A., Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., & Ghisi, M. (2015). A Test of the Construct Validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in an Italian Community Sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 163–168.
Ghisi, M., Chiri, L. R., Marchetti, I., Sanavio, E., & Sica, C. (2010). In search of specificity:"Not just right experiences" and obsessive–compulsive symptoms in non-clinical and clinical Italian individuals. Journal of anxiety disorders, 24, 879-886.
Sica, C., Ghisi, M., Altoè, G., Chiri, L. R., Franceschini, S., Coradeschi, D., & Melli, G. (2009). The Italian version of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory: Its psychometric properties on community and clinical samples. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 204-211.
Sica, C. & Ghisi, M. (2007). The Italian versions of the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory-II: psychometric properties and discriminant power, in M. A. Lange (Ed): Leading-Edge Psychological Tests and Testing, (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers), 27–50.
International and national conference proceedings
Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., Ouimet, A. J., Sica, C., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Investigation of the affective correlates of trichotillomania in an Italian sample of clinical hair pullers. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress, 31st August-3rd September, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Dalla Verde, A., Sica, C., & Freeston, M. H. (2016, June). Exploring the association between Intolerance of Uncertainty, Not Just Right Experiences and obsessive-compulsive features in an Italian community sample. In M. H. Freeston (Convenor): The pursuit of specificity in cognitive models of OCD. Symposium conducted at the 8th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Melbourne (Australia), 22-25 June.
Bottesi, G., Carraro, E., Ghisi, M., Barclay, N., Payne, R., & Freeston, M. H. (2016, June). Exploring the relationship between the IUM components: Evidence from UK and Italian analogue samples. In M. H. Freeston (Convenor): Intolerance of Uncertainty: Disorder specific, transdiagnostic or both? Symposium conducted at the 8th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Melbourne (Australia), 22-25 June.
Ghisi, M., Cerea, S., Bottesi, G., & Grisham, J. (2016). Assessment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Features in an Italian Community Sample. Poster presented at the t8th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Melbourne (Australia), 22-25 June.
Cerea, S., Razzetti, E., Bottesi, G., Palmarozza, M., Vidotto, G., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Ansia da competizione negli sport di squadra e individuali: indagine preliminare sulle caratteristiche psicologiche associate. Oral presentation at the XXI Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana Psicologia dello Sport (AIPS), Bologna, 27-29 May.
Palmarozza, M., Cerea, S., Bottesi, G., Schiavon, S., Bosello, R., Corazzin, V., Spinella, P., Vidotto, G., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Caratteristiche alimentari e caratteristiche psicologiche: un confronto tra sport estetici e sport di palla. Oral presentation at the XXI Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana Psicologia dello Sport (AIPS), Bologna, 27-29 May.
Razzetti, E., Bottesi, G., Cerea, S., Palmarozza, M., Vidotto, G., & Ghisi, M. (2016). Sport di collisione e di contatto: indagine preliminare inerente rabbia, ansia e locus of control. Oral presentation at the XXI Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana Psicologia dello Sport (AIPS), Bologna, 27-29 May.
Ghisi, M., Cerea, S., Bottesi, G., & Vidotto, G. (2015, October). Psychological features in different groups of athletes. In C. Robazza (Chair): Psicologia dell'esercizio e dello sport. Symposium conducted at the VII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMeS), Padova, 2-4 October.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, & Freeston, M. H. (2015, September). Indagine preliminare dell'intolleranza dell'incertezza in individui con disturbi d'ansia e depressivi. In P. Michielin (Chair): Applicazioni e prospettive TCC. Symposium conducted at the XVII Congresso dell'Associazione Italiana di Analisi e Modificazione del Comportamento (AIAMC) "TCC e psicoterapia scientifica: Nuove prospettive", Torino, 24-26 September.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Tesini, V., Schiavi, P., Razzetti, E., & Freeston, M. H. (2015). Is Intolerance of Uncertainty transdiagnostic? Exploring the associations between Intolerance of Uncertainty and symptom severity in Italian clinical samples. Poster presentation at the 43nd British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Annual Conference, Coventry, United Kingdom, 21-24 July.
Cerea, S., Bottesi, G., Sica, C., & Ghisi, M. (2015, June). Psychological and psychopathological features in people who underwent appearance-enhancing medical treatments. Oral presentation at the 2015 Conference on Plastic and Aesthetic Medicine (CPAM 2015), Suzhou (China), 12-14 June.
Riskind, J. H., Alloy, L. B., Katz, S., Hammen, C., Obraztsova, O. V., Abramson, L. Y., Newton, N., Labelle, D., Alloy, L. B., McGinn, L., Cohen, J., Sica, C., Ghisi, M., Bottesi, G. (2013, Novembre). In: J.H. Riskind (Chair), Impaired parenting and Dysfunctional Cognition in The Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety and Depression. Symposium conducted at the 47th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Nashville, Tennessee (USA), 21-24 November.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi, M., Marchetti, I., & Sica, C. (2013, September). Not just right experiences in family: Family study of a non-clinical Italian sample. In: M.H. Freeston (Convenor) & G. Bottesi (Chair), New developments in understanding the cognitive underpinnings of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Symposium conducted at the 43rd Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress, 25th-28th September, Marrakech, Morocco, pp. 246.
Nogueira Arjona, R., Bottesi, G., Wright, N., Ward, A., Laing, S., Alias, S.H., & Freeston, M.H., (2013, July). Differential mechanisms of Thought-Action Fusion among older adolescents: Refining measures for greater conceptual clarity. In: A. Godoy and R. Nogueira Arjona (Conveners), Advances in the assessment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Symposium conducted at the European Conference on Psychological Assessment (ECPA), San Sebastian, Spain, 17-20 July.
Bottesi, G., Ghisi M., Sica C., & Sanavio, E. (2012, August). Investigating the relationship between motor inhibition ability and Not Just Right Experience in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In: P.R. Sanchiz (Chair), Cognition in OCD – Old constructs and new questions. Symposium conducted at the 42nd Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress, Geneve, Switzerland, pp. 73.
Bottesi, G., Heary, S., Ham, H., Peden, R., & Freeston, M.H. (2012, August). The Intolerance of Uncertainty Model revisited: testing of a moderated mediation model. In: G. Bottesi (Chair), Intolerance of Uncertainty: Diagnostic specific origins and transdiagnostic future. Symposium conducted at the 42nd Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress, Geneve, Switzerland, pp.49.
Bottesi, G., & Freeston, M.H. (2012, June). An examination of construct of Intolerance of Uncertainty with groups of typically developing young people of different ages. In: M.H. Freeston (Convenor), Intolerance of Uncertainty, Worry, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder among young people. Symposium conducted at the 40th British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Annual Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 26-29 June, pp.54.
Ghisi, M., Boz, F., Sica, C., & Sanavio, E. (2011). Behavioural inhibition and psychological features in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder and pathological gamblers. Poster presented at the 41st Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress, pp. 122. Reykjavik, Iceland, 31 August – 3 September.