CURRICULUM VITAE
Luca Andrighetto, Ph.D
CONTACT INFORMATION:
DISFOR - Dip. di Scienze della Formazione
University of Genova
Corso Podestà 2 - 16128 GENOVA
Tel. +39-010 - 209-53718
E-mail: luca.andrighetto@unige.it
ACADEMIC POSITION
Associate Professor, DISFOR – Department of Educational Science, University of Genova,
February 2015, present
Assistant Professor, DISFOR – Department of Educational Science, University of Genova,
2012 – 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow – Department of Psychology, University of Milan Bicocca, 2008 2012
EDUCATION:
 Ph.D.
Social Psychology- University of Padova, 2008
Academic advisor: Prof. Dora Capozza
 M. A.
Social and organizational psychology - University of Padova, 2005
Magna cum laude. Academic advisor: Prof. Dora Capozza
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B. A.
Social and work psychology University of Padova, 2003.
Magna cum laude. Academic advisor: Prof. Dora Capozza
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
 Visiting Researcher at the University of Tel Aviv (Israel), Department of Psychology,
Academic advisor: Prof. Arie Nadler, March-May 2011.
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Research consultant at the Kosovar Center of Self-Help (Prishtina, Kosova),
November-December, 2009.
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Visiting Researcher at the Yale University (US), Department of Psychology,
Academic advisor: Prof. John Dovidio, Fall Semester 2007.
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
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European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP), Summer School,
University of Cardiff (UK), August 2008. Workshop: Social Cognition. Prof: Luigi
Castelli, Wilhelm Hofmann.
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Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), Summer School, Bertinoro (Italy),
September 2007. Title: Linear models in psychology and applications in R. Prof:
Giulio Vidotto.
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Research internship at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova,
January-December 2005.
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Research internship at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova,
January-March 2003.
RESEARCH FUNDINGS
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COSTIS1205 (2013) – Participant. Project: Social psychological dynamics of
historical representations in the enlarged European Union. European coordinator:
Prof. Laurent Licata
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FAR (2011) - Co-investigator. Project: The virtual borders of morality: Exposure to
violent videogames increases moral disengagement. Coordinator: Prof. Chiara
Volpato.
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FAR (2010) – Co-investigator. Project: The shadow of the past: collective guilt and
shame related with the Italian colonial past. Coordinator: Prof. Chiara Volpato.
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Caritas Italiana (2010) – Co-investigator. Project: Strengthening of the Network of
Civil Society Associations Working on Disability in Gjilan/Gnjilane Region
(Kosova/o).
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FAR (2009) – Co-investigator. Project: Emotions and electoral votes: The role of
dual partisanship – Coordinator: Prof. Chiara Volpato.
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PRIN (2005) – Co-investigator. Project: Acculturation strategies and their
antecedents. National investigator: Prof. Capozza Dora.
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FIRB (2001) – Co-Investigator. Project: Processes of identification, prejudice, and
prejudice reduction. National investigator: Prof. Capozza Dora.
EXTRA-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AREA
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Research manager for the Italian Society of Psychosocial Sciences for Peace (SISPA).
Coordinator: Prof. Adriano Zamperini
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Research consultant for Caritas Italiana
MEMBERSHIPS
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European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (Full member)
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International Society of Political Psychology (Regular Member)
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Italian Association of Psychology – Social Psychology Section (Regular member)
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Nonkilling Psychology Research Committee
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Italian Society of Psychosocial Sciences for Peace (Staff Member)
EDITORIAL POSITION
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Editor in chief of In-Mind Italia (2010-2014)
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Editor In-Mind Italia (2015-)
AD-HOC REVIEWER
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European Journal of Social Psychology
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British Journal of Social Psychology

Social and Personality Psychological Science

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Journal of Conflict Resolution
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Journal of Language and Social Psychology
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Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology
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Psychological Reports
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In-Mind Italia
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TPM, Testing, Psychometrics, and Methodology
TEACHINGS
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Social Psychology at undergraduate course of Psychological Sciences ,University
of Genova (72 hours)
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Social Psychology at undergraduate course of Educational Sciences, (36 hours).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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intergroup perceptions of humanity; intergroup contact and helping behaviors;
video games and real-life consequences
LANGUAGES
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Italian: Mother tongue
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English: Good
PUBLICATIONS
in press
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Andrighetto, L., Riva, P., Gabbiadini, A., & Volpato, C. (2015). Excluded from all
humanity: Animal metaphors exacerbate the consequences of social exclusion.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology.
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Andrighetto, L., Vezzali, L., Bergamini, A., Chaima, N. & Giovannini, D. (in press).
Inside the earthquake: Perceived disaster exposure and outgroup helping
intentions among italian and immigrant victims of the 2012 italian earthquakes.
Group processes and Intergroup Relations.
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Anderson, C. A., Andrighetto, L., Bartholow, B. D., Begue, L,. Boxer, P., Brockmyer, J.
F., . . . . Warburton, W. (in press). Consensus on Media Violence Effects: Comment
on Bushman, Gollwitzer, and Cruz. Psychology of Popular Media Culture.
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Cardinali, P., Migliorini, L., Andrighetto, L., Rania, N., & Visintin, E. P. (in press).
Improving academic attitudes among ethnic minority youth at risk for early school
leaving: The interactive effects of cross-group friendships and ethnic identity.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
2015
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Volpato, C., & Andrighetto, L. (2015). Dehumanization. In J. D. Wright (Ed.)
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, (pp.
31–37) Oxford: Elsevier.
2014

Andrighetto, L., Baldissarri, L., Lattanzio, S., Loughnan, S., & Volpato, C. (2014).
Human-itarian aid? Two forms of dehumanization and willingness to help after
natural
disasters.
British
Journal
of
Social
Psychology,
53,
573-584.
doi:10.1111/bjso.12066
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Gabbiadini A., Riva, P., Andrighetto, L., Volpato, C., & Bushman, B. (2014).
Interactive effect of moral disengagement and violent video game on self-control,
cheating and aggression. Social Psychological and Personality Science. doi:
10.1177/1948550613509286
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Baldissarri, C., Andrighetto, L., & Volpato, Do dimensions of ethnic identity mediate
the association between perceived ethnic group discrimination and depressive
symptoms?
C. (2014). When work does not enobble man: Psychological
consequences of working objectification. TPM, Testing, Psychometrics, and
Methodology, 21, 327-339.
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Vezzali, L., Andrighetto, L., Bergamini, G., Nadi, C., & Giovannini, D. (2014). Il
terremoto e le relazioni tra gli italiani e gli stranieri. In Gruppo Sisma (a cura di), Il
terremoto muove tante idee (pp. 227-228). Parma: Edizioni Junior. (ISBN:
9788884345943).
2013
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Saguy, T., Chernyak-Hai, L., Andrighetto, L., & Bryson, J. (2013). When the
powerful feels wronged: The legitimization effects of advantaged group members'
sense of being accused for harboring racial or ethnic biases. European Journal of
Social Psychology, 43, 292-298. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.1948
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Andrighetto, L., Durante, F., Lugani, F., & Volpato, C. (2013). Obstacles to
intergroup contact: When partner’s anxiety meets perceived ethnic discrimination.
British Journal of Social Psychology, 52, 781-792. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12039
2012
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Andrighetto, L., Mari, S., Behluli, B. & Volpato, C. (2012). Reducing competitive
victimhood in Kosovo: The role of extended contact and common ingroup identity.
Political Psychology, 33, 513-529. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00887.
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Andrighetto, L. (2012). The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies
reconciliation between conflicting groups. In-Mind Magazine, 15.
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Riva, P. & Andrighetto, L. (2012). “Everybody Feels a Broken Bone, But Only We
Can Feel a Broken Heart”: Group Membership Influences the Perception of Targets’
Suffering”. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 801-806. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.1918
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Gabbiadini, A., Andrighetto, L., & Volpato, C. (2012). Does exposure to violent
video games increase moral disengagement among adolescents? Journal of
Adolescence, 35, 1403-1406. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.06.001.
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Capozza, D., Andrighetto, L., DiBernardo, A., & Falvo, R. (2012). Does status affect
intergroup attributions of humanity? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 15,
363-377. doi: 10.1177/1368430211426733
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Vezzali, L., Andrighetto, L., Trifiletti, E., & Visintin, E. (2012). Perceiving status
(in)stability in a low-status group: The effects of identification on explicit and
implicit intergroup attitudes. Social Psychology, 43, 33-40. doi: 10.1027/18649335/a000078.
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Volpato, C., Andrighetto, L., Mari, S., Durante, F., & Gabbiadini, A. (2012). “Italiani
brava gente”: Effetti di un mito storico sulle relazioni sociali contemporanee. In
Miglietta, A. & Gattino S. (Eds.), Dietro il pregiudizio. Il contributo della psicologia
sociale all’analisi di una società multiculturale (pp. ). Liguori Editori.
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Zamperini, A., Andrighetto, L., & Menegatto, M. L. (2012). The deconstruction of
enemy images for a nonkilling society. In D. J. Christie & J. E. Pim (Eds.), Nonkilling
Psychology (pp. 321-340). Honolulu: Center for Global Nonkilling. (ISBN-13978-09822983-8-1).
2011
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Trifiletti, E., Andrighetto, L., Rattazzi, M., Visintin, E. P., & Falvo, R. (2011). More
competent than warmth: The implicit stereotypes of Americans. TPM, Testing,
Psychometrics, and Methodology, 18, 199-209. (ISSN: 1972-6325).
2010
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Volpato, C., Durante, F., Gabbiadini, A., Andrighetto, L., & Mari, S. (2010). Picturing
the others: Targets of delegitimization across time. The International Journal of
Conflict and Violence, 4, 269-287. (ISSN: 1864-1385)
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Mari, S., Andrighetto, L., Gabbiadini, A., Durante, F., & Volpato, C. (2010). The
shadow of the Italian colonial experience: The impact of collective emotions on
intentions to help victims’ descendants. The International Journal of Conflict and
Violence, 4, 58-74. (ISSN: 1864-1385).

Boccato, G., Capozza, D., Andrighetto, L., & Falvo, R. (2010). La deumanizzazione
dell'altro: Applicazione in ambito socio-sanitario. In I. Testoni, D. Sposito, & F.
Martini (Eds.), Il morire tra ragione e fede. Universi che orientano le pratiche di aiuto
(pp. 1-6).
2009

Capozza, D., Boccato, G., Andrighetto, L., & Falvo, R. (2009). Categorization of
ambiguous human/ape faces: Protection of ingroup but not outgroup humanity.
Group
Processes
and
Intergroup
Relations,
12,
777-787.
doi:
10.1177/1368430209344868.
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Capozza, D., Trifiletti, E., Vezzali, L., & Andrighetto, L. (2009). Americans are
barbarians or allies? Images of Americans in the Italian social context. Basic and
Applied Social Psychology, 31, 60-68. doi: 10.1080/01973530802659893.
2008

Capozza, D., Andrighetto, L., Falvo, R., & Trifiletti, E. (2008). Implicit attitudes
toward dominant and subordinate groups. In L. Arcuri, P. Boscolo, & F. Peressotti,
(Eds.), Cognition and language: a long story (pp. 199-211), Padova: Cleup. (ISBN: 97888-6129-256-7).
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Andrighetto, L., Trifiletti, E., Pasin, A., & Capozza, D. (2008). Predictive validity of
the Host Community Acculturation Scale: The effects of social dominance
orientation and the belief in biological determinism. TPM, Testing, Psychometrics,
and Methodology, 15, 1-17. (ISSN: 1972-6325).
2007
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Andrighetto, L. & Bissoli, F. (2007). Nuovi movimenti e nuovi strumenti di
democrazia: Vicenza e il “No Dal Molin”. Pace, conflitti, e violenza, 4, 9-14.
2006
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Capozza, D., Andrighetto, L., Falvo, R., & Trifiletti, E. (2006). The use of GNAT for
studying intergroup dehumanization. TPM, Testing, Psychometrics, and Methodology,
13, 295-304. (ISSN: 1972-6325).
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Falvo, R., Trifiletti, E., Andrighetto, L., & Capozza, D. (2006). Organizational
commitment, commitment to change and burnout. TPM, Testing, Psychometrics, and
Methodology, 13, 225-236. (ISSN: 1972-6325).
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Andrighetto L., Trifiletti E., Vezzali L., & La Barbera, F. (2006). La rappresentazione
del terrorismo islamico: L’influenza dell’appartenenza politica. Quaderni di
Psicologia, 24, 1-46, Bologna: Patron. (ISBN: 88-555-2878-5).
La Barbera, F., Andrighetto, L., Trifiletti, E. (2006). Stress e videofeedback: uno
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studio pilota in Italia. Quaderni di Psicologia, 25, 1-37. Bologna: Patron. . (ISBN: 97888-555-2913-6).
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Andrighetto, L., Baldissarri, C., & Volpato, C. (2015) (Still) Modern Times: Evidence
of objectification within working domain. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Andrighetto, L., Riva, P., Volpato, C., & Gabbiadini, A. (2015). Excluded from all
humanity: Animal metaphors exacerbate the consequences of social exclusion.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology.

Gabbiadini A., Riva, P., Andrighetto, L., Volpato, C., & Bushman, B. (2015). Acting
like a tough guy: Violent-sexist video games, identification with game characters,
masculine beliefs, & empathy for female violence victims. Plos-One.
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Vezzali, L., Andrighetto, L:, Bergamini, A., Chaima, N. (2015). Negative intergroup
contact and support for social policies toward the minority outgroup in the
aftermath of a natural disaster The Journal of Social Psychology.
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Vezzali, L., Andrighetto, L., Saguy, T., Capozza, D., & Giovannini, D. (2015). When
direct contact can fail: Nature of contact, extended contact and desire for equality.
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
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Volpato, C., Andrighetto, L., & Baldissarri, C. (2015). Perceptions of Low-status
Workers and the Maintenance of the Social-class Status Quo. Journal of Social Issues.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Andrighetto, L., Baldassarri, C., & Volpato, C. (2015). Oggettivazione lavorativa e
(ridotta) percezione di libero arbitrio. Paper presented at the XII AIP Conference –
Social Psychology Section, Palermo(Italia).
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Andrighetto, L., Vezzali, L., Bergamini, A., Chaima, N. & Giovannini, D. (2015, June).
Inside the earthquake: Perceived disaster exposure and outgroup helping
intentions among italian and immigrant victims of the 2012 italian earthquakes.
Poster presented at the EASP small group meeting: “Dynamics of intergroup
relations: Majority and minority perspectives on improving intergroup relations”,
Budapest, Hungary.
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Baldissarri, C., Andrighetto, L., & Volpato, C. (2015, June). (Still) Modern Times.
Objectification at work. Paper presented at the EASP small Group meeting
“Objectification: Seeing and treating other people as objects”, Rovereto, Italia.
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Andrighetto, L., Baldissarri, C., & Volpato, C. (2014, September). (Still) Modern
Times: Evidence of objectification within working domain. Paper presented at the
SPPSI/EASP Joint Meeting “The Great Recession and Social Class Divides”,
Princeton, US.
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Andrighetto, L., Volpato, C. & Baldissarri, C. (2012, September). L’oggettivazione al
lavoro: una ricerca empirica. Paper presented at the XI AIP Conference – Social
Psychology Section, Chieti (Italia).
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Andrighetto, L., Durante, F., Volpato, C., & Lugani, F. (2012, September). Quando il
gruppo di maggioranza è ansioso: reazioni e conseguenze dell’ansia intergruppi
delle minoranze etniche. Paper presented at the XI AIP Conference – Social
Psychology Section, Chieti (Italia).

Andrighetto, L., Mari, S., Volpato, C., & Behluli, B. (2011, July). Reducing competitive
victimhood in Kosovo: The role of extended contact and common ingroup identity.
Paper presented at the 16th General Meeting of the European Association for
Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP), Stockholm, Sweden.

Andrighetto, L., Mari, S., Behluli, B., Gabbiadini, A., Durante, F., & Volpato, C. (2010,
September). Strategie di riduzione della “competitive victimhood” in Kosovo: Il ruolo
del contatto indiretto e dell’identificazione con un common-ingroup. Paper presented
at the X AIP Conference – Social Psychology Section, Turin (Italy).
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Andrighetto, L., Mari, S., Gabbiadini, A., Durante, F., & Volpato, C. (2009,
September). Il peso del passato: Sentimenti di colpa e vergogna collettiva
nell’evocazione del colonialismo italiano. Paper presented at the IX AIP Conference –
Social Psychology Section, Cagliari (Italia).
MEDIA COVERAGE

3-12-2013 – Gioconews – Videogiochi e moralità: “Serve maggiore informazione tra
gli adulti”.
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11-12-2013 – Le Figarò – L’impact d’un jeu vidéo violent et immoral.
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13-12-2013 - French TV I-Télé - L’impact d’un jeu vidéo violent et immoral.
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23-11-2013 – Corriere della Sera – Il videogioco che rende i ragazzi aggressivi.
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25-11-2013 – Eco di Bergamo – I videogiochi violenti inducono aggressività.
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28-11-2013 – La Stampa – Disonesti grazie ai videogame.
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10-02-2014 – Pacific Standard, the Science of Society – Violent games and bad
behavior: The evidence mounts.
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19-04-2013 – Androkonos - Videogiochi violenti, è allarme in Italia. Sesso, sangue e
droga nei titoli più venduti.