Director:
Internal Collaborations:
External Collaborations:
- Giovambattista Presti, Facoltà di Scienze dell’Uomo e della Società, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”.
- Paolo Moderato, Dipartimento di Business, Diritto, Economia e Consumi IULM, Milano
- David T. Gillanders, The University of Edinburgh.
- Marco Tagliabue, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.
- Francisco Ruiz, Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà, Colombia
- Louise McHugh, University College Dublin (UCD)
- Armando Piccinni Fondazione BRF.
- Anna Bianca Prevedini, Centro Interazioni Umane
- Giovanni Zucchi, Ospedale Maria Luigia
- Enea Filimberti, Ospedale Maria Luigia
- Andrea Bassanini, MeP – Mindfuness e Psicoterapia
Research area and primary aims:
The theoretical perspective of the Lab is that of the Contextual and Behavioral Sciences, and the projects that take place in the lab can be divided into two main branches: one experimental from a behavior analytic and Relational Frame Theory perspective and one applied including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy.
- Regarding the experimental analysis, the interest is aimed to explore and processes of language and cognition. In particular, the processes of cognitive fusion, the self and implicit cognition.
- Regarding the applied analysis, the interest is in the development of ACT-Based protocols for mood and anxiety disorders, the development of instruments to assess ACT and FAP processes and the application of ACT-BASED strategies in the context of Behavioral Economic and Nudge.
Topics of interest
- Cognitive Fusion and Defusion Strategies
- Implicit Cognition in Emotion Recognition
- Intimacy Related Behavior
- Relational Frame Theory
- ACT for Post-Partum Depression
- Nudge and Behavioral Economics
- Food Addiction
- Psychological flexibility and academic performance
- ACT-Based Brief Mindfulness Intervention (BMI)
Running projects
- Psyflex at work program. Application of an in-presence and/or online protocol to promote flexibility and psychological well-being in workers: open label study.
- GESTA. Online protocol for the promotion of psychological flexibility and well-being during pregnancy: an open-label pilot study.
- Evaluating the effectiveness of two online defusion techniques on self-referential negative thoughts: an experimental study.
- GESTA-POD. Podcast for the promotion of psychological flexibility and well-being in pregnancy
- Comparison of Three ACT-Based Brief Mindfulness Interventions for Self-Stigma, Emotional Regulation, and Attention
Clinical Cooperation:
- Istituto Europeo per lo Studio del Comportamento Umano (IESCUM)
- MeP – Mindfuness e Psicoterapia
- Centro Interazioni Umane
- A Better Place
Conference Presentations
- Oppo, A., Savoia, A., Rossi, F., Bassi, E.,Calcinati, F., Ceccarelli, I., Gaia, E., Mollica, J., Vigorito, F., & Presti, G. (2022, 4-5 novembre). Protocollo online per la promozione della flessibilità psicologica e del benessere in gravidanza: studio pilota. Congresso Nazionale CBT-Italia, Hilton Florence Metropole, Italia.
- Oppo, A., Savoia, A., Rossi, F., Calcinati, M., & Presti G. (2023, 24-28 luglio). Online protocol for the promotion of psychological flexibility and well-being during pregnancy: an open-label pilot study. ACBS World Conference, University of Cipro, Cipro.
- Savoia, A., Misitano, A., Sartori di Borgoricco, E., Tardani, R., & Oppo, A. (2024, 18-19 ottobre). Il ruolo di interventi brevi di mindfulness sulle capacità attentive, sulla riduzione dell’arousal e sul self-stigma. Congresso Nazionale CBT-Italia, Sands Hotel & Congress Centre, Palermo.
