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Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II: Napoli, Campania, IT

2011-01-01 to present | Post Doc Researcher (Centro SInAPSi)
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Giovanna Esposito

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Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II: Napoli, Campania, IT

2012-01-01 to present | Post Doctoral Research (SInAPSi )
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Giovanna Esposito

Second University of Naples: Caserta, IT

2002-07-11 to present | Degree in Psychology (Department of Psychology)
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Giovanna Esposito

Works (38)

Physiological synchronization and innovative moments in psychotherapy: A single-case study of micro-process

Psychotherapy Research
2025-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Johann R. Kleinbub; Giovanna Esposito; Anna S. Cutolo; Arianna Palmieri; Miguel M. Gonçalves
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Therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy: Introduction to the special section

Psychotherapy Research
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ueli Kramer; Jan R. Boehnke; Giovanna Esposito
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Reliability of the innovative moments coding system for groups and the association between markers of change and outcomes.

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Anna Sara Cutolo; Raffaella Passeggia; João Tiago Oliveira; Miguel M. Gonçalves
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The assessment of therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy research: a systematic review

Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
2024-06-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Francesco Cuomo; Angela Di Maro; Raffaella Passeggia
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The relationship between treatment integrity and outcome in group psychotherapy: A systematic review

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Angela Di Maro; Raffaella Passeggia
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The Development and Adaptation of the Innovative Moments Coding System for Groups (IMCS-G)

Journal of Constructivist Psychology
2024-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Anna Sara Cutolo; Raffaella Passeggia; Maria Francesca Freda
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Examining the Relation Between First-year University Students’ Intention to Drop-out and Academic Engagement: The Role of Motivation, Subjective Well-being and Retrospective Judgements of School Experience

Innovative Higher Education
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Raffaella Passeggia; Italo Testa; Giovanna Esposito; Raffaele De Luca Picione; Giancarlo Ragozini; Maria Francesca Freda
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Student satisfaction and academic efficacy during online learning with the mediating effect of student engagement: A multi-country study

PLOS ONE
2023-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Hamid Sharif Nia; Heng Luo; João Marôco; Long She; Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani; Pardis Rahmatpour; Ivana Stepanovic Ilic; Maryam Mohammad Ibrahim; Fatima Muhammad Ibrahim; Sumit Narula et al.
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The role of emotion regulation and intolerance to uncertainty on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and distress

Current Psychology
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Salvatore Gullo; Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Giulia Bassi; Gianluca Lo Coco; Gloria Lagetto; Giovanna Esposito; Chiara Pazzagli; Silvia Salcuni; Maria Francesca Freda; Claudia Mazzeschi et al.
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A new measure for the assessment of the university engagement: The SInAPSi academic engagement scale (SAES)

Current Psychology
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Francesca Freda; De Luca Picione Raffaele; Giovanna Esposito; Giancarlo Ragozini; Italo Testa
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Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the Innovative Moments Coding System for Groups

Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
2022-12-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Anna Sara Cutolo; Raffaella Passeggia; Silvia Formentin; Mario Miguel Gonçalves
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Qualities of mentalization and perception of parental mirroring in a group of Italian transgender people: An empirical study.

Psychoanalytic Psychology
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Cristiano Scandurra; Maria Francesca Freda; Giuliana Pepicelli; Paolo Valerio; Roberto Vitelli
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The Italian validation of the University Student Engagement Inventory

European Journal of Higher Education
2022-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; João Marôco; Raffaella Passeggia; Giuliana Pepicelli; Maria Francesca Freda
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Factors Related to Women’s Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Two-Wave Longitudinal Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-11 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Maria Di Blasi; Gaia Albano; Giulia Bassi; Elisa Mancinelli; Cecilia Giordano; Claudia Mazzeschi; Chiara Pazzagli; Silvia SALCUNI; Gianluca Lo Coco; Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo et al.
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Psychological distress associated with the COVID-19 lockdown: A two-wave network analysis

Journal of Affective Disorders
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Di Blasi; Salvatore Gullo; Elisa Mancinelli; Maria Francesca Freda; Giovanna Esposito; Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Gloria Lagetto; Cecilia Giordano; Claudia Mazzeschi; Chiara Pazzagli et al.
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Mentalizing underachievement in group counseling: Analyzing the relationship between members’ reflective functioning and counselors’ interventions.

Psychological Services
2021-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Sigmund Karterud; Maria Francesca Freda
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Reflective functioning and personal recovery process of users with borderline personality disorder on Instagram: an explorative study using computerized and thematic analysis

Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
2021-01-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Viviana Perla; Raffaella Passeggia; Erik Fertuck; Erhard Mergenthaler
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University Student Engagement Inventory (USEI): Transcultural Validity Evidence Across Four Continents

Frontiers in Psychology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85078963272

Contributors: Assunção, H.; Lin, S.-W.; Sit, P.-S.; Cheung, K.-C.; Harju-Luukkainen, H.; Smith, T.; Maloa, B.; Campos, J.Á.D.B.; Ilic, I.S.; Esposito, G. et al.
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Treatment integrity and members’ change in group counseling: A pilot study on counselor’s mentalizing interventions.

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
2020-12-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Giovanna Esposito; Raffaella Passeggia; Anna Sara Cutolo; Sigmund Karterud; Maria Francesca Freda
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Mentalizing stigma: Reflective functioning as a protective factor against depression and anxiety in transgender and gender‐nonconforming people

Journal of Clinical Psychology
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Cristiano Scandurra; Pasquale Dolce; Roberto Vitelli; Giovanna Esposito; Rylan J. Testa; Kimberly F. Balsam; Vincenzo Bochicchio
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The role of mediational devices in promoting mentalizing.

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Francesca Freda; Giovanna Esposito
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Relation between referential and reflexive processes: an explorative study

Counselling Psychology Quarterly
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85041912052

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Savarese, L.; Squitieri, B.
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Supportive and interpretative interventions in fostering mentalisation during counselling

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85045659294

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Marano, D.; Freda, M.F.
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Counseling and reflexive processes: Role of multimodal narrative devices in promoting reflection and reflexivity in a university context

Counseling and Coaching in Times of Crisis and Transition: From Research to Practice
2017 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85050049136

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Freda, M.F.
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Meaning Coconstruction in Group Counseling: The Development of Innovative Moments

Journal of Constructivist Psychology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84994187882

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Ribeiro, A.P.; Alves, D.; Gonçalves, M.M.; Freda, M.F.
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Mirroring in Group Counseling: Analyzing Narrative Innovations

Small Group Research
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85024105651

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Ribeiro, A.P.; Gonçalves, M.M.; Freda, M.F.
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Promoting reflection and reflexivity through narrative devices: Narrative mediation path qualitative multimodal method

Qualitative Research Journal
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85011966219

Contributors: Freda, M.F.; Esposito, G.
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A novel narrative method to foster reflexivity in higher education: The narrative mediation path

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85021894964

Contributors: Freda, M.F.; Esposito, G.; Martino, M.L.
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INSTALL project process: Formative experiences in three european countries

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85022025024

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Cannata, A.; Stànescu, D.F.; González-Monteagudo, J.
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Reflective and Agentive Functions of Narrative Writing: a Qualitative Study on the Narratives of University Students

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84939131926

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Freda, M.F.
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Reflexivity or “reflexivities” in higher education: Conceptualizing unique reflexive process

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85011986747

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Freda, M.F.; De Luca Picione, R.
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Training in narrative techniques: An interdisciplinary formative method

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85022063025

Contributors: Freda, M.F.; Esposito, G.
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Underachieving student experiences in the INSTALL programs: The use of student narratives

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85021899481

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Lavié-Martínez, J.M.; Stănescu, D.F.; Iorga, E.M.
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A novel narrative method to foster reflexivity in higher education: The narrative mediation path

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion Through Narration and Reflexivity
2016-07-01 | Book chapter
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Evaluating training context competence of use: Productive and unproductive models of use

Evaluation and Program Planning
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925432530

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Freda, M.F.
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Examining perception of competency through practicum competencies outline

European Journal of Training and Development
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84944061063

Contributors: Esposito, G.; Freda, M.F.; Bosco, V.
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Promoting mentalization in clinical psychology at universities: A linguistic analysis of student accounts

Europe's Journal of Psychology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84923695510

Contributors: Freda, M.F.; Esposito, G.; Quaranta, T.
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Social experience and school bullying

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-59749106218

Contributors: Bacchini, D.; Esposito, G.; Affuso, G.
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