The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world in year 2020 put a strain on our ability to cope with events and revolutionized daily habits. On 9 March, Italy was forced lockdown prevent spread of infection, measures including mandatory closure schools nonessential activities, travel restrictions, obligation spend entire weeks same physical space. aim this study assess impact quality life (QoL) large Italian sample, order investigate possible differences QoL levels related both demographic...

As a clinical condition, boredom is an emotional state, widespread among young people, characterized by unpleasant feelings, lack of motivation, and low physiological arousal in which the level stimulation perceived as unsatisfactorily low. Boredom important state due to its spread people. Recent research has mainly studied complex connection between leisure-time experiences, may be involved adolescents' risk-taking behaviors. The current study aims investigate proneness, conceived...

International research has evidenced the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on families, and key role played by parenting stress levels. Although significant associations with parents' past trauma resilience have been shown, this study aimed to explore their complex interplay relationship between peritraumatic distress due COVID-19, stress, children's psychopathological difficulties. We recruited 353 parents children aged two 16 years via an online survey during Italian second wave...

Trait emotional intelligence (EI) is a constellation of emotion-related self-perceptions located at the lower levels personality hierarchies. This article examines validity Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Child Form and investigates its relationships with Big Five factors cognitive ability. A total 690 children (317 Males; M Age = 10.25 years; SD 1.58 years) completed TEIQue-CF, Raven Progressive, Matrices Questionnaire; in addition, subsample 136 participants answered to Depression...

In this study the effects of environmental and structural features two different neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) settings on time course psychological distress in mothers preterm infants were investigated.Levels 21 premature hospitalized NICU Salesi Hospital compared with levels from Sant'Orsola at three times during hospitalization.Data showed that Hospital, where there is no presence any specialized figure access for parents to ruled by schedules, reported higher than characterized...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short‐term effects on several physiological (arterial pressure and heart rate) psychological (anxiety aggressiveness) indexes playing violent non‐violent videogames in young adults. was carried out a sample 22 male participants. Subjects invited participate were recruited from videogame leisure club. Before during either or computer game, blood rate measured. after game session, subjects completed State‐Anxiety Inventory‐Y (STAI‐Y)...

Objective The study aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers’ work-related stress during first wave pandemic in Italy. main objective is investigate existence a positive correlation between hopelessness and burnout, assuming that burnout may be risk factor for development hopelessness, analyze role trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) changes workload could have this relationship. Furthermore, evaluate any significant differences levels function some demographic variables,...

The impact of agricultural practices and changes in land use on soil microarthropod communities was investigated by analyzing the data from 53 sample sites with five different land-use categories (natural habitats, orchards, arable crops, olive groves vineyards). These datasets are a mix published unpublished studies were analyzed using statistical techniques that enabled determination comparison values biological quality index for each systems based richness community composition forms...

Since the first development of psychology, drawing has been considered a useful tool to understand an individual's and personality. The graphic method regarded as valuable means expressing not only personality traits but also child's emotions emotional tone they "invest" in surrounding environment. However, empirical evaluations have raised substantial doubts about reliability validity this kind technique, lack studies that provide scoring methods represents significant limitation field....

The purpose of this paper is to describe the bipolar reference concept. A simply a that can take on continuous range both positive and negative numerical values. It will be shown for map matching via convolution operation, references yield maximum signal-to-noise ratios, in general, references. Algorithms generating digital simulation results are given.

The recognition of emotional facial expressions is a central aspect for an effective interpersonal communication. This study aims to investigate whether changes occur in emotion ability and the affective reactions (self-assessed by participants through valence arousal ratings) associated with viewing basic during preadolescence (n = 396, 206 girls, aged 11–14 years, Mage 12.73, DS .91). Our results confirmed that happiness best recognised preadolescence. However, significant decrease...

This study investigates on the relationship between affect-related psychological variables and Body Mass Index (BMI). We have utilized a novel method based machine learning (ML) algorithms that forecast unobserved BMI values variables, like depression, as predictors. employed various algorithms, including gradient boosting random forest, with relative to 221 subjects predict both status (normal, overweight, obese) of those subjects. found in use allow one (with mean absolute error 5.27-5.50)...

Emotional Awareness (EA) has been defined as the cognitive skill devoted to identification and description of one's own others' emotional experiences, an ability that usually conceptualized along with development intelligence. Despite this, EA also deemed a central constituent Intelligence (EI), construct captures individual differences in how we perceive, communicate, regulate, understand our emotions. well emotions others. The overlap between domain definition created several difficulties...

The literature has recognized premature birth as a risk factor for infant development and maternal anxiety. This study investigated the impact of severity weight, well anxiety at 3 months infants' corrected age, on outcomes during 1st year postpartum. Moreover, it described longitudinal trajectories developmental outcomes, additionally exploring anxiety.The compared 147 mothers their newborns, differentiated in 25 Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW), 41 Very (VLBW), 81 Full-Term (FT) infants....

After preterm birth, infants are at high risk for delays in language development. A promising intervention to reduce this is represented by the exposure parental voices through book-reading Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). This study investigated possible advantages of neonates during their NICU stay on subsequent development.100 families were recruited. The parents 55 (Reading Group) received a colored picture-book admission and supported read neonate as often continue after hospital...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the life of individuals in several realms such as work, education, and interpersonal interactions. No research so far investigated possible influence emergency on quality mother-child exchanges during feeding. present study aimed to do a sample mothers children (N = 359) recruited general population. SVIA was used evaluate dyadic feeding interactions; SCL-90/R BSFC were employed assess mothers' psychopathological risk caregiving distress. CBCL 1,5–5 tap...

This study contributes to the knowledge on effects of COVID-19 pandemic by examining a moderated mediation model in which impact job loss over quality life (QoL) is mediated hopelessness and trait emotional intelligence (trait EI). Data were collected from large nationally representative Italian sample adult workers (N = 1610), who completed series anonymous online questionnaires. Total, direct indirect estimated through bootstrapped moderation analyses providing 95% bias corrected bootstrap...

This study evaluated categories of attachment style and the maternal attitude toward educational role in a sample 30 mothers obese children control group 80 normal weight. All completed 1994 Attachment Style Questionnaire 1958 Parental Attitude Research Instrument. (M age 37.4 yr., range 31 to 54 years; M yr. education 11.6, 5 18 years) (range 60% above weight) 37.1 29 52 schooling 11.4, with weight were contacted at primary school attended by their joined project voluntarily. Age number...