- General Psychology
- Psychobiology
- Psychometrics
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Carla Canestrari is an Associate Professor of General Psychology at the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Sciences, University of Macerata. She obtained her PhD in Communication Psychology and Dialogic Techniques (2005) and a three-year postdoctoral research grant in General Psychology at the same institution. She has held roles including Teaching Delegate at her department and is currently a member of the University Quality Committee and the PhD program boards in 'Education, Cultural Heritage and Territories' and 'Human Sciences'. Her research focuses on humor studies, cognitive processes in verbal irony, and applications of humor in healthcare (e.g., clown doctors). She coordinates the interdepartmental research center 'János Sándor Petöfi' for Communication Psychology and Text Semiotics. Notable contributions include validating humor-related scales (e.g., PhoPhiKat-30) and investigating gelotophobia's role in cyberbullying and parenting dynamics. Canestrari serves on editorial boards of journals like RISU , International Journal of Emotional Education , and Humanities and Social Sciences Communication . She has reviewed for Frontiers in Psychology , Current Psychology , and others. Her work includes studying humor's role in medical contexts, cognitive therapy, and insight problem-solving pleasures. Key collaborations include research stays at Youngstown State University (USA) under Prof. Salvatore Attardo. She has secured grants for projects like 'DEVICES' (Vietnam/Cambodia education) and 'Thinking in Opposites to Improve Creativity'. Recent work addresses humor's impact in clown medicine, pandemic healthcare worker stress, and cross-cultural humor measurement.






