A5001420926- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Educational and Social Studies
- Family Support in Illness
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Child Therapy and Development
- Infant Health and Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
University of Milano-Bicocca
2014-2024
Ospedale San Paolo
2021-2022
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo
2019-2022
Objective: In the first year of postpartum period, parenting stress, mental health, and dyadic adjustment are important for wellbeing both parents child. However, there few studies that analyze relationship among these three dimensions. The aim this study is to investigate relationships between health (depressive anxiety symptoms), first-time parents. Method: We studied 268 (134 couples) healthy babies. At 12 months postpartum, filled out, in a counterbalanced order, Parenting Stress...
While the association between anxiety and postpartum depression is well known, few studies have investigated relationship these two states parenting stress. Furthermore, a number of found that affects mother-infant emotion regulation, but there has been only one study on regulation no at all stress regulation. Therefore, primary aim our to identify, in community sample 71 mothers, maternal depression, anxiety, The second examine assessed 3 months.Mother-infant interaction was coded with...
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased online counselling interventions, including those aimed at university students. principal aim of the study is to evaluate effectiveness intervention during pandemic, also with regards face-to-face intervention.
The study evaluated reflective functioning (RF), maternal attachment, mind-mindedness, and emotional availability among 44 adolescent mother–infant dyads 41 adult dyads. At infant age 3 months, interaction was coded with the mind-mindedness coding system Emotional Availability Scales; mother attachment RF were Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Adolescent mothers (vs. mothers) more insecure had lower RF; they also less sensitive, intrusive hostile, structuring of their infant's activity; used...
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted adults’ mental health around the world. Various studies highlighted role of sociodemographic risk factors, including age, gender, and level education, in increasing this impact. Although insecure attachment styles are considered a vulnerability factor for psychopathology difficulties coping with stressful situations, few have examined relation to psychological responses pandemic. This study aims investigate affecting psychopathological problems...
This pilot study examined the effectiveness of an attachment-based intervention program, PRERAYMI, based on video technique, psychological counseling and developmental guidance in improving style interaction emotion regulation adolescent mothers their infants after 3 6 months intervention. Analyses revealed that who participated (vs. control group mothers) increased Sensitivity reduced Controlling both treatment. Infants infants) Cooperative Passive from to 9 months. Moreover, dyads dyads)...
We examined the association between quality of maternal representations attachment evaluated by Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and mother styles regulating attention emotion during free play with objects in 41 dyads when infants were nine months old. The secure showed a greater duration engagement matches, more positive capacity to move from non-matched matched states. Secure demonstrated involvement than insecure dyads. Insecure mismatches spent time negative matches. Correlations AAI...
The study examined the effectiveness of PRERAYMI (Promoting Responsiveness Emotion Regulation and Attachment in Young Mothers Infants) attachment-based intervention programme aimed at adolescent mother-infant dyads. used video-feedback developmental guidance to promote maternal mind-mindedness sensitivity. 32 dyads group were compared 12 control group. Maternal maternal/infant styles interaction evaluated, pre-treatment (infant 3 months) post-treatment 9 months). results indicated enhancing...
Emerging adulthood is a turning point in the life cycle with regard mental health. To assess psychological distress and attachment styles 688 university students of which 370 requested counselling support responded to Symptom Checklist 90 Revised Attachment Style Questionnaire. Counselling attending (vs non-attending students) have higher risk profile, more insecure attachment. A marked percentage not presents distress. In both groups associations emerged between psychopathological problems...
This article presents a strategy for the initial step of data harmonization in Individual Participant Data syntheses, i.e., making decisions as to which measures operationalize constructs interest - and do not. is vital process harmonization, because study can only be good its measures. If construct validity question, results are questionable well. Our proposed consists three steps. First, unitary defined based on existing literature, preferably theoretical framework surrounding construct....
The study examined the effectiveness of a brief psychodynamic counseling intervention on psychological distress and general life satisfaction in sample 124 students by comparing pre- posttreatment data. authors also tested moderating role pretreatment attachment styles. Results showed that most participants (57%) can be classified as nonclinical population, whereas only minority belong to clinical population (17%) subclinical (26%) according Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R)....
This study examined the psychopathological and psychosocial risk profile quality of mother-infant interaction in 98 adolescent young dyads. At their infant's age 3 months, mothers filled a socio-demographic form completed test battery: EPDS for depression, STAY-I anxiety, PSI-SF parenting stress, MPSS social support, AAI maternal attachment reflective functioning, CECA adverse childhood experiences, Care-Index Mind-mindedness coding system interaction. Results showed that motherhood...
Worldwide, psychotherapists' clinical experience went through rapid developments with transition to teletherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature on use of remote psychoanalysis was not conclusive, leaving issue consequences necessary setting alternation open. This study aimed investigate psychoanalysts' experiences shifting work and then returning in-person setting, considering effect patients' attachment styles personality configurations.Seventy-one analysts Italian Psychoanalytic...
La ricerca, finanziata da Il Sole Onlus, ha valutato l’efficacia di un intervento supporto psicopedagogico, counselling e recupero sociale per bambine etiopi vittime violenza sessuale. In Etiopia i bambini violenze riportano scarso sociale, bassa autostima pensieri intrusivi. 19 (eta media 9.7 anni), sessuale, hanno partecipato all’intervento. Si nelle all’inizio 12 mesi dopo l’intervento il PTSD, rischio depressivo, problemi comportamentali comportamenti sessualizzati. Dopo anno si...
Abstract Background Fatherhood at a young age can be characterized by multiproblematic background with several risk factors that negatively affect father-child relationships, the father’s well-being and child’s social-emotional development. Methods This pilot study evaluated paternal interaction styles mentalization in sample of 22 fathers their 3-month-old infants compared these variables those adolescent mothers (the fathers’ partners). Parent-infant were codified Care-Index to evaluate...
Eighty-one adolescent and young mother–infant dyads have been divided into two groups with/without traumatic experiences in maternal history to examine the effect of on quality relationship. At infant 3 months, interaction was video-recorded. Results showed that mothers with (vs. without experiences) had less sensitive more violent intrusive behaviours. Infants infants aggressive reactive Furthermore, cumulative predicted negative Findings indicated childhood increased an mother’s risk for...