Dr. Simone Amendola

Persönliches Profil

Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Postdoktorand

www.researchgate.net/profile/Simone-Amendola

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte, Spezialkenntnisse

Entwicklungspsychopathologie; Klinische Psychologie; Psychometrie

Mitglied in Netzwerken

• Member - Italian Association of Psychology
• Member - International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addiction
• Member - American Psychological Association

Projekte

• Bi-direktionaler Zusammenhang zwischen problematischer Nutzung von Videospielen und internalisierter Psychopathologie und psychologischer Belastung: Eine meta-analyse longitudinaler Studien / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt laufend

Publikationen

• Amendola, Simone; Cerutti, Rita; Presaghi, Fabio,

  2023.

  Symptoms of prolonged social withdrawal, problematic internet use, and psychotic-like experiences in emerging adulthood : a moderation model.

  Clinical Neuropsychiatry.

  20(1), S. 29-38.

  Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20230104

• Amendola, Simone; Cerutti, Rita,

  2023.

  Commentary on "One month version of Hikikomori Questionnaire-25 (HQ-25M): Development and initial validation".

  Asian Journal of Psychiatry.

  85(103612).

  Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103612

• Amendola, Simone,

  2023.

  Commentary on Karhulahti et al. (2022): exploring gaming disorder from the harmful dysfunction analysis perspective.

  Addiction Research and Theory.

  Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2173743

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Amendola, S., & Cerutti, R. (2022). Understanding the characteristics of prolonged social withdrawal (hikikomori). Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 10(3). doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-3573

Amendola, S., Presaghi, F., Teo, A. R., & Cerutti, R. (2022). Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the 25-Item Hikikomori Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13552. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013552

Amendola, S., Presaghi, F., Teo, A. R., & Cerutti, R. (2022). Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the 25-Item Hikikomori Questionnaire for Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10408. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610408

Amendola, S., Hengartner, M. P., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Angst, J., & Rössler, W. (2022). Longitudinal reciprocal associations between depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders over three decades of life. Journal of Affective Disorders, 302, 315-323. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.101

Amendola, S. (2022). Burden of mental health and substance use disorders among Italian young people aged 10–24 years: results from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(4), 683-694. doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02222-0

Amendola, S. (2022). Macro-Determinants of NEET: An Ecological Study at the Country Level of Analysis for the Period 1997–2020. Youth, 2(3), 384-390. doi.org/10.3390/youth2030028

Moncrieff, J., Cooper, R. E., Stockmann, T., Amendola, S., Hengartner, M. P., & Horowitz, M. A. (2022). The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence. Molecular Psychiatry, 1-14. doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0

Cerutti, R., Spensieri, V., Amendola, S., Biuso, G. S., Renzi, A., & Tambelli, R. (2022). Responding to the COVID‐19 public health emergency: The usefulness of an online brief psychological intervention with Italian university students. Psychology in the Schools. doi.org/10.1002/pits.22785

Cerutti, R., Spensieri, V., Amendola, S., Biuso, G. S., Renzi, A., Gambardella, A., & Tambelli, R. (2022). Clinical symptoms in pre-COVID 19 pandemic versus COVID 19 pandemic samples of Italian university students. Minerva Psychiatry. [Epub ahead of print] doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1648500/v1

Zysset, A., Volken, T., Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., & Dratva, J. (2022). Change in alcohol consumption and binge drinking in university students during the early COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10: 854350. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.854350

Amendola, S. (2021). Trends and correlates of the time spent playing videogames in Italian children and adolescents. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 9, 10833. doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-3059

Amendola, S., Cerutti, R., Presaghi, F., Spensieri, V., Lucidi, C., Silvestri, E., Di Giorgio, V., Conti, F., Martorelli, A., Izzi, G., & Teo, A. (2021). Hikikomori, problematic internet use and psychopathology: Correlates in non-clinical and clinical samples of young adults in Italy. Journal of Psychopathology, 27, 106–114. doi.org/10.36148/2284-0249-412

Amendola, S. (2021). Trends in rates of NEET (not in education, employment, or training) subgroups among youth aged 15 to 24 in Italy, 2004—2019. Journal of Public Health. doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01484-3

Amendola, S., Hengartner, M. P., Spensieri, V., Grillo, L., & Cerutti, R. (2021). Patterns of internalizing symptoms and disability functioning in children and adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01789-4

Amendola, S., Spensieri, V., & Cerutti, R. (2021). Predictors of hopelessness during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a small sample of Italian adults. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 002076402110039. doi.org/10.1177/00207640211003939

Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., Volken, T., Zysset, A., Huber, M., & Dratva, J. (2021). A Longitudinal Study on Generalized Anxiety Among University Students During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 643171. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171

Amendola, S., Spensieri, V., Hengartner, M. P., & Cerutti, R. (2021). Mental health of Italian adults during COVID‐19 pandemic. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(2), 644–656. doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12502

Hengartner, M. P., Amendola, S., Kaminski, J. A., Kindler, S., Bschor, T., & Plöderl, M. (2021). Suicide risk with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other new-generation antidepressants in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(6), 523–530. doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214611

Cerutti, R., Presaghi, F., Spensieri, V., Fontana, A., & Amendola, S. (2021). Adaptation and Psychometric Analysis of the Test of Mobile Phone Dependence—Brief Version in Italian Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2612. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052612

Cerutti, R., Spensieri, V., Siracusa, V. D., Gazzillo, F., & Amendola, S. (2021). Hikikomori: La sofferenza silenziosa dei giovani. Rivista di Psichiatria, 56(3), 129–137. dx.doi.org/10.1708/3635.36153

Spensieri, V., Amendola, S., Sgrò, S., Biuso, G. S., & Cerutti, R. (2021). Somatic symptoms and parental attachment in middle childhood: The mediating role of anxiety, depressive symptomatology, and peer attachment. Psychology Hub, 38, 13-20 Pages. doi.org/10.13133/2724-2943/17433

Volken, T., Zysset, A., Amendola, S., Klein Swormink, A., Huber, M., von Wyl, A., & Dratva, J. (2021). Depressive Symptoms in Swiss University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Correlates. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1458. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041458

Volken, T., Zysset, A., Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., Dratva, J., & on behalf of the HES-C Research Group. (2021). Generalized Anxiety among Swiss Health Professions and Non-Health Professions Students: An Open Cohort Study over 14 Months in the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10833. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010833

Amendola, S., Hengartner, M. P., & Ploderl, M. (2020). Did the introduction and increased prescribing of antidepressants lead to changes in long-term trends of suicide rates? European Journal of Public Health, 6. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa204

Amendola, S., Spensieri, V., Biuso, G. S., & Cerutti, R. (2020). The relationship between maladaptive personality functioning and problematic technology use in adolescence: A cluster analysis approach. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61(6), 809–818. doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12664

Cerutti, R., Spensieri, V., Presaghi, F., Renzi, A., Palumbo, N., Amendola, S., Solano, L., & Di Trani, M. (2020). Alexithymic Traits and Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Screening Approach to Explore the Mediation Role of Depression. Psychiatric Quarterly, 91(2), 521–532. doi.org/10.1007/s11126-020-09715-8

Amendola, S., Spensieri, V., Guidetti, V., & Cerutti, R. (2019). The relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and dysfunctional technology use among adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology, 25, 10–17.

Amendola, S., Spensieri, V., & Cerutti, R. (2019). L’uso dei videogiochi. Personalità e regolazione emotiva in un campione di adolescenti italiani. Medico e Bambino, 38, 177–182.

Spensieri, V., & Amendola, S. (2019). Maladaptive personality traits, anxiety and somatic symptoms in adolescence. Rassegna Di Psicologia, 36, 73-84.

Cerutti, R., Spensieri, V., Amendola, S., Presaghi, F., Fontana, A., Faedda, N., & Guidetti, V. (2019). Sleep disturbances partially mediate the association between problematic internet use and somatic symptomatology in adolescence. Current Psychology. doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00414-7

Spensieri, V., Cerutti, R., Presaghi, F., Amendola, S., & Crozier, W. R. (2019). Italian validation of the Children’s Shyness Questionnaire: Exploring associations between shyness and psychosocial functioning. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0217722. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217722

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