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Background: The perception of time passing depends on various variables such as the age, culture, relationships, and emotions of each human being. During Covid-19 outbreak, the perception of time was altered by a variety of variables: objective such as, Lockdown, vaccine, fear of infections, etc. and subjective, for example, temperament and personality traits. As showed by previous studies, patients with depressive disorder have a compromised evaluation of time. In light of this, the objectives of this study were to explore the possible correlation between the perception of time, the affective temperament and the fear of covid-19 infection in patients with depressive disorders. Method: We studied 70 patients, through Preliminary personal data sheet dedicated to the collection of socio-demographic and clinical data and information about any previous Covid-19 infection and any vaccination. The psychological instruments regard Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI); Irritability, Depression, Anxiety Scale (IDAS); Temperament Evaluation of Memphis (TEMPS-A); Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S). Results: The results of this study showed that anxious temperament correlates negatively with the hyperthymic temperament, and anxious temperament correlates negatively in women with the irritable temperament. There are not significant correlations in relation to the fear of Covid-19 infection. Conclusion: In conclusion emerged a strong relationship between the attitude towards a temporal perceptual typology and the affective humoral temperament., Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology, Online First Articles

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 4, No 3 (2016)

Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by deficits in the areas of communication, socialization and behavior. Current diagnostic criteria have been modified in a restrictive sense, thus the possibility that individuals with milder impairments may not reach the diagnostic threshold is concrete. Furthermore, heterogeneity in phenotypic expression and the high rate of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders would make even more difficult the diagnostic classification in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study was a Rorschach investigation aimed to identify specific psychopathological elements to properly orient the diagnosis of ASD in adulthood. Results have shown that the examined subjects were characterized by pragmatism, documented by the presence of details and little details, falls in formal thinking, thought inflexibility, lack of answers with human content, and the prevalence of particular phenomena (denial, perseveration). Data obtained in the study showed a specific pattern of psychopathological signs in adults with ASD, thus suggesting the importance of projective methods for a better understanding of the clinical features of avoidance behaviors and relationships., Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 3, No 3 (2015)

Objective: The tree is the archetypal symbol of the identification in the growing life. The objective of this study is to evaluate the representation of the self in schizophrenic patients through the tree drawing. Methods: Were identified 36 patients, 22 women and 14 (M-age=53), suffering from schizophrenic disorder. Through the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) positive and negative symptoms, and the reactive tree representation of the self were assessed. Results: In the group with negative symptoms archetypal figures are more frequent, such as images that are part of the collective unconscious, or thought more archaic. In patients in which emerges the delirium, that is part of the most evolved thinking, near to the secondary process, the reality testing is better preserved. In cases where there are symptoms mixed the tree structure leads to an archetypal image. Conclusions: This study shows that in the draw of the tree trunk-to-crown ratio in schizophrenic patients was significantly higher than that of healthy individuals. The usefulness of the study insert itself in the Jungian analytic thought, for which psychotic thought corresponds to an abbaissement of the self activity. Keyword: Representation of Self; Schizophrenia; Draw a Tree Test., Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 3, No 2 (2015)

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 2, No 2 (2014)