Dionigi, A., Fermani, A., & Canestrari, A. (2023). Do Clowns really Taste Funny? An investigation of the Relationship between Humor and Playfulness in Clown Doctors. Behavioral Sciences, 13(4), 328.
Heintz, S., Forabosco, G., Dionigi, A. & Cioni, F. (2023). Humor Comprehension and Appreciation: an Analysis of Italian Jokes. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research
Dionigi, A., Duradoni, M., & Vagnoli, L. (2023). Humor and Attachment: Exploring the Relationships between Insecure Attachment and the Comic Styles. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 13(1), 161-169
Dionigi, A. (2022). Playfulness, umorismo e creatività in psicoterapia: il divertimento può essere uno strumento di cambiamento? Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo 5(2), 100-112.
Dionigi, A., Duradoni, M., & Vagnoli, L. (2022). Humor and the dark triad: Relationships among narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy and comic styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 197, 111766.
Dionigi, A., Duradoni, M. & Vagnoli, L. (2022). Umorismo, personalità e rimuginio: quali relazioni? Gli stili comici come predittori del worry. Psicoterapia Cognitivo e Comportamentale, 28(1), 29-48.
Goldberg, A., & Dionigi, A. (2021) Sensory Processing Sensitivity, Caregiving Strategies, and Well-Being of Medical Clowns. Israeli Journal of Humor Research, 10(1), 56 -75.
Santarpia, A., Romani-Cesaro, M., Simonds, C., Dionigi, A., Holland, M., & Vinit, F. (2021). How the parents perceive the work of hospital clowns in the context of bereavement: A qualitative study. The Humanistic Psychologist. Advance online publication.
Dionigi, A., Duradoni, M. & Vagnoli, L. (2021). Humor and Anxiety: The Relationship between the Comic Styles, Worry and General Well-Being. Personality and Individual Differences. Vol. 181, October 2021, 111028
Dionigi, A., Duradoni, M. & Vagnoli, L. (2021). Humor and Personality: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Comic Styles Markers and its Relationships with the Big Five Personality Traits. Current Psychology: 1-13.
Dionigi, A., Casu, G., & Gremigni, P. (2020). Associations of Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Empathy with Psychological Health in Healthcare Volunteers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 6001.
Dionigi, A. (2020). The relationship between, burnout, personality, and emotional intelligence in clown doctors. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Studies. 33(1), 157-174
Forabosco, G., Dionigi, A., Cioni, F. & Heintz, S. (2020). Umorismo e intelligenza. Uno studio sperimentale. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo, 3(1), 90-100.
Heintz, S., Ruch, W., Aykan, S., Brdar, I., Brzozowska, D., Carretero-Dios, H., Chen, H.-C., Chłopicki, W., Choi, I., Dionigi, A., et al. (2019). Benevolent and corrective humor, life satisfaction, and broad humor dimensions: Extending the nomological network of the BenCor across 25 countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 2473–2492.
Dionigi, A. & Goldberg, A. (2019). Highly sensitive persons, caregiving strategies and humour: The case of Italian and Israeli medical clowns. European Journal of Humor Research Humour Research 7(4), 1–15.
Forabosco, G., Dionigi, A., Cioni, F. & Heintz, S. (2019). Barzellette: comprensione e divertimento. Uno studio preliminare. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo, 2(2), 90-100.
Vagnoli, L., & Dionigi, A. (2019). I clown a sostegno del processo di cura: Una revisione della letteratura. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo, 2(1), 7-22.
Dionigi, A. (2018). Healthcare Clowning: Application of a Specific Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Hospitalized Children. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 3(2), doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.1802009
Dionigi, A. & Canestrari, C. (2018). The use of humor by therapists and clients in cognitive therapy”. European Journal of Humor Research, 6 (3) 50–67.
Dionigi, A., & Canestrari C. (2018). The Role of Laughter in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Case Studies. Discourse Studies, 20(3), 323-339.
Heintz, S, Ruch, W., Platt, T., Pang, D., Carretero-Dios, H., Dionigi, A. et al. (2018). Psychometric comparisons of benevolent and corrective humor across 22 countries: The virtue gap in humor goes international. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00092
Dionigi, A. (2017). Clowning as a Complementary Approach for Reducing Iatrogenic Effects in Pediatrics. AMA Joural of Ethics 19(8), 775-782.
Dionigi, A., & Gremigni, P. (2017). A combined intervention of art therapy and clown visits to reduce preoperative anxiety in children. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(5-6), 632-640
Canestrari, C., Dionigi, A., & Zuczkowski, A. (2014). Humor Understanding and Knowledge. Language and Dialogue 4(2), pp. 261- 283.
Dionigi, A., & Canestrari C. (2016). Clowning in Health Care Settings: The Point of View of Adults. Europe’s Journal of Psychology (EJOP) 12(3), pp. 473–488.
Dionigi, A. (2016). Personality of Clown Doctors: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Individual Differences, 37, 49-55.
Dionigi, A., Ruch, W., & Platt, T. (2014). Components and determinants of the shift between own persona and the clown persona: A hierarchical analysis. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(4), 58-80.
Dionigi, A., Sangiorgi D. & Flangini, R. (2014). Clown intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety in children and parents: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Health Psychology, 19(3) 369-380.
Dionigi, A. (2012). L’umorismo in psicoterapia. Psicologia Contemporanea, 233(7/8) pp. 64-67.
Dionigi, A. (2011). La funzione psicopedagogica e terapeutica del clown. Pedagogika XV(1), pp.87-93.
Dionigi, A. (2010). Cos’è l’umorismo. Psicologia Contemporanea, 222, pp. 48-54.
Dionigi, A. (2009). La Comicoterapia. Psicologia Contemporanea, 214, pp. 58-62.
Dionigi, A., & Gremigni P. (2008). Tabagismo e area psicosociale. Tabaccologia, 4, pp. 13-17.
Pietrantoni L., & Dionigi, A. (2006). Quando ridere fa male: la relazione tra eventi di vita, stili umoristici e disagio psicologico. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale, 12(3), pp. 301 – 317.
Pietrantoni L., Prati G., Palestini L., Dionigi, A., & Qualdalti R. (2005). Le tecniche di marketing sociale: quali applicazioni alla sicurezza stradale. Psicologia della Salute, 3, pp. 71-84.
Pietrantoni L., & Dionigi, A. (2005). Il gelo nella mente: il comportamento umano nel pericolo. Psicologia contemporanea, 192, pp. 58-65.
Capitoli di libro
Dionigi, A., Filani, I., Gravier, M., Jewell, P., Lloyd, M., Lundquist, L., … & Wulf, D. (2020). Humor, Education and Art: Humor: a transdisciplinary approach. Fondo Editorial–Ediciones Universidad Cooperativa.
Dionigi, A. (2017). L’attività dei clown in ospedale. In A. Farneti, & R. Tschiesner (Eds.), L’ ospedale come bene comune, libreriauniversitaria.it.
Dionigi, A. (2017). I clown in ambito sanitario. In M. Bassi, C. Ruini, M. Scrignaro, & Andrea Fianco (Eds.), Le Pratiche della Psicologia Positiva, Milano: Franco Angeli.
Dionigi, A. (2014). Clowns in medical setting (doctors, nurses). In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 133-134.
Dionigi, A. (2014). Coulrophobia. In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 180-181.
Dionigi, A. (2012). Humor Theories. In P. Gremigni (Ed.), Humor and Health Promotion. New York: Nova Science Publisher, pp. 15-44.
Dionigi, A. (2012). Humor in Psychotherapy In P. Gremigni (Ed.), Humor and Health Promotion. New York: Nova Science Publisher, pp. 189-212.
Dionigi, A. & Gremigni P. (2012). The Psychology of Humor. In P. Gremigni (Ed.), Humor and Health Promotion. New York: Nova Science Publisher, pp. 1-14
Dionigi, A., Flangini, R. & Gremigni P. (2012). Clowns in Hospitals. In P. Gremigni (Ed.), Humor and Health Promotion. New York: Nova Science Publisher, pp. 213-228.