Papers by Giuseppe Vercelli
PsycTESTS Dataset, Dec 31, 2022
Psychology of Music, Oct 30, 2023
The Open Psychology Journal, Mar 6, 2023
Background: Esports are gaining worldwide recognition. Given the characteristics of this discipli... more Background: Esports are gaining worldwide recognition. Given the characteristics of this discipline, esporters need proper mental preparation. The S.F.E.R.A.
The Open Psychology Journal
Background: Esports are gaining worldwide recognition. Given the characteristics of this discipli... more Background: Esports are gaining worldwide recognition. Given the characteristics of this discipline, esporters need proper mental preparation. The S.F.E.R.A. model is widely used in sport psychology practice in Italy, aiming to maximize athletes’ performance and improve five mental factors: Synchrony, Strength, Energy, Rhythm, and Activation. Objectives: The present study aims at 1) developing a questionnaire to detect those factors and 2) investigating their similarity with more classical psychological dimensions. Methods: A sample of 211 players of competitive online games filled out the “e-S.F.E.R.A. Questionnaire”. Confirmatory Factor Analysis for each factor and regressions on Engagement, Flow and Addiction were performed. Results: Results 1) confirm the monofactorial structures of mental factors and 2) show the positive relations of Energy with Vigor and Dedication of Engagement and Activation with all dimensions considered, including Addiction. Conclusion: This study provides...
DADA Rivista di Antropologia post-globale, 2014
The study and interpretation of hypnosis and the phenomena which occur through modified states of... more The study and interpretation of hypnosis and the phenomena which occur through modified states of consciousness has very ancient roots. This article takes the current knowledge about hypnosis into consideration with reference to the recent discoveries of neurosciences and offers a scientific interpretation of this discipline which has been mystified for too long. The magic-religious phase, the mesmeric magnetic phase, the psychological and physiological phase are reported while the recent therapeutic applications are described on the basis of phenomena which devolop in subjects during an inducted hypnotic state through the amplification and recognition of the "mental representation of reality".
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Papers by Giuseppe Vercelli