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Mirian Agus

Other affiliations: University of Barcelona
Bio: Mirian Agus is an academic researcher from University of Cagliari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Probabilistic logic & Psychology. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 59 publications receiving 310 citations. Previous affiliations of Mirian Agus include University of Barcelona.

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TL;DR: The study evidenced that deep endometriosis has a significant impact on sexuality and body image and an integrated and patient-centered approach to medical and psychological and sexual issues is suggested.
Abstract: Objectives: We evaluated sexual function, quality of life and perceived body image of women with deep endometriosis in comparison to that of healthy women. Methods: The sample consisted of 41 women with deep endometriosis and 40 healthy women without endometriosis. Sexual, psychological and pain evaluation were performed. Results: The study evidenced that deep endometriosis has a significant impact on sexuality and body image. Conclusions: An integrated and patient-centered approach to medical and psychological and sexual issues is suggested.

77 citations

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TL;DR: The relevance of the relationship between self-regulation and smartphone addiction in teaching students to be aware of their time spent using smartphones is confirmed and emotional intelligence and, in general, self- regulation should be encouraged to support the well-being and QoL of students in their adolescence at school.
Abstract: This study states the importance to analyse factors that contribute to students’ well-being, as the result of many factors that might affect their quality of life. Literature shows as, among these factors, emotional intelligence and self-regulation control could have a central role in influencing adolescents' psychological and scholastic well-being. Indeed, although technologies represent a fundamental aspect of adolescents’ life, an addictive use of smartphone is today present and it might touch the individual well-being and quality of life. So, this work investigates also the role of the smartphone use regarding these constructs. 215 Italian students attending a Middle School, participated in the study. By the application of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS_SEM), the findings confirm that self-regulation has an influence on students’ quality of life, but its role changes in relation of the smartphone addiction. In conclusion, we can affirm the relevance of relationship between self-regulation and smartphone addiction, in order to educate students to be aware about the time spent using smartphone; it is important to enhance emotional intelligence and, over all, self-regulation, to support the students’ well-being and quality of life in adolescences at school.

52 citations

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TL;DR: How women with endometriosis are significantly more alexithymic compared with controls is underlined.
Abstract: ObjectivesThe aim of the study was to evaluate the presence of alexithymia in a group of patients with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, and compare the results obtained, with those for a grou...

29 citations

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TL;DR: This study used the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to study the relationship between differentiation of self and dyadic adjustment in a convenience sample of 137 heterosexual Italian couples (nonindependent, dyadic data).
Abstract: Bowen's multigenerational theory provides an account of how the internalization of experiences within the family of origin promotes development of the ability to maintain a distinct self whilst also making intimate connections with others. Differentiated people can maintain their I-position in intimate relationships. They can remain calm in conflictual relationships, resolve relational problems effectively, and reach compromises. Fusion with others, emotional cut-off, and emotional reactivity instead are common reactions to relational stress in undifferentiated people. Emotional reactivity is the tendency to react to stressors with irrational and intense emotional arousal. Fusion with others is an excessive emotional involvement in significant relationships, whilst emotional cut-off is the tendency to manage relationship anxiety through physical and emotional distance. This study is based on Bowen's theory, starting from the assumption that dyadic adjustment can be affected both by a member's differentiation of self (actor effect) and by his or her partner's differentiation of self (partner effect). We used the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to study the relationship between differentiation of self and dyadic adjustment in a convenience sample of 137 heterosexual Italian couples (nonindependent, dyadic data). The couples completed the Differentiation of Self Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Men's dyadic adjustment depended only on their personal I-position, whereas women's dyadic adjustment was affected by their personal I-position and emotional cut-off as well as by their partner's I-position and emotional cut-off. The empirical and clinical implications of the results are discussed.

27 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of cross-cultural and age-related factors on self-referent metacognitive efficiency, psychological well-being, and mnestic performance in late adulthood was investigated.
Abstract: The aim of the present research was to investigate the effect of cross-cultural and age-related factors on self-referent metacognitive efficiency, psychological well-being, and mnestic performance in late adulthood. Ninety-three healthy adults recruited in individualistic northwest Italian and collectivistic Sardinian contexts were respectively assigned to the Old (i.e., 65–74 years) and Very Old (i.e., ≥ 75 years) groups and were individually administered a battery of well-being and metacognitive measures and working memory tasks. A series of MANOVAs was carried out on well-being and metacognitive measures and working memory tasks. Sardinians showed greater levels of perceived well-being, less marked psychological distress, and more preserved mnestic functions than the controls from the northwest Italian context. Moreover, participants from the Old group self-referred more coping strategies, emotional competencies, and personal satisfaction, and less depressive symptoms. Then, a hierarchical linear regressions where different socio-demographic, working memory metacognitive and social desirability measures were used as predictors of general psychological well-being shows that socio cultural context, social desirability, visuo-spatial sequential working memory and metamemory measures predict perceived well-being. Socio-cultural contexts emphasizing the positive social role of the elderly seem to promote psychological well-being, that is, life quality in late adulthood.

21 citations


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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this article, Katok and Mendoza introduced the concept of asymptotic invariants for low-dimensional dynamical systems and their application in local hyperbolic theory.
Abstract: Part I. Examples and Fundamental Concepts Introduction 1. First examples 2. Equivalence, classification, and invariants 3. Principle classes of asymptotic invariants 4. Statistical behavior of the orbits and introduction to ergodic theory 5. Smooth invariant measures and more examples Part II. Local Analysis and Orbit Growth 6. Local hyperbolic theory and its applications 7. Transversality and genericity 8. Orbit growth arising from topology 9. Variational aspects of dynamics Part III. Low-Dimensional Phenomena 10. Introduction: What is low dimensional dynamics 11. Homeomorphisms of the circle 12. Circle diffeomorphisms 13. Twist maps 14. Flows on surfaces and related dynamical systems 15. Continuous maps of the interval 16. Smooth maps of the interval Part IV. Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems 17. Survey of examples 18. Topological properties of hyperbolic sets 19. Metric structure of hyperbolic sets 20. Equilibrium states and smooth invariant measures Part V. Sopplement and Appendix 21. Dynamical systems with nonuniformly hyperbolic behavior Anatole Katok and Leonardo Mendoza.

794 citations