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Writing

Here you'll find my pieces written for magazines and newspapers, as well as scientific papers pertaining to my academic research

PSYCHE magazine

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La Repubblica

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Climalteranti Blog posts

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Scientific Publications

Tecuta, L., Gardini, V., & Tomba, E. (2025). Climate Change Worry and Eating-Related Eco-Concern: A Network Analysis of Psychological and Behavioral Correlates in the General Population. Journal of Eating Disorders.

 

Del Conte, E., Tecuta, L., & Tomba, E. (2025). Personal Values for Sustainable Eating: A Preliminary Investigation of a Value-Based Planned Behavior Model. Nutrients, 17(13), 2224. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17132224

 

Tecuta, L., Casu, G., & Tomba, E. (2024). Validation of the Italian version of the Eating-Related Eco-Concern Questionnaire: insights into its relationship with orthorexia nervosa. Frontiers in psychology, 15, 1441561. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1441561

Tecuta, L., Tomei, G., DiGiuseppe, R., Schumann, R., Ballardini, D., & Tomba, E. (2023). Mapping the Path to Cognitive Balance: Applying the States of Mind Model and Network Analysis to Eating Disorder Patients. Journal of clinical medicine, 12(18), 5790. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185790

Tomba, E., & Tecuta, L. (2023). The sequential approach in eating disorders: A scoping systematic review. European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 10.1002/erv.3013. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3013

Tecuta, L., Schumann, R., Ballardini, D., & Tomba, E. (2022). The Need to Control Thoughts in Eating Disorder Outpatients: A Longitudinal Study on Its Modification and Association with Eating Disorder Symptom Improvement. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(8), 2205. doi: 10.3390/jcm11082205.

 

Tecuta, L., Gardini, V., Schumann, R., Ballardini, D., & Tomba, E. (2021). Irrational Beliefs and Their Role in Specific and Non-Specific Eating Disorder Symptomatology and Cognitive Reappraisal in Eating Disorders. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(16), 3525. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163525

 

Tomba, E., Tecuta, L., Gardini, V., & Lo Dato, E. (2021). Mental Pain in Eating Disorders: An Exploratory Controlled Study. Journal of clinical medicine, 10(16), 3584. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163584

 

Tecuta, L., Gardini, V., DiGiuseppe, R., & Tomba, E. (2020). Do metacognitions mediate the relationship between irrational beliefs, eating disorder symptoms and cognitive reappraisal? Psychotherapy Research, doi: 10.1080/10503307.2020.1831098.

 

Tecuta L., Fava, G.A., & Tomba, E. (2020). An innovative approach for the assessment of mood disturbances in patients with eating disorders. CNS Spectrums 25(1), 71-78. doi: 10.1017/S1092852919000798.

 

Tomba, E., Tecuta, L., Crocetti, E., Squarcio, F., & Tomei G. (2019). Residual eating disorder symptoms and clinical features in remitted and recovered eating disorder patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi: 10.1002/eat.23095

 

Tecuta, L., Tomba, E., Lupetti, A., & DiGiuseppe, R. (2019). Irrational beliefs, cognitive distortions and depressive symptomatology in a college-age sample: A mediational analysis. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33(2). doi: 10.1891/0889-8391.33.2.116

 

Cazanescu, D., Tecuta, L., Cândea, D.M., & Szentagotai-Tătar, A. (2019). Savoring as mediator between irrational beliefs, depression and joy. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 37:84–95 doi: 10.1007/s10942-018-0304-8

 

Tecuta, L. & Tomba, E. (2018). Subjective incompetence as a predictor of treatment outcomes in eating disorder outpatients. Psychiatry Research, 23, 266, 193-198. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.052.

 

Tomba, E., Tecuta, L., Schumann, R., & Ballardini, D. (2017). Does psychological well-being change with treatment? An exploratory study on outpatients with eating disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 7, 74:61-69. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.01.001

 

Tomba, E., & Tecuta, L. (2016). Well-Being Therapy in a Patient with Anorexia Nervosa. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 85(6), 369-370. Doi: 10.1159/000448052

 

Tomba, E., Tecuta, L., Guidi, J., Grandi, S., & Rafanelli, C. (2016). Demoralization and Response to Psychotherapy: A Pilot Study Comparing the Sequential Combination of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Well-Being Therapy with Clinical Management in Cyclothymic Disorder. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 85(1), 56-7. doi: 10.1159/000438674

 

Tecuta, L., Tomba, E., Grandi, S., Fava, G.A. (2015). Demoralization and its clinical characterization. Psychological Medicine, 45(4), 673-91. Doi: 10.1017/S0033291714001597

 

Tomba, E., Offidani, E., Tecuta, L., Schumann, R., & Ballardini, D. (2014). Psychological well-being in eating disorder patients: a controlled study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47, 252-258. Doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.01.001.

 

Koenigsberg, H. K., Fan J., Ochsner, K. N., Liu, X., Guise, K., Pizzarello, S., Dorantes, C., Tecuta, L., Guerreri, S., Goodman, M., New, A., Flory, J., & Siever, L. (2010). Neural correlates of using distancing to regulate emotional responses to social situations. Neuropsychologia, 6, 1813-1822. Doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.002.

 

Koenigsberg, H. K., Fan J., Ochsner, K. N., Liu, X., Guise, K., Pizzarello, S., Dorantes, C., S. Guerrieri, Tecuta, L., Goodman, M., New, A., & Siever, L. (2009). Neural correlates of using distancing to regulate emotional responses to social cues: A Study of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 854-863. Doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.06.010

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