• Framing Physical Activity

    Framing Physical Activity

    How to make communication aimed at promoting physical activity more effective.
  • Artificial Intelligence & Framing Effects

    Artificial Intelligence & Framing Effects

    The achievements of social psychology with those of artificial intelligence.
  • Framing Food Communication

    Framing Food Communication

    How to make food communication more effective, to promote purchasing and consumption choices in harmony with the health and well-being of people, as well as with the environment.
  • Framing Environment

    Framing Environment

    The effects of communication aimed at promoting public policies of mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
  • Counterfactuals and Political/Legal Communication

    Counterfactuals and Political/Legal Communication

    How people develop different alternative representations and explanations of events with political or legal significance, as well as the effects of attacks and defenses on people's reputations.
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The effects of disgust messages on plant-based food choice: Exploring underlying processes and boundary conditions

 Carfora, V., Festa, S., Pompili, S., Azzena, I., Scaglioni, G., Lenzi, M., ... & Guidetti, M. (2025). Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Link

On the emergent capabilities of ChatGPT 4 to estimate personality traits

 Piastra, M. & Catellani, P. (2025). Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 8, 1484260.

Psychosocial predictors of downloading a mobile app promoting healthy and sustainable eating

 Azzena, I., Festa, S, Pompili, S., Lenzi, M., Carraro, L., Guidetti, M., Cavazza, N., Carfora, V., & Catellani, P. (2025). Cogent Psychology, 12, 2464273.

Bridging the ideological divide: Communicating the positive economic impact of climate policy convinces the right

 Bertolotti, M. & Catellani, P. (2025). Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 70058.

Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister?

 Bertolotti, M., Picciafoco, L., & Catellani, P. (2024). Italian Journal of Electoral Studies, 87, 45-57.

Proenvironmental self identity as a moderator of psychosocial predictors in the purchase of sustainable clothing

Carfora, V., Buscicchio, G., & Catellani, P. (2024). Proenvironmental self identity as a moderator of psychosocial predictors in the purchase of sustainable clothing. Scientific Reports, 14, 23968.

Populism and the effects of political attacks on male and female candidates.

Bertolotti, M., Catellani, P., & Picciafoco, L. (2024). Comunicazione Politica, 25, 195-218.

Sipi

Returning from Padua, where the annual meeting of SIPI (Società Italiana di Psicologia dell'Invecchiamento) was held from 21 to 23 of May, 2016. Together with Mauro Bertolotti, we presented the paper "health or Well-being? Framing effects in nutrition communication addressing old people."

 

Below you can find Powerpoint slides regarding the research presented in the paper. They summarize some of our research results. These results have been published in the Appetite journal and got financial support by the Catholic University of Milan.

 

 

 


 

Patrizia Catellani

Professore ordinario
di Psicologia Sociale
Dipartimento di Psicologia
Università Cattolica di Milano
Largo Gemelli, 1
I-20123 Milano
Tel: 02-72342906
Cell.: 3356741468
Fax: 02-72342280
E-mail: patrizia.catellani@unicatt.it