Alessandro Giardina

625 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 425 citations indexed

About

Alessandro Giardina is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Giardina has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 425 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Giardina's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (11 papers), Mind wandering and attention (5 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (4 papers). Alessandro Giardina is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (11 papers), Mind wandering and attention (5 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (4 papers). Alessandro Giardina collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and Australia. Alessandro Giardina's co-authors include Joël Billieux, Adriano Schimmenti, Maria Di Blasi, Vladan Starčević, Cecilia Giordano, Gianluca Lo Coco, Crispino Tosto, Daniel L. King, Yasser Khazaal and Paul Delfabbro and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Personality and Individual Differences and Comprehensive Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Giardina

13 papers receiving 418 citations

Hit Papers

Problematic video game use as an emotional coping strateg... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Problematic video game use as an emotional coping strategy: Evidence from a sample of MMORPG gamers
    2019 189 citations Maria Di Blasi, Alessandro Giardina et al. Journal of Behavioral Addictions profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Giardina Switzerland 8 309 198 114 95 86 15 425
Mingkun Ouyang China 9 277 0.9× 142 0.7× 147 1.3× 64 0.7× 57 0.7× 27 441
George Aalbers Netherlands 7 166 0.5× 104 0.5× 49 0.4× 82 0.9× 120 1.4× 11 320
Xuemei Gao China 9 199 0.6× 102 0.5× 108 0.9× 41 0.4× 57 0.7× 20 352
Dean Kaptsis Australia 7 451 1.5× 209 1.1× 285 2.5× 89 0.9× 65 0.8× 8 564
Matthew Stevens Australia 5 646 2.1× 241 1.2× 340 3.0× 209 2.2× 112 1.3× 15 739
Guangcan Xiang China 12 184 0.6× 173 0.9× 99 0.9× 147 1.5× 112 1.3× 27 425
Ángels González Ibáñez United States 4 595 1.9× 190 1.0× 347 3.0× 126 1.3× 88 1.0× 5 684
Jordan Schueler United States 5 214 0.7× 87 0.4× 98 0.9× 65 0.7× 37 0.4× 9 299
Emilia Kramarz United Kingdom 3 402 1.3× 146 0.7× 258 2.3× 110 1.2× 44 0.5× 5 477
Fraenze Kibowski United Kingdom 6 130 0.4× 121 0.6× 58 0.5× 28 0.3× 49 0.6× 11 277

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Giardina

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Marino, Claudia, Alessandro Giardina, Joël Billieux, et al.. (2025). The role of attachment anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty in gaming during adolescence: A two-wave longitudinal study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 142. 152613–152613.
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Snodgrass, Jeffrey G., et al.. (2025). Player-avatar bonds and gaming benefits and risks: Assessing self-discrepancy theory against a broader range of character and play experiences. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 19(3).
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Giardina, Alessandro, Vladan Starčević, Daniel L. King, et al.. (2024). From active escapism to virtual withdrawal: Validation of the Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming scales (C-DOGs). Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 13(4). 1028–1050. 5 indexed citations
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Giardina, Alessandro, Adriano Schimmenti, Vladan Starčević, et al.. (2024). Problematic gaming, social withdrawal, and Escapism: The Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming (C-DOG) model. Computers in Human Behavior. 155. 108187–108187. 20 indexed citations
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Giardina, Alessandro, Daniel L. King, Stéphanie Baggio, et al.. (2024). User-avatar bond as diagnostic indicator for gaming disorder: A word on the side of caution. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 13(4). 885–893. 1 indexed citations
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Santoro, Gianluca, Joël Billieux, Vladan Starčević, et al.. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Covid-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF) in French-Speaking Healthcare Professionals and Community Adults. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Imperato, Chiara, Alessandro Giardina, Tommaso Manari, et al.. (2023). Problematic Gaming during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. Healthcare. 11(24). 3176–3176. 2 indexed citations
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Starčević, Vladan, Adriano Schimmenti, Yasser Khazaal, et al.. (2023). Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e42206–e42206. 8 indexed citations
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King, Daniel L., et al.. (2023). Reconsidering item response categories in gaming disorder symptoms measurement. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 12(4). 873–877. 4 indexed citations
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Giardina, Alessandro, Maria Di Blasi, Adriano Schimmenti, et al.. (2021). Online Gaming and Prolonged Self-Isolation: Evidence from Italian Gamers During the Covid-19 Outbreak.. PubMed. 18(1). 65–74. 49 indexed citations
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Giardina, Alessandro, Vladan Starčević, Daniel L. King, et al.. (2021). Research Directions in the Study of Gaming-Related Escapism: a Commentary to Melodia, Canale, and Griffiths (2020). International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 21(2). 1075–1081. 26 indexed citations
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Starčević, Vladan, Daniel L. King, Paul Delfabbro, et al.. (2021). “Diagnostic inflation” will not resolve taxonomical problems in the study of addictive online behaviours. •. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 9(4). 915–919. 22 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria Di, Alessandro Giardina, Gianluca Lo Coco, et al.. (2020). A compensatory model to understand dysfunctional personality traits in problematic gaming: The role of vulnerable narcissism. Personality and Individual Differences. 160. 109921–109921. 29 indexed citations
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Schimmenti, Adriano, Vladan Starčević, Alessandro Giardina, Yasser Khazaal, & Joël Billieux. (2020). Multidimensional Assessment of COVID-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF): A Theory-Based Instrument for the Assessment of Clinically Relevant Fears During Pandemics. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11. 748–748. 69 indexed citations
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Blasi, Maria Di, Alessandro Giardina, Cecilia Giordano, et al.. (2019). Problematic video game use as an emotional coping strategy: Evidence from a sample of MMORPG gamers. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 8(1). 25–34. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

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