Alessandra D'Agostino / Professoressa Associata

Alessandra D’Agostino, PhD, è Professoressa Associata in Psicologia Clinica (PSIC-04/B) presso l’Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, dove insegna Personalità e Psicopatologia e Psicologia Clinica (Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche), oltre a Psicopatologia clinica (Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Psicoogia Clinica). È psicologa, psicoterapeuta e psicoanalista della Società Psicoanalitica Italiana (SPI-IPA). Ha svolto esperienze di formazione post-lauream in Inghilterra (Anna Freud Centre, London) e negli Stati Uniti (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA). È Membro del Collegio dei Professori e Ricercatori di Psicologia Clinica delle Università Italiane, Socio Ordinario dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP, Sezione di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica) e Membro della European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD). Autrice di numerose pubblicazioni di area psicopatologica e clinica, svolge attività di peer review per diverse riviste scientifiche internazionali di settore, tra cui: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy (Wiley); Journal of Personality Disorders (Guilford); Psychopathology (Karger). I suoi interessi di ricerca sono: i disturbi gravi della personalità/area borderline (psicopatologia e assessment); l'autolesionismo e il suicidio (psicopatologia e assessment).

D’Agostino, A., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). On the reality of borderline personality disorder. Psychiatric Times, 42(7), 25-27. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/journals/psychiatric-times

Sobhani, S., Gharraee, B., Salavati, M., Tajrishi, K. Z., Farahani, H., & D’Agostino, A. (2025). Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS) in an Iranian outpatient sample. Acta Psychologica, 253, 104745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104745

D’Agostino, A., Gagliardi, C., Pagani, A. F., & Rossi Monti, M. (2024). Exploring psychotic experiences in borderline versus schizophrenic patients through a quali-quantitative method: The role of situational dysphoria. ResearchSquare. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4008493/v1

Colli, A., Gagliardini, G. Pepi, R., D’Agostino, A., Gullo, G., & Rossi Monti, M. (2023). Psychoanalysts’ work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. An empirical study on tele-analysis during the Italian lockdown. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pap0000468. WOS: 001009945700001

Pajardi, D., D’Agostino, A., Gagliardini, G., Pepi, R., & Colli, A. (2023). Mental health risks for cultural heritage professionals within the framework of disaster risk reduction: An exploratory study on the emotional impact of ruins after the 2016 earthquake in Central Italy. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 92, 103705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103705.  Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85154534303. WOS: 000998907000001

Pajardi, D., D’Agostino, A., Gagliardini, G., Pepi, R., & Colli, A. (2023). Mental health risks in cultural heritage first responders after disasters: A review and suggestions for future research. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 11(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-3603. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85154590682. WOS: 000991876600011

D’Agostino, A., Gritti, E. S. & Gagliardi, C. (2022). Generation COVID-19 and bodily disorders: Hyperbolic narratives and a developmental psychopathology perspective. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 976584.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.976584 Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85136869970. WOS: 000860129500001.

D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R. & Starcevic, V. (2022). Borderline personality disorder and ageing: Myths and realities. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(1), 68-72. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000764 Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0 85120627800. WOS: 000725147400011.

D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Rossi Monti, M., Starcevic, V., & Price, A. (2021). Measuring emptiness: Validation of the Italian version of the Subjective Emptiness Scale in clinical and non-clinical populations. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100226 Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85125605301

D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Rossi Monti, M., & Starcevic, V. (2020). The feeling of emptiness: A review of a complex subjective experience. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 28(5), 287-295. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000269. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85091126542. WOS:000574654400001

D’Agostino, A., Boni, M., Aportone, A., Pepi, R. & Rossi Monti, M. (2020). Direct and indirect self-injury: Is it really all the same? Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 8(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/mjcp-2434. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85089474848.  WOS:000560608400009

D’Agostino, A., Aportone, A., Petrini, M., Manganelli, E., Rossi Monti, M., & Starcevic, V. (2019). Preliminary validation of the Interpersonal Dysphoria Model of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology, 51(6),390-399. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495843. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85060610578. WOS:000459549500005

D’Agostino, A., Mancini, M., & Rossi Monti, M. (2019). Phenomenology in psychoanalysis: Still an open debate? Psychopathology, 29, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500327. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85067010967. WOS:000486895100006

D’Agostino, A., Rossi Monti, M., & Starcevic, V. (2019). Psychotic symptoms in borderline personality disorder: An update. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 32(1), 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000462. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85057197818. WOS:000467759300004

Rossi Monti, M., & D’Agostino, A. (2018). Diagnosis or diagnosing? From symptoms to a phenomenological-psychoanalytic stance on the patient’s world. The Psychoanalytic Review, 105(2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1521/prev.2018.105.2.209. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85045067442

D’Agostino, A., Aportone, A., Rossi Monti, M., & Lemma, A. (2018). Beauty matters: Psychological features of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35(2), 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000099. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85007275639. WOS:000429150500012

D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Aportone, A., & Rossi Monti, M. (2018). Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS): Development and validation of a revised version of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) for the self-assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 15(6), 344-52. Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85059579824. WOS:000454176900004

D’Agostino, A., Rossi Monti, M., & Starcevic, V. (2018). Models of borderline personality disorder: Recent advances and new perspectives. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(1), 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000374.Codice SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85036669351. WOS:000429305600010