Claudio Sica

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Claudio Sica is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudio Sica has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Clinical Psychology, 45 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Claudio Sica's work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (40 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (40 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (21 papers). Claudio Sica is often cited by papers focused on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (40 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (40 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (21 papers). Claudio Sica collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Claudio Sica's co-authors include Marta Ghisi, Ezio Sanavio, Gioia Bottesi, Gianmarco Altoè, Gabriele Melli, Luigi Rocco Chiri, Caterina Novara, Stella Dorz, Corrado Caudek and Igor Marchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Behaviour Research and Therapy and Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance.

In The Last Decade

Claudio Sica

99 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples

2015 512 citations Gioia Bottesi, Marta Ghisi et al. Comprehensive Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudio Sica Italy	28	2.2k	1.1k	568	461	353	103	3.0k
Marta Ghisi Italy	28	2.0k 0.9×	977 0.9×	369 0.6×	386 0.8×	254 0.7×	112	2.8k
David P. Valentiner United States	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	881 1.6×	332 0.7×	335 0.9×	80	3.0k
Elissa J. Brown United States	26	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	666 1.2×	330 0.7×	523 1.5×	76	3.2k
Idan M. Aderka Israel	35	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	720 1.3×	410 0.9×	472 1.3×	96	3.7k
Wakiza Gámez United States	12	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	730 1.3×	366 0.8×	248 0.7×	13	3.6k
Jessica L. Hamilton United States	32	1.7k 0.8×	922 0.8×	578 1.0×	216 0.5×	396 1.1×	100	2.7k
DeMond M. Grant United States	30	1.5k 0.7×	965 0.9×	469 0.8×	363 0.8×	196 0.6×	83	2.6k
Ateka A. Contractor United States	36	2.9k 1.3×	723 0.6×	449 0.8×	383 0.8×	468 1.3×	190	3.8k
Jonathan W. Roberti United States	19	1.7k 0.8×	634 0.6×	784 1.4×	538 1.2×	391 1.1×	29	3.0k
Chad Ebesutani United States	28	2.3k 1.1×	759 0.7×	809 1.4×	563 1.2×	289 0.8×	76	3.4k

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Iannattone, Sara, Giuseppe Mignemi, Michela Gatta, et al.. (2024). Are anxiety, depression, and stress distinguishable in Italian adolescents? an examination through the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0299229–e0299229. 6 indexed citations

Sica, Claudio, et al.. (2023). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and dimensional models of psychopathology: The contribution of “not just right experiences”. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 34(1). 100481–100481.

Palumbo, Isabella M., Claudio Sica, Christopher J. Patrick, & Robert D. Latzman. (2023). Situating Psychopathy Within the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) Among Italian Community-Dwelling Adults. Journal of Personality Disorders. 37(1). 49–70. 2 indexed citations

Mihić, Ljiljana, et al.. (2023). Comorbidity among depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in naturalistic clinical samples: A cross‐cultural network analysis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 31(1). 7 indexed citations

Perkins, Emily R., et al.. (2023). Individual Differences in Females’ Adherence to Public Health Measures and Psychopathology Symptoms During a Global Health Crisis: the Role of Triarchic Psychopathic Traits. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 51(3). 421–437. 1 indexed citations

Drislane, Laura E., et al.. (2022). Latent variable model of triarchic psychopathy constructs in an incarcerated offender sample: Factor reliability and validity.. Psychological Assessment. 34(10). 899–911. 2 indexed citations

Sica, Claudio, et al.. (2021). Health Anxiety Predicts the Perceived Dangerousness of COVID-19 over and above Intrusive Illness-Related Thoughts, Contamination Symptoms, and State and Trait Negative Affect. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1933–1933. 12 indexed citations

Sica, Claudio, Emily R. Perkins, Robert D. Latzman, et al.. (2021). Psychopathy and COVID-19: Triarchic model traits as predictors of disease-risk perceptions and emotional well-being during a global pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences. 176. 110770–110770. 16 indexed citations

Melli, Gabriele, et al.. (2020). Assessing beliefs about the consequences of not just right experiences: Psychometric properties of the Not Just Right Experience‐Sensitivity Scale (NJRE‐SS). Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 27(6). 847–857. 2 indexed citations

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Hong, Ryan Y., John H. Riskind, Mike W.‐L. Cheung, et al.. (2017). The Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire: Measurement invariance and relations to anxiety and depression across 10 countries. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 49. 1–11. 17 indexed citations

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Sica, Claudio, et al.. (2016). “Not Just Right Experiences” as a psychological endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence from an Italian family study. Psychiatry Research. 245. 27–35. 18 indexed citations

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Bottesi, Gioia, et al.. (2016). Investigation of the Phenomenological and Psychopathological Features of Trichotillomania in an Italian Sample. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 256–256. 15 indexed citations

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Bottesi, Gioia, Marta Ghisi, Claudio Sica, & Mark H. Freeston. (2016). Intolerance of uncertainty, not just right experiences, and compulsive checking: Test of a moderated mediation model on a non-clinical sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 73. 111–119. 22 indexed citations

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Caudek, Corrado, Francesco Ceccarini, & Claudio Sica. (2015). Posterror speeding after threat-detection failure.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 41(2). 324–341. 8 indexed citations

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Novara, Caterina, Massimiliano Pastore, Marta Ghisi, et al.. (2011). Longitudinal aspects of obsessive compulsive cognitions in a non-clinical sample: A five-year follow-up study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 42(3). 317–324. 16 indexed citations

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Sighinolfi, C., et al.. (2010). Difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS): the italian translation and adaptation. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 35 indexed citations

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Chiri, Luigi Rocco, et al.. (2009). The Phenomenon of Stalking: Theoretical Aspects and Preliminary Data on an Italian Sample. 26(1). 119–140. 3 indexed citations

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Sica, Claudio & Luigi Rocco Chiri. (2007). Aspetti psicologici, fisiologici e psicopatologici del costrutto di "worry". Giornale italiano di psicologia. 34(3). 531–552. 1 indexed citations

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Sica, Claudio, et al.. (2003). A study of the psychometric properties of the Obsessive Beliefs Inventory and Interpretations of Intrusions Inventory on clinical Italian individuals. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 18(3). 291–307. 60 indexed citations

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Dorz, Stella, Luca Lazzarini, Anna Maria Cattelan, et al.. (2003). Evaluation of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Italian HIV Patients. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 17(1). 33–41. 24 indexed citations

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