Gian Vittorio Caprara

37.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
282 papers, 25.9k citations indexed

About

Gian Vittorio Caprara is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gian Vittorio Caprara has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 25.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Social Psychology, 128 papers in Clinical Psychology and 67 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gian Vittorio Caprara's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (66 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (53 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (51 papers). Gian Vittorio Caprara is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (66 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (53 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (51 papers). Gian Vittorio Caprara collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Gian Vittorio Caprara's co-authors include Claudio Barbaranelli, Concetta Pastorelli, Albert Bandura, Patrizia Steca, Michele Vecchione, Guido Alessandri, María Gerbino, A. Bandura, Nancy Eisenberg and Philip G. Zimbardo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gian Vittorio Caprara

273 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of moral disengagement in the exercise of mora... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2001 1996 2006 1996 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gian Vittorio Caprara Italy 78 11.6k 9.5k 6.8k 5.7k 4.2k 282 25.9k
Todd D. Little United States 70 11.9k 1.0× 10.5k 1.1× 6.2k 0.9× 5.7k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 287 28.8k
Janet Shibley Hyde United States 79 9.0k 0.8× 10.4k 1.1× 7.8k 1.1× 7.3k 1.3× 8.9k 2.1× 228 34.4k
Jean M. Twenge United States 89 13.0k 1.1× 11.6k 1.2× 11.3k 1.7× 4.0k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 177 32.2k
Bart Soenens Belgium 80 13.5k 1.2× 10.0k 1.1× 5.6k 0.8× 5.0k 0.9× 4.5k 1.1× 336 24.6k
Angela Duckworth United States 59 11.7k 1.0× 7.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 4.7k 0.8× 5.8k 1.4× 140 22.7k
Claudio Barbaranelli Italy 54 6.8k 0.6× 5.9k 0.6× 4.8k 0.7× 4.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 218 19.5k
Brad J. Bushman United States 79 14.5k 1.3× 10.4k 1.1× 12.3k 1.8× 4.1k 0.7× 3.3k 0.8× 285 28.1k
Richard W. Robins United States 78 14.1k 1.2× 14.7k 1.6× 7.5k 1.1× 2.7k 0.5× 7.9k 1.9× 247 30.3k
Richard Koestner Canada 64 11.0k 0.9× 5.5k 0.6× 4.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 4.8k 1.1× 238 22.7k
Bernard Weiner United States 72 13.1k 1.1× 5.8k 0.6× 9.9k 1.5× 5.9k 1.0× 5.8k 1.4× 205 32.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gian Vittorio Caprara

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Caprara, Maríagiovanna, et al.. (2025). Reciprocal Associations Between Positivity and Positive Affect During the COVID‐19 Pandemic. International Journal of Psychology. 60(2). e70008–e70008. 1 indexed citations
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Paciello, Marinella, et al.. (2022). Withstanding Moral Disengagement: Moral Self-Efficacy as Moderator in Counterproductive Behavior Routinization. Group & Organization Management. 48(4). 1096–1134. 16 indexed citations
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Consiglio, Chiara, et al.. (2021). How Youth May Find Jobs: The Role of Positivity, Perceived Employability, and Support from Employment Agencies. Sustainability. 13(16). 9468–9468. 7 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio. (2017). Psychological practice should not be disjoined from theory or lag behind good research. 17(3). 521–524.
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Milioni, Michela, Guido Alessandri, Nancy Eisenberg, Michele Vecchione, & Gian Vittorio Caprara. (2015). The predictive role of ego-resiliency on behavioural problems. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 12(2). 220–233. 8 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Marie S. Tisak, Guido Alessandri, et al.. (2013). The contribution of moral disengagement in mediating individual tendencies toward aggression and violence.. Developmental Psychology. 50(1). 71–85. 101 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Kenneth A. Dodge, Concetta Pastorelli, & Arnaldo Zelli. (2007). How Marginal Deviations Sometimes Grow Into Serious Aggression. Child Development Perspectives. 1(1). 33–39. 12 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, et al.. (2005). Correlati e determinanti personali della timidezza e della solitudine nell'adolescenza. Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo. 85–116. 1 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Ronald K. Hambleton, Lutz F. Hornke, et al.. (2002). Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 104 indexed citations
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Barbaranelli, Claudio & Gian Vittorio Caprara. (2000). Measuring the Big Five in self-report and other ratings: A multitrait-multimethod study.. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 16(1). 31–43. 25 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Claudio Barbaranelli, & Gianluigi Guido. (1998). Personality As Metaphor: Extension of the Psycholexical Hypothesis and the Five Factor Model to Brand and Product Personality Description. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 33 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Claudio Barbaranelli, & Gianluigi Guido. (1998). Studi sperimentali sulle determinanti dell'intenzione di acquisto secondo la teoria del comportamento pianificato. RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA. 1 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, et al.. (1997). Le determinanti dell'intenzione di voto: un contributo empirico. Micro & macro marketing. 273–302. 1 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Claudio Barbaranelli, & Лаура Боргогни. (1996). Il Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ): Caratteristiche psicometriche e validità transculturale (The Big Five Questionnaire: psychometric characteristics and crosscultural validity). IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, et al.. (1996). Personalità e disimpegno morale: contributi preliminari e prospettive di ricerca.. 3 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, et al.. (1996). La misura del disimpegno morale.. 14 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Claudio Barbaranelli, & Stefano Livi. (1994). Mapping personality dimensions in the Big Five Model. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 7 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio, et al.. (1993). BFQ. Big Five Questionnaire: Manuale (BFQ Handbook). IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1 indexed citations
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio. (1985). Effect of insult and dissipation–rumination on delayed aggression and hostility.. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 13 indexed citations
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Renzi, Paolo, et al.. (1984). Effects of high acoustic stimulation in the Buss aggression machine paradigm. Aggressive Behavior. 10(2). 168–168. 3 indexed citations

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