SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Publications in International Journals and Volumes

- Passafaro, P., Kosic, A., Molinari M., Frisari, F.V. (2025) Predicting individual residential engagement: Exploring the role of  perceived residential environmental quality, descriptive norms, problem awareness and place attachment. Urban Science, 9 (8) 287. Open access paper. https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/8/287.

- Kosic, A., Passafaro, P., Molinari. M. (2024) Predicting pro-environmental behaviour in the public sphere: Comparing the influence of social anxiety, self-efficacy, global warming awareness and the NEP. Sustainability 16, 19: 8716.Open access paper. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198716. 

- Kosic, A., Passafaro, P., Schnell, T., Molinari. M. (2024) Meaning in life and care for the environment: bridging the actions for addressing ecological issues and enhancing residential quality. Ecopsychology, 16, 3, 230-244. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/eco.2024.0003.

- Metastasio, R., Bocci, E., Passafaro, P., Carnovale, F., Zenone, V. (2024) The social representation of sustainable mobility: An exploratory investigation on social media networks. Sustainability, 16, 7, 2833. Paper published open access, freely available at https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072833. 

- Passafaro, P., Vecchione, M. (2022) Values and tourists’ sustainable behaviours: An overview of studies and discussion of some theoretical, methodological and management issues. Tourism Management Perspectives, 44, 101038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2022.101038.  This paper can be downloaded freely at this address (50 free downloads available): https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1g1UO7sySz-UsF

- Passafaro P, Chiarolanza C, Amato C, Barbieri B, Bocci E and Sarrica M (2021) Editorial: Outside the Comfort Zone: What Can Psychology Learn From Tourism (and Vice Versa). Frontiers in Psychology. Section: Environmental Psychology 12: 650741. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.650741

- Passafaro, P. (2020) Attitudes and tourists' sustainable behavior: an overview of the literature and discussion of some theoretical and methodological issues. Journal of Travel Research, 59(4), 579-601. DOI: 10.1177/0047287519851171.

- Sarrica, M., Rimano, A., Rizzoli, V., Passafaro, P. (2020) Are e-bikes changing the social representation of cycling? An exploration of articles on cycling in Italian online publications. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16, 1, 155-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1794148.

- Passafaro, P., Livi, S., Kosic, A. (2019) Local norms and the theory of planned behavior: understanding the effects of spatial proximity on recycling intentions and self-reported behavior. Frontiers in Psychology: Section Environmental Psychology, 10, art. 744. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00744

- Sarrica, M., Alecci, E., Passafaro, P., Rimano, A., Mazzara B. (2019) The social representations of cycling practices: an analysis of symbolic, emotional, material and bodily components, and their implication for policies. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 64, 119-132.

 - Cini, F., Passafaro, P. (2019) Youth and ecotourism: A qualitative exploration. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 19, 1, 126-131. DOI: 10.1177/1467358417704887.

- Passafaro, P., Rimano, A., Piccini, M.P., Sarrica, M., Metastasio, R., Alecci, E., Mazzara, B. (2019) A psychosocial analysis of citizens’ orientations towards sustainable urban mobility: overview of results from 10 years of research in Italy (and abroad). In. Beth, A., Wener, R., Yoon, B., Rae, R. A., & Morris, J. (Eds.). (2019). Proceedings from EDRA 50: Sustainable urban environments. Brooklyn, NY: Environmental Design Research Association. Available at https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/untitled-ecc4ff05-1d53-4c5e-a9b5-192e4d12292d/section/cb631f97-35f2-4caa-8090-0fb64d48e40a

- Passafaro, P., Livi, S. (2017) Comparing determinants of perceived and actual recycling skills: the role of motivational, behavioral and dispositional factors. The Journal of Environmental Education, 48, 5, 347-356. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2017.1320961.

 - De Dominicis, S., Carrus, G., Bonaiuto, M., Bonnes, M., Perrucchini, P., Passafaro, P. (2017) Evaluating the role of protected natural areas for environmental education. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 16, 3, 171-185. ISSN 1533-015X

- Passafaro, P., Mura, M., Albanese, A., Bocci, E. (2017) Potentialities and Preferences for Alternative Forms of Sustainable Tourism: The Case of Rural and Intergenerational Tourism. In R. H. Price (ed) Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism: Management, Opportunities and Challenges. Nova Science Publishers, NY. (pp. 29-84). ISBN 978-1-53610-799-9

- Cini, F., Metastasio, R., Passafaro, P., Saayman, M., van der Merwe, P. (2017) Youth and Ecotourism: A Road Trip Towards the Future Sustainability of Natural Areas. In R. H. Price (ed) Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism: Management, Opportunities and Challenges. Nova Science Publishers, NY. (pp. 1-28). ISBN 978-1-53610-799-9.

- Passafaro, P., Bacciu, A., Caggianelli, I., Castaldi, V., Fucci, E., Ritondale, D., Trabalzini, E. (2016) Measuring individual skills in household waste recycling: implications for citizens' education and communication in six urban contexts. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 15(3), 234-246. ISSN 1533-015X. Doi:10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181016.

- Rimano, A., Piccini, M.P., Passafaro, P., Metastasio, R., Chiarolanza, C., Boison, A., Costa F. (2015) The bicycle and the dream of a sustainable city: an explorative comparison of the image of bicycles in the mass-media and the general public. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 30, 30-44. ISSN: 1369-8478. Doi:10.1016/j.trf.2015.01.008.

- Passafaro, P., Cini, F., Boi, L., D’Angelo, M., Heering, M.S., Luchetti, L.,  Mancini, A., Martemucci, V., Pacella, G., Patrizi, F., Sassu, F., Triolo, M. (2015) The Sustainable tourist: Values, attitudes and personality traits.  Tourism and Hospitality Research, 225 - 239. ISSN: 1467-3584. DOI: 10.1177/1467358415576086.

- Passafaro, P., Maricchiolo, F., Angelici, A., Ciaraldi, V., Giannetti, S., Lungo, M., Marra, M., Piselli, F., Rosana, S. (2015).  A beliefs-based measure of attitudes towards urban littering, Applied Psychology Bulletin/Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, 274, 3, 15-22. ISSN: 0006-6771.

- Passafaro, P., Cini, F., Diaco, V., Schirru, O., Boison, A., Gasparri, V., Giannantoni, S. (2015) Understanding preferences for nature based and sustainable tourism: the role of personal values and general and specific environmental attitudes. Current Research in Psychology, 6 (1), 1-14. DOI: 10.3844/crpsp.2015.1.14. ISSN: 1949-0178 - 1949-0186(online). This paper is freely available at the following website - http://thescipub.com/journals/crp.

 - Passafaro, P, Rimano, A, Piccini, MP, Metastasio, R, Gambardella, V, Gullace, G, Lettieri, C (2014) The bicycle and the city: desires and emotions, versus attitudes, habits and norms. Journal of Environmental Psychology,38C, pp.76-83. ISSN: 0272-4944,  Doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.011.

 - Barbieri, B., Amato, C., Passafaro, P., Dal Corso, L., Picciau, M. (2014) Social support, work engagement, and non-vocational outcomes in people with severe mental illness. TPM – Testing Psychometrics Methodology in Applied Psychology, 21, 2,  pp 181-196.  ISSN 1972-6325. DOI:10.4473/TPM21.2.5

 - Cini F, Leone L, Passafaro, P (2012). Promoting ecotourism among young people: a segmentation strategy. Environment and Behavior 44, 1, p. 87-106, ISSN: 0013-9165, doi: 10.1177/0013916510389313.

 - Fornara F, Carrus G, Passafaro P, Bonnes M (2011). Distinguishing the sources of normative influence on proenvironmental behaviors: the role of local norms in household waste recycling. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 5, p. 623-635. ISSN: 1368-4302, doi: 10.1177/1368430211408149.

 - Bonnes, M, Passafaro P, Carrus G (2011). The ambivalence of attitudes towards urban green areas: Between pro-environmental worldviews and daily residential experience. Environment and Behavior, p. 207-232. ISSN: 0013-9165, doi: 10.1177/0013916509354699.

 - Bonnes M, Carrus G, Corral-Verdugo V, Passafaro P. (2010). The Socio-Psychological Affinity Towards Diversity: from Biodiversity to Socio-Ecological Sustainability. In: V. Corral-Verdugo; C.H. Garcia-Cadena Frias-Aarmenta M.. Psychological Approaches to Sustainability: Current Trends in Theory, Research and Application. p. 125-140, Hauppauge NY: nova science publishers. ISBN: 9781608763566.

 - Carrus G, Bonnes, M. Fornara F, Passafaro P, Tronu G (2009). Planned behavior and "local" norms: an analysis of the place-based aspects of normative ecological behavior. Cognitive Processing, vol. 10 (suppl2), p. 198-200. ISSN: 1612-4782, doi: 10.1007/s10339-009-0292-9.

 - Gifford R, Scannell L, Kormos C, Smolova L, Biel A, Boncu S, Corral V, Guntherf H, Hanyu K, Hine D, Kaiser F G, Korpela K, Lima L M, Mertig A G, Garcia Mira R, Moser G, P. Passafaro, Pinheiro J Q, Saini S, T, Sako T, et al. (2009). Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 29, p. 1-19. ISSN: 0272-4944, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.06.001.

 - Carrus G, Passafaro P, Bonnes M. (2008). Emotions habits and rational choices in ecological behaviours: the case of recycling and use of public transportation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 28, p. 51-62, ISSN: 0272-4944, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.09.003.

 - Passafaro, P. (2006) Comparing determinants of general and specific ecological behaviours in the Italian context. Bulletin of People-Environment studies, n°28, Winter 2006.

 - Fornara, F., Bonaiuto, M., Bonnes, M., Carrus, G., Passafaro, P. (2006). Sustainability and residential satisfaction within exclusive residential complexes in the city of Rome. In D. Shehayeb, H. Turgut Yildiz, P. Kellett (Eds.), The Appropriate Home: Can we design ‘appropriate’ residential environments? (pp. 37-48). Cairo (Egypt): HBNRC (Housing & Building National ReSearch Centre). Proceedings of the First HBRC & IAPS-CSBE Network Joint Symposium (ISBN 977-17-4798-3).

 - Bonnes, M., Carrus, G., Bonaiuto, M., Passafaro, P. (2006). Social psychological process and inclusive policymaking in the environmental domain: the role of local identity upon the acceptance of biodiversity and water resource conservation policies. Proceedings of the PATH (Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology) Conference. Edimburgh, UK. Abstract volume, interactive CD-Rom.

 - Passafaro, P. (2005) Applying the theory of planned behaviour to different ecological behaviours. Newsletters of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), vol.18, pp. 44-45.

 - Bonnes, M., Carrus, G., Bonaiuto, M., Fornara, F., Passafaro, P. (2004) Inhabitants’ environmental perceptions in the city of Rome within the framework of urban biosphere reserves of the UNESCO Programme on Man and Biosphere. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1023, pp. 175-186. ISSN: 0077-8923. DOI: 10.1196/annals.1319.009.

National Volumes Published

- Passafaro, P., Metastasio, M., Bocci, E. (2023) (Eds.) La mobilità sostenibile nella prospettiva delle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni. [Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections] Della Rocca Editore Viterbo. ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9

- Passafaro, P., Carrus, G., Pirchio, S. (2010) I bambini e l’ecologia. Prospettive psicologiche per l’educazione ambientale. Carocci, Roma. [Children and ecology: Psychological perspectives for environmental education]. ISBN : 88-430-3739.

- Bonnes, M., Carrus, M., Passafaro, P. (2006) Psicologia Ambientale della sostenibilità e comportamenti ecologici. Carocci, Roma. [Environmental psychology, sustainability and ecological behaviours]. ISBN: 978-88-430-5427-5.

Publications in national journals and volumes

- Metastasio, R., Bocci, E., Passafaro, P. (2024) Communicating sustainable tourism in key of social representations: A pilot study on Istagram, Facebook and Twitter. In Antonicelli M., D’Uggento A.M., Maggino F., Marin C., Tarzia A., Trapani M. (a cura di), AIQUAV Conference 2023 Quality of Life: Challenges and Opportunities in the Crossroads of the Mediterranean, Associazione Italiana per gli Studi sulla Qualità della Vita, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. ISBN: 978-88-6629-079-7

- Passafaro, P. (2023) La psicologia dei trasporti e gli studi psico-sociali sulle scelte di mobilità sostenibile. [Transport Psychology and the studies on sustainable mobility choices] In P.Passafaro, R. Metastasio, E. Bocci, (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni. [Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections]. Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 37-44). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Passafaro, P., Metastasio, R. (2023) Le strategie per la mobilità sostenibile in Europa: una breve panoramica. [Strategies for sustainable mobility in Europe: a brief overview] In P.Passafaro, R. Metastasio, E. Bocci (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni.[Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections].  Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 11-22). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Passafaro, P., Chiarolanza, C. (2023) Famiglie e ambiente: il ruolo dei processi relazionali nelle scelte di mobilità sostenibile. [Families and the environment: the role of relational processes on sustainable mobility choices] In P.Passafaro, Metastasio, R., Bocci, E. (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni.[Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections].  Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 45-54). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Piccini, M.P., Rimano, A., Passafaro, P. (2023) La rappresentazione della mobilità sostenibile: alcune indagini qualitative svolte nel contesto italiano.[The representation of sustainable mobility: some qualitative investigations carried out in the Italian context] In P.Passafaro, R. Metastasio, E. Bocci (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni.[Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections].  Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 61-66). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Metastasio, R., Passafaro, P. (2023) Comunicare la mobilità sostenibile: approcci teorici e pratiche sociali. [Communicating sustainable mobility: theoretical approaches and social practices]. In P.Passafaro, R. Metastasio, E. Bocci, (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni.[Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections].  Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 67-72). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Metastasio, R.,  Passafaro, P., Bocci, E. (2023) Scienze sociali e mobilità sostenibile: esperienze passate e sfide future. In P.Passafaro,R. Metastasio, E. Bocci (Eds) La mobilità sostenibile nelle scienze sociali: ricerche e riflessioni.[Sustainable mobility from a social sciences perspective: Research and reflections].  Della Rocca Editore, Viterbo (pp. 7-10). ISBN 979-12-80115-11-9.

- Passafaro, P. (2022) Una riflessione sull'uso dei costrutti di valore e atteggiamento negli studi sui comportamenti sostenibili dei turisti: limiti e potenzialità. [An analysis of the constructs of values and attitudes as they are implemented in studies on sustainble tourism: potentialities and limits].Turismo & Psicologia, 15, 1, 16- 26.  This paper can be freely downloaded at https://turismoepsicologia.padovauniversitypress.it/system/files/papers/Passafaro_0.pdf.

- Passafaro, P. (2021) La rilevanza degli studi di psicologia del turismo: tra pregiudizi accademici e limiti teorico-metodologici. Turismo e Psicologia, 14, 1, 63-68.[Relevance of studies on tourism psychology: between academic prejudices and theoretical-methodological limits] This paper can be freely downloaded at https://turismoepsicologia.padovauniversitypress.it/system/files/papers/2021_1_08_0.pdf

 - Passafaro, P., Di Dio Ragusa, C., Bove, F., Brandi, F., Cardinali, S., Cesaroni, S. Giuli, S., Nocella S. (2019) Il 'Turista sostenibile' una caratterizzazione sulla base di atteggiamenti, valori e tratti di personalità. Turismo e Psicologia, 12 (1), 25 - 48. [the sustainable tourist: a characterization on the basis of attitudes, values and personality traits] This paper can be freely downloaded at the following web page: http://turismoepsicologia.padovauniversitypress.it/system/files/papers/2019_1_3.pdf

- Passafaro P., Cini C., Bocchi D., Pichini I. (2012). Atteggiamenti ecologici e preferenze per attività e servizi turistici nella prospettiva della Psicologia Ambientale. Turismo e Psicologia, vol. 1, p. 27-45, ISSN: 2240-0443. [Attitudes and preferences for tourist activities according to an environmental psychology perspective]

 - Passafaro P., Carrus G, Pirchio S (2011). Il contributo della psicologia all'educazione ambientale: modelli, metodi e risvolti applicativi In: P.Cavallero; S.Paglialunga. La psicologia nel parco. Tutela ambientale e benessere psicosociale: intergenerazionalità e multimedialità. p. 247-261, Pisa:Edizioni ETS. ISBN: 9788846729637. [The potential contribution of psychology to environmental education: models, methods and practical applications]

 - Passafaro P., Giannantoni S., Ludovici S. (2011). Turismo, sostenibilità e atteggiamenti ecologici: uno studio sulle basi psicologico-sociali e ambientali delle preferenze eco-turistiche. Turismo e Psicologia, vol. 1, p. 397-412, ISSN: 2240-0443. [Tourism, sustainability and ecological attitudes: a study on the social psychological basis of preferences for ecotourism].

 - Carrus G, Passafaro P, M. Bonnes (2008). Teoria del Comportamento Pianificato e Norme Locali: uno studio sulla raccolta differenziata dei rifiuti domestici  Rassegna di Psicologia, vol. 3, p. 27-43, ISSN: 1125-5196. [Theory of Planned Behavior and local norms: the case of household waste recycling]

 - Bonnes M., Passafaro P, Carrus G, Fornara F, Bonaiuto M (2007). Psicologia ambientale della sostenibilità e educazione ambientale. Rendiconti – Accademia nazionale delle scienze detta dei XL. Memorie di scienze fisiche e naturali, vol. XXXI, P. II, t.I, p. 123-139, ISSN: 0392-4130. [Environmental psychology, sustainability and environmental education]

 - Carrus G, M. Bonnes, Passafaro P (2007). Diversità nell’ambiente urbano: una ricerca sulle relazioni tra autoritarismo, etnocentrismo, ed atteggiamenti verso le aree verdi della città. In: R. Brown; D. Capozza; O. Licciardello. Immigrazione, acculturazione, modalità di contatto. p. 280-291, Milano:Franco Angeli, ISBN: 9788846485250. [Diversities in the urban environment: relationship of environmental attitudes with authoritarianism and etnocentrism].

 Bonnes, M. Passafaro, P. Carrus, G., Mura, M. (2007). Per una psicologia ambientale del turismo sostenibile. In A. Albanese, M. Fabiano (a cura di.), Ambiente e Turismo. Atti del II Congresso Nazionale ARIPT. CLEUP, Padova, pp. 65-69 [For an environmental psychology of sustainable tourism].

 - Bonnes, M., Bonaiuto, M., Carrus, G., Passafaro, P. (2006) Le aree naturali protette per la promozione di consapevolezza, sensibilità e impegno ambientali. In ARP-Lazio (a cura di). L’educazione ambientale nelle aree protette del Lazio. Edizioni ARP-Lazio, Roma (pp.-19-52). ISBN 9788895213095 [Natural protected areas as a means to promote environmental awareness, concern and commitment]

 - Bonnes, M., Bonaiuto, M., Carrus, G., Fornara, F., Passafaro, P. (2006) Città luoghi urbani e percezioni ambientali degli abitanti. In G. Villanti (a cura di) Città e progetto. Pre-testi di urbanistica riflessiva. Editrice Compositori, Bologna (pp.69-80). [The city and urban places in the environmental perception of inhabitants]. ISBN 9788877945525.

 Bonnes., M, Carrus, G., Fornara, F., Passafaro, P., Bonaiuto, M. (2006). La città nella prospettiva della psicologia ambientale: dall’immaginabilità urbana alla qualità percepita dell’ambiente urbano. In P. Ferri, D. Fonti, M. Crescentini (a cura di), Io arte, noi città. Natura e cultura dello spazio urbano (pp. 245-253). Roma: Gangemi. [The city within an environmental psychology perspective: from the image of the city to the perceived quality of urban environment]. ISBN: 978-8849211214.

 - Bonnes, M., Carrus, G., Fornara, F., Bonaiuto, M., Passafaro, P., (2005) Percezioni ambientali e biodiversità a Roma nell’ambito del programma MAB dell’UNESCO”. In Accademia dei Lincei, Ecosistema Roma. Accademia dei Lincei. Roma. (pp.459-478). [Environmental perceptions and biodiversity in Rome within the UNESCO MAB Program]

 - Carrus, G., Passafaro P., Bonnes, M. (2004). “Ambientalismo, etnocentrismo ed autoritarismo: una scala di atteggiamento verso il verde urbano”. Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, 242, pp. 3-12. [Environmentalism, etnocentrism and authoritarianism: measuring attitudes towards urban green]

 - Carrus, G., Passafaro, P. Bonnes, M. (2003) Inhabitants’ attitudes toward urban landscape diversity. In UNESCO-MAB, Accademia Nazione delle Scienze Proceedings of EUROMAB 2002 Meeting (pp. 104-105). Accademia Nazione delle Scienze [National Academy of Sciences], Rome.

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