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  1. Assessing the Perception of Academic Students’ Stress: The Psychometric Robustness of the PAS Scale

    Article • SAGE Open, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  2. Disgusting, sustainable, odd: A study on consumers' social representation of insect-based food and its association with TPB variables

    Article • Food Quality and Preference, August 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  3. Unfamiliar familiarity: A scoping review on the role of familiarity in consumer acceptance of cultivated meat

    Article • Appetite, July 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  4. Editorial: Quality of life in academia: new perspectives for assessing and promoting wellbeing in university population

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  5. Cultivated meat beyond bans: Ten remarks from the Italian case toward a reasoned decision-making process

    Article • One Earth, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  6. Qualità della vita lavorativa, differenze di genere e di ruolo nel personale docente e ricercatore nelle università: un'indagine nel contesto italiano

    Article • PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, October 2024, Franco Angeli

    Professor Barbara Loera

  7. The Event-Related Rumination Inventory: How Does Scale Validity Change with Time Instructions?

    Article • Journal of Loss and Trauma, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  8. All that glitters is not gold! Job insecurity and well-being in STEM research fellows: a latent profile analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  9. More Than Organic: Consumer Expectations of Sustainability and Quality. Evidences from a Qualitative Study in Italy

    Article • Journal of Food Products Marketing, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  10. Shortened version of TAS using IRT: The 10-item scale for adolescents

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, April 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  11. Preclinical and Clinical Medical Student Attitudes Toward the Care of the Dying: Testing the 9-Item Version of the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale

    Article • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  12. “GPS in my Salad?” A Mixed Method Study of Consumers’ Perception of Biomarkers in Organic Vegetables

    Article • Journal of International Consumer Marketing, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  13. A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  14. Consumer trust in organic food and organic certifications in four European countries

    Article • Food Control, March 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  15. Understanding the purchase intentions for organic vegetables across EU: a proposal to extend the TPB model

    Article • British Food Journal, February 2022, Emerald

    Professor Barbara Loera

  16. Expanded version of the Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation Inventory: Scale validation and refinement among Italian adults.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kanako Taku, Professor Barbara Loera

  17. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the SAPH@W Questionnaire

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  18. Shortening the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B): a Brief 9-Item Version for Medical Education and Practice

    Article • Journal of Cancer Education, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  19. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the RhinAsthma Patient Perspective (RAPP) in Spanish

    Article • Allergologia et Immunopathologia, March 2020, Codon Publications

    Professor Barbara Loera

  20. Improving the psychometric properties of the dissociative experiences scale (DES-II): a Rasch validation study

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  21. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the RhinAsthma Patient Perspective (RAPP) in the Polish population

    Article • Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, January 2020, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Barbara Loera

  22. The relationship between menopausal symptoms and burnout. A cross-sectional study among nurses

    Article • BMC Women s Health, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Barbara Loera

  23. Corrigendum: Organizational Climate and Teachers’ Morale: Developing a Specific Tool for the School Context – A Research Project in Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  24. Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, October 2019, Wiley

    Professor Barbara Loera

  25. Organizational Climate and Teachers’ Morale: Developing a Specific Tool for the School Context – A Research Project in Italy

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  26. Sometimes It Drains, Sometimes It Sustains: The Dual Role of the Relationship with Students for University Professors

    Article • BioMed Research International, July 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Barbara Loera

  27. The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers

    Article • Sustainability, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Barbara Loera

  28. Not All Academics Are Alike: First Validation of the Academics' Quality of Life at Work Scale (AQoLW)

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, December 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  29. Personal values and the acceptance of immigrants: why national identification matters / Los valores personales y la aceptación de inmigrantes: ¿Por qué es importante la identificación nacional?

    Article • International Journal of Social Psychology Revista de Psicología Social, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera, Professor Anna Miglietta

  30. eMSQOL-29: Prospective validation of the abbreviated, electronic version of MSQOL-54

    Article • Multiple Sclerosis Journal, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Alessandra Solari, Professor Barbara Loera

  31. Concerns about change and employee wellbeing: the moderating role of social support

    Article • Journal of Workplace Learning, April 2018, Emerald

    Daniela Converso, Professor Barbara Loera

  32. When social support by patrons protects against burnout: A study among Italian public library workers

    Article • Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Daniela Converso, Professor Barbara Loera

  33. Aging and Work Ability: The Moderating Role of Job and Personal Resources

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  34. Chronic Urticaria Patient Perspective (CUPP): The First Validated Tool for Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Practice

    Article • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Barbara Loera

  35. Equivalence of the electronic versus paper-based short version of the MSQOL-54 (MSQOL-29)

    Article • October 2017, Morressier

    Professor Barbara Loera, Dr. Alessandra Solari

  36. Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, May 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Marco Miniotti, Professor Barbara Loera

  37. RhinAsthma patient perspective: A Rasch validation study

    Article • Journal of Asthma, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Barbara Loera

  38. Stress, work ability, and an aging workforce: A study among women aged 50 and over.

    Article • International Journal of Stress Management, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  39. Users’ Support as a Social Resource in Educational Services: Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS)

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, August 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  40. User Initiated Support Scale

    Article • January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  41. Do positive relations with patients play a protective role for healthcare employees? Effects of patients' gratitude and support on nurses' burnout

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, April 2015, Frontiers

    Professor Barbara Loera

  42. Assessment of healthcare students’ attitudes toward palliative medicine. FATCOD–B scale

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Barbara Loera

  43. Perceived-Gratitude Scale

    Article • January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  44. Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) among Italian Nurses: How Many Factors Must a Researcher Consider?

    Article • PLOS One, December 2014, PLOS

    Professor Barbara Loera

  45. Giustizia organizzativa, supporto sociale e burnout tra lavoratori della Sanità: effetti diretti e di moderazione

    Article • PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, March 2013, Franco Angeli

    Professor Barbara Loera

  46. Work-home interaction and aging workforce

    Article • January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera

  47. The reciprocity of the quality of care providers' occupational life of and the quality of care: A cycle model

    Article • January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Barbara Loera