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Laura Maria Fatta; Elizabeth A. Laugeson; Dora Bianchi; Italian Peers® team support group; Fiorenzo Laghi; Maria Luisa Scattoni – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The "Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills" (PEERS®) is an intervention targeting social skills for autistic adolescents and those with other social challenges. The efficacy of the PEERS® on adolescents has been extensively explored but the program has not been validated in Italy. In the present study, we adapted…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Pino, Marco; Fatigante, Marilena; Alby, Francesca; Zucchermaglio, Cristina – Applied Linguistics, 2022
This article investigates miscommunication in sequences of talk where an oncologist asks about patients' co-morbidities, that is, their other illnesses beyond cancer. Using conversation analysis, we examine ways in which the participants identify and manage two sources of miscommunication: a divergence in the doctor's and the patient's…
Descriptors: Cancer, Interpersonal Communication, Physicians, Comorbidity
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Luoni, Chiara; Scorza, Maristella; Stefanelli, Silvia; Fagiolini, Barbara; Termine, Cristiano – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Developmental dyscalculia (DD) has long been thought to be determined by multiple components. Dyscalculia has high comorbidity with other learning and developmental disabilities, including reading and writing disorders, attention deficits, and problems in visual/spatial skills, short memory, and working memory. This study aims to assess prevalence…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills, Comorbidity
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Balboni, Giulia; Bacherini, Alice; Rebecchini, Gessica; Cagiano, Romina; Mancini, Alice; Tancredi, Raffaella; Igliozzi, Roberta; Muratori, Filippo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The effects of environmental factors [including Socio-Economic Status, Cultural Capital, and Social Capital (Socio-Cultural Level) of both parents] on the Vineland-II adaptive behavior dimensions of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in addition to individual factors, was investigated in 148 Italian toddlers (82% males), aged 18 to…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Influences
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Ghislanzoni, Laura; Tobia, Valentina; Gambarini, Andrea; Rossi, Eleonora; Tombini, Giulia; Ogliari, Anna – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
Individuals with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are at risk of increased psychological distress, such as internalising (e.g. anxiety) or externalising (e.g. aggressive behaviour) symptoms. This study investigates the psychopathological profile of children and adolescents with SLD from their point of view and the point of view of their mothers.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders, Aggression
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Balazs, Judit; Miklosi, Monika; Kereszteny, Agnes; Hoven, Christina W.; Carli, Vladimir; Wasserman, Camilla; Apter, Alan; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Cosman, Doina; Cotter, Padraig; Haring, Christian; Iosue, Miriam; Kaess, Michael; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Keeley, Helen; Marusic, Dragan; Postuvan, Vita; Resch, Franz; Saiz, Pilar A.; Sisask, Merike; Snir, Avigal; Tubiana, Alexandra; Varnik, Airi; Sarchiapone, Marco; Wasserman, Danuta – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Subthreshold-depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold-depression and anxiety with a focus on suicidality, using both categorical and dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Psychopathology