Emergency situations have been associated with negative psychological adjustment outcomes in healthcare professionals, although studies on the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst Italian health workers are limited. The main aim this study was to investigate professionals during peak COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating differences according working or not patients affected by and areas a more severe spread pandemic. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward support were...

Aim: This paper aimed to explore psychological functioning and mental representations in mothers of preterm infants during the child's hospitalization a Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: A sample including 62 premature (gestational age < 37 weeks) was recruited NICU. According gestational at time delivery, we considered two groups: Group included whose children were born before 32 weeks pregnancy; B or after pregnancy. Within one week childbirth, administered self-report...

Research has studied family functioning in families of patients suffering from eating disorders (EDs), particularly investigating the associations between mothers' and daughters' psychopathological symptoms, but limited studies have examined whether there are specific maladaptive psychological profiles characterizing as a whole when it includes adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia (BN), binge disorder (BED). Through collaboration network public private consultants, we recruited...

Alterations in dopamine neurotransmission are generally associated with diseases such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD). Such typically feature poor decision-making lack of control on executive functions, have been studied through the years using many animal models. Dopamine Transporter (DAT) knockout (KO) well heterozigous (HET) mice, particular, widely used to study ADHD. Recently, a strain DAT KO rats has developed (Leo et al. 2018). Here,...

International research has underlined that both interpersonal, self-regulation, and comorbid variables can lead to a higher risk of developing internet addiction (IA) among young adults. To date, no studies have explored the interplay between adults’ family functioning, impulsivity, psychopathological difficulties. In community sample 244 adult university students, this study aims assess relationship IA gender, perception their impulsivity level, depressive anxiety symptoms, considering...

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...

Abstract Objective: To evaluate over time feeding behavior and emotional–behavioral functioning in a sample of children diagnosed with Infantile Anorexia (IA) group typically developing children; to investigate the relationship between maternal psychological children's patterns emotional‐behavioral functioning. Method: Seventy‐two IA 70 control were prospectively evaluated through several measures at two, five, eight years age. Results: Our findings revealed partial improvement nutritional...

Background: For a small minority of individuals, the overuse digital technologies has been associated with negative factors, including psychological distress and psychopathological symptoms. Two technology-based addictions – internet gaming disorder (IGD) social media addiction (SMA) have found to be related comorbid disorders impulsivity especially in adolescents emerging adults’ populations, but results this field are inconclusive Purpose: Using latent profile analysis (LPA), study...

Background and aims: Past research on the associations between psychopathological symptoms technological-based addictions, i.e., Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Social Media Addiction (SMA), showed contradictory results in adolescents adult populations. The present study investigated correlations adolescents' risks impulsivity, IGD SMA. Methods: A sample of 656 participants (338 males; Mage = 16.32 years) was divided into three age groups (early, mid-, late adolescence) completed a battery...

The use of digital devices among very young children is quickly spreading, although the effects screen time on emotional and cognitive functioning are still debated. In a sample N = 422 their mothers, this 4-year longitudinal study aimed to evaluate hypothesis that as smartphones tablets at 4 years age related later dysregulation symptoms lower academic achievements both 6 8 age. Children’s mothers were asked whether or not offspring had access what was average typical day. Mothers also...

International research has underlined a worrying increase in Internet and Instagram addiction among emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although role played by alexithymia psychological distress due to been evidenced, no study explored their complex relationship predicting adults’ addiction. The present aimed verify whether peritraumatic pandemic mediated between Internet/Instagram addiction, sample composed of n = 400 Italian adults. Results showed that females had higher than...

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of age and presence feeding pathologies on relational modes during meals in a sample mother-child pairs (n = 333), comparing groups children first three years life with normal development (ND-group, n 211) clinical who presented diagnosis disorder failure to thrive (FD-group, 122), show an association between specific symptomatic characteristics mother, child dysfunctional their relationship subgroup 50), selected at random from total paired control group...

Abstract Objective: This study examines a transactional and multirisk model for Infantile Anorexia (IA) investigates the contributions of parent, child, dyadic interactional variables related to this feeding disorder. Method: The sample consisted 371 mother‐child pairs (children aged 6–36 months), which 187 mothers normally developing children (ND‐group), 184 IA children. All dyads were videotaped during feeding; completed questionnaires assessing their psychological profiles eating...

Aim: To evaluate different types and degrees of malnutrition over time in a sample children diagnosed with Infantile Anorexia (IA), based on the DC:0-3R criteria, recently defined by DSM-5 as first subtype Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), to investigate relationship between children's severity emotional/behavioral development, mothers' long-term psychopathological symptoms. Methods: A total 113 (58 boys, 55 girls), originally IA, their mothers, were evaluated at four...

ABSTRACT The article aims to study mother–child and father–child interactions with 24‐month‐old children during feeding, considering the possible influence of time spent by parent child, infantile temperament, parental psychological profile. families were recruited from 12 preschools in Italy ( N = 77 families). Through an observation feeding [Scala di Valutazione dell'Interazione Alimentare (SVIA – Feeding Scale; I. Chatoor et al., ; L. Lucarelli )], self‐reporting [Symptom...

Several etiopathogenetic models have been conceptualized for the onset of Internet Addiction (IA). However, no study had evaluated possible predictive effect early emotion regulation strategies on development IA in adolescence. In a sample <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle="italic">142</mml:mn></mml:math> adolescents with Addiction, this twelve-year longitudinal aimed at verifying whether and how...

Both mentalization and empathy allow humans to understand others, through the representation of their mental states or mood, respectively. The present review aims explain those characteristics which are shared between Theory Mind. Research in neuroscience, based on naturalistic paradigms, has shown that abilities mentalize empathize associated with activation different neuro-cognitive circuits. As far as mirror-neuron processes concerned, some structures (like Anterior Insula, AI; Cingulate...

The effect of gene polymorphisms and promoter methylation, associated with maladaptive developmental outcomes, vary depending on environmental factors (e.g., parental psychopathology). Most studies have focused 0- to 5-year-old children, adolescents, or adults, whereas there is dearth research school-age youths pre-adolescents.In a sample 21 families recruited at schools, we addressed parents' psychopathological symptoms (through SCL-90-R); offspring emotional-behavioral functioning...

Abstract The purpose of the study was to analyze efficacy early home‐visiting intervention in enhancing quality mother–infant interaction psychosocial risk and depressive dyads. Thirty risk, 28 33 low‐depressed low‐risk mothers were randomly distributed between Home Visiting Program control groups. Attachment (Adult Interview; Main &amp; Goldwyn, 1997) maternal representations during pregnancy (Interview Maternal Representations During Pregnancy; Ammaniti, Candelori, Pola, Tambelli, 1999)...

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the differences among three subtypes feeding disorders (FD), defined through criteria DC:0‐3R: “Infantile Anorexia” (IA), “Feeding Disorder Associated with Insults Gastrointestinal Tract” (FDIGT), and “Sensory Food Aversions” (SFA), by exploring mother–child interactions during feeding, children's temperament emotional–adaptive functioning, mothers' psychological profile eating attitudes. Method: sample consisted 146 Italian pairs,...