A hinge for furniture or the like, which comprises: - a hinge arm that is configured to be fixed to a fixed part of the item of furniture; - a hinge box that is configured to be fixed to a door of the item of furniture and is connected, so that it can oscillate, to said hinge arm by an articulation system in order to be movable between an open position and a closed position of the hinge, the articulation system comprising a first, inner rocker which is connected, so that it can oscillate, with the hinge arm and with the hinge box by a first and a second articulation axis respectively and a second outer rocker which is connected, so that it can oscillate, with the hinge arm and with the hinge box by a third and a fourth articulation axis respectively; and - elastic means for opening and/or closing the hinge in said 15 hinge arm; wherein it comprises a stressing lever for stressing said elastic opening and/or closing means; wherein the stressing lever is supported so that it can oscillate by said third articulation axis of the second rocker, wherein said elastic means are in the form of a leaf spring or a metal wire spring having a first and a second (20") V-shaped elastic arm; said spring being fixed in the hinge arm by either the third articulation axis or by another fixing element; characterized in that the stressing lever and/or the second rocker comprise connecting means which are shaped to functionally connect the stressing lever and the rocker with each other starting from a certain opening angle, in order to stress the elastic means at least in said neighborhood of the open position of the hinge; and said spring is configured and stressed in such a way as to exert an elastic action that acts beginning from a certain opening angle, in order to bring the door to the fully open position and keep that door in that position. - a hinge arm that is configured to be fixed to a fixed part of the item of furniture; - a hinge box that is configured to be fixed to a door of the item of furniture and is connected, so that it can oscillate, to said hinge arm by an articulation system in order to be movable between an open position and a closed position of the hinge, the articulation system comprising a first, inner rocker which is connected, so that it can oscillate, with the hinge arm and with the hinge box by a first and a second articulation axis respectively and a second outer rocker which is connected, so that it can oscillate, with the hinge arm and with the hinge box by a third and a fourth articulation axis respectively; and - elastic means for opening and/or closing the hinge in said 15 hinge arm; wherein it comprises a stressing lever for stressing said elastic opening and/or closing means; wherein the stressing lever is supported so that it can oscillate by said third articulation axis of the second rocker, wherein said elastic means are in the form of a leaf spring or a metal wire spring having a first and a second (20") V-shaped elastic arm; said spring being fixed in the hinge arm by either the third articulation axis or by another fixing element; characterized in that the stressing lever and/or the second rocker comprise connecting means which are shaped to functionally connect the stressing lever and the rocker with each other starting from a certain opening angle, in order to stress the elastic means at least in said neighborhood of the open position of the hinge; and said spring is configured and stressed in such a way as to exert an elastic action that acts beginning from a certain opening angle, in order to bring the door to the fully open position and keep that door in that position.