LUIGIA ZITO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: luigia.zito@uniroma1.it




supervisor: PROF. PIERO PORCELLI
co-supervisor: PROF. CHIARA CONTI

Research: The relationship between psychological distress and gut microbiota in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2017 Bachelor's degree in Psychological Sciences
"G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
2019 Master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology, (PsyD) 110/110 cum laude
2021 Specialty in “Assessment in Forensic Psychology”
"G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
2021 Professional Board of Italian Psychologists
Albo degli Psicologi della Regione Basilicata, n. 927
2021 Specialty in “Assessment in Forensic Psychology”
"G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
2021 Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy Dynamic and Clinical Psychology Research Doctorate (Current PhD student)
Supervisor: Professor Piero Porcelli
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019-2020 Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Internship as clinical psychologist.
Supervisor: Professor Piero Porcelli
2020 Mental Health Center Local Health Authority n. 2 (Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti), Italy. Internship as clinical psychologist. Supervisor: Doctor Rita Scarinci
2020-2021 Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
Monitoring of teaching and training activities.
Supervisor: Professor Chiara Conti
2021 Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Internship as forensic psychologist Supervisor: Professor Maria Cristina Verrocchio
2022 Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Teaching Fellow “Psychosomatics and Clinical Psychology”
2022 CAST-Center For Advanced Studies and Technologies, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Monitoring of teaching and training activities in “Genetic and Psychological Factors in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
2022 Psychological Counseling Services, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Counseling psychologist
2022 Research to Gastroenterology and Hepatology Chieti Hospital “S.S. Annunziata
2024 Visitind Period at Department of Psychology- Clinical Laboratory for Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychodiagnostics
University of Toronto
Supervisor: Professor Michael Bagby

PUBLICATIONS
Influence of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Disease Activity and Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.
Conti, C., Rosa, I., Zito, L., Grossi, L., Efthymakis, K., Neri, M., & Porcelli, P. (2021).
Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 664088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.664088

Has the COVID-19 pandemic worsened health-related quality of life of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease? A longitudinal disease activity-controlled study – 2023
Rosa, I., Conti, C., Zito, L., Efthymakis, K., Neri, M., Porcelli, P.(2023).
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021103

CONFERENCES
ALEXITHYMIA IN CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL AND HEPATOLOGIC DISEASE
Porcelli, P., Lanzara, R., Maiella, R., Rosa I., Zito L. (2021).
XXII Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia-Sezione Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica
Lecce 17-19 Settembre 2021.
DISEASE ACTIVITY AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS DURING OUTBREAK OF COVID-19
Conti, C., Rosa, I., Zito, L., Porcelli, P. (2021).
XIV International Congress of Clinical Psychology
Granada 10-13 Novembre 2021.
HAS COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORSENED QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE? A LONGITUDINAL DISEASE ACTIVITY-CONTROLLED STUDY
Zito, L., Rosa, I.
XXX Congresso AIP – Tutte le sezioni.
Padova 27-30 Settembre 2022.
HAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORSENED HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE? A LONGITUDINAL DISEASE ACTIVITY-CONTROLLED STUDY
Zito, L., Conti, C., Rosa, I., Efthymakis, K., Neri, M., Porcelli, P.
Congress of European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Wroclaw 15-17 Giugno 2023.
HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Rosa, I., Conti, C., Zito L., Porcelli, P.
Congress of European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Wroclaw 15-17 Giugno 2023.
ASSESSMENT OF ALEXITHYMIA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SELF-REPORT 20-ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE AND THE INFORMANT FORM
Camelio C., Zito L.
XXIII Congresso AIP - Sez. di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica.
Firenze 14-17 settembre 2023.
CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS DIFFERENTIATES SUBGROUPS OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
Rosa, I., Zito L.
XXIII Congresso AIP - Sez. di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica.
Firenze 14-17 settembre 2023.
ASSESSMENT OF ALEXITHYMIA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SELF-REPORT 20-ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE AND THE INFORMANT FORM
Zito, L., Camelio, C., Lanzara, R., Di Perna M., Conti, C., Porcelli, P.
International Congress of Emotions 2023.
Tilburg 4 - 6 Ottobre 2023.









Research products

11573/1724834 - 2024 - The relationship between psychological distress and gut microbiota in patients with fibromyalgia: a comparative study with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy controls
Lanzara, Roberta; Zito, Luigia - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXIV Congresso AIP Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica (Salerno)
book: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology - ()

11573/1724831 - 2024 - The relationship between gut microbiota, fibromyalgia, and psychological distress: a systematic review
Lanzara, Roberta; Zito, Luigia; Conti, Chiara; Anaclerio, Federico; Porcelli, Piero - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXIV Congresso AIP Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica (Salerno)
book: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology - ()

11573/1724830 - 2024 - The relationship between alexithymia and gut microbiota in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Zito, Luigia; Lanzara, Roberta; Conti, Chiara; Anaclerio, Federico; Efthymakis, Konstantinos; Stuppia, Liborio; Porcelli, Piero - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: International Society for Research on Emotion (Belfast)
book: International society for research on emotion - ()

11573/1665446 - 2023 - Has the COVID-19 pandemic worsened health-related quality of life of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease? A longitudinal disease activity-controlled study
Rosa, Ilenia; Conti, Chiara; Zito, Luigia; Efthymakis, Konstantinos; Neri, Matteo; Porcelli, Piero - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (Basel: MDPI 2003-) pp. - - issn: 1660-4601 - wos: WOS:000915492100001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85146533286 (1)

11573/1724816 - 2023 - Health outcomes in intimate partner violence victims Rosa, I., Conti, C., Zito L., Porcelli, P.
Rosa, Ilenia; Conti, Chiara; Zito, Luigia; Porcelli, Piero - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: Congress of European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (Wroclaw, Polonia)
book: Psychosomatic medicine - ()

11573/1724823 - 2023 - Cluster analysis of gastrointestinal symptoms and psychological distress differentiates subgroups of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a longitudinal study on health-related quality of life
Rosa, Ilenia; Zito, Luigia - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXIII Congresso AIP - Sez. di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica (Firenze, Italia)
book: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology - ()

11573/1724822 - 2023 - Assessment of alexithymia in patients with chronic illness: a comparison between the self-report 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale and the informant form Camelio Martina, Zito Luigia
Zito, Luigia - 04h Atto di convegno in rivista scientifica o di classe A
paper: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (MEssina: Università degli Studi di Messina. Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali) pp. - - issn: 2282-1619 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)
conference: XXIII Congresso AIP - Sez. di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica (Firenze, Italia)

11573/1542946 - 2021 - Influence of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Disease Activity and Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Conti, Chiara; Rosa, Ilenia; Zito, Luigia; Grossi, Laurino; Efthymakis, Konstantinos; Neri, Matteo; Porcelli, Piero - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY (Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved) pp. - - issn: 1664-0640 - wos: WOS:000647433000001 (10) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85105493538 (10)

11573/1617247 - 2021 - Disease activity and health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients during outbreak of COVID-19
Conti, Chiara; Rosa, Ilenia; Zito, Luigia; Grossi, Laurino; Efthymakis, Konstantinos; Neri, Matteo; Porcelli, Piero - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (MEssina: Università degli Studi di Messina. Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali) pp. - - issn: 2282-1619 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1617267 - 2021 - Alexithymia in chronic gastrointestinal and hepatologic diseases
Porcelli, Piero; Lanzara, Roberta; Maiella, Roberta; Rosa, Ilenia; Zito, Luigia - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (MEssina: Università degli Studi di Messina. Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali) pp. - - issn: 2282-1619 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

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