Federica Galli

Biografy

Federica Galli is a qualified Psychologist who holds a Master’s Degree in Health, Clinical and Community Psychology and a PhD in Social, Developmental and Educational Research Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology of the “Sapienza” University of Rome.

Currently, she is a research fellow at the University of Rome “Foro Italico”.

Her research interests are focused on the Psychology of Health and Sport related above all to the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Specifically, she has mainly dealt with the prevention of the use and consumption of substances to improve the aesthetic aspect and sports or cognitive performance, in university and school contexts and the promotion of physical activity and physical exercise in older people.

Conferences and seminars

  • Co-author in the presentation of the research work “The role of support for autonomy and satisfaction of needs in the intention of the elderly to perform physical exercise”, at the XXI National Congress of the Italian Association of Sports and Exercise Psychology (AIPS): Professions and Professionalism in Sports Psychology in Italy, Bologna
  • Coautrice for the poster “The role of perceived autonomy support and needs satisfaction in the intention to do exercise and physical activity of older adults”. International Society of Sport Psychology, Siviglia, Spagna.
  • Poster co-author: “Evaluation of an online media literacy intervention on the use of SEAP aimed at high school sports students”. XXIII National Congress of the Italian Association of Sports and Exercise Psychology: Body – mind in motion: motor activity and performance throughout life.

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