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Direct linkGiacomo Angelini; Irvin Sam Schonfeld; Renzo Bianchi; Caterina Fiorilli – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2025
Teachers constitute a vulnerable professional group in terms of the impact of work-related stress on depression. The present study examined flourishing and occupational depression in general education teachers (GETs) and special education teachers (SETs). A sample of 448 Italian teachers (69.6% of SETs), mostly women (85.5%), aged 26-67 (M =…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables, Work Environment
Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Van der Graaff, Jolien; Workman, Katey; Carlo, Gustavo; Branje, Susan; Carrizales, Alexia; Gerbino, Maria; Gülseven, Zehra; Hawk, Skyler T.; Luengo Kanacri, Paula; Mesurado, Belén; Samper-García, Paula; Shen, Yuh-Ling; Taylor, Laura K.; Trach, Jessica; van Zalk, Maarten H. W.; Žukauskiene, Rita – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Evidence suggests an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, particularly among emerging adults. However, theories on altruism born of suffering or adversarial growth suggest that we might also see prosocial behavior as a function of the pandemic, which may protect against mental health challenges. Because cultural values are central in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, Cultural Influences
Matilde Brunetti; Stefania Sette; Emiddia Longobardi; Fiorenzo Laghi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
The main aim of this study was to investigate a conceptual model linking subtypes of social withdrawal, social/asocial dissatisfaction, and internalizing problems in late childhood and early adolescence. Participants were N = 459 students (n = 247 girls) aged 8-14 years (M = 11.24, SD = 1.66), who completed self-reports assessments of social…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Children, Early Adolescents, Shyness
Sette, Stefania; Zava, Federica; Baumgartner, Emma; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Coplan, Robert J. – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
The study aimed to explore links between social withdrawal subtypes and internalizing problems among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were N = 748 children (387 girls) aged 7-11 years (M = 8.91, SD = 1.07) attending primary schools in Italy. Children completed an online questionnaire assessing subtypes of social withdrawal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Fusco, Luca; Sica, Luigia Simona; Parola, Anna; Aleni Sestito, Laura – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
Flexibility is considered one of the key resources for a successful adaptation to the world of work. It has also been defined as "the positive side" of career reconsideration process in vocational identity theory. However, previous empirical observations conducted in the Italian context have highlighted the negative relationship between…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Well Being, Personal Autonomy, Late Adolescents
Cerutti, Rita; Spensieri, Valentina; Amendola, Simone; Biuso, Giuseppe Stefano; Renzi, Alessia; Tambelli, Renata – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about new stressors on university students, with a negative impact on their mental health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of a brief psychodynamically oriented intervention on general functioning by investigating changes in symptoms of depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables, College Students
Stefania Sette; Matilde Brunetti; Giulia Pecora; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
This study investigated links between motivations for social withdrawal, time spent alone, and indices of internalizing difficulties. Participants were 169 (n = 96 girls) children and early adolescents aged 8-14 years (M[subscript age] = 10.82, SD = 1.78). Children completed self-report measures of motivations for social withdrawal (shyness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Social Isolation
Download full textAliberti, Sara; Raiola, Gaetano – Education Sciences, 2021
Line dancing is one of the most practiced dance styles by adults and seniors due to the ease of execution of choreography. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic prolonging the restrictions of physical and sports activities, the elderly population has been forced into increased sedentariness and social isolation, resulting in the development of symptoms of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Mental Health, Dance, COVID-19
Lavelli, Manuela; Stefana, Alberto; Lee, Sang Han; Beebe, Beatrice – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Very few studies have assessed infant capacity for bidirectional, contingent communication at birth, and to our knowledge there are none with preterm infants in the neonatal period. Presence versus absence of such interactive contingency makes a difference for our theories of development. We examined whether preterm infants can contingently…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Neonates, Hospitalized Children, Mothers
Parola, Anna; Marcionetti, Jenny – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2022
The extent to which young people think about the future, called time perspective, and their affective view (positive/negative) was related to their current socioeconomic situation. Specifically, we assessed the relationship between the NEET condition and self-perception of adulthood and health and aimed to verify the moderating role of future-time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Unemployment, Out of School Youth
Giangrasso, Barbara; Casale, Silvia; Fioravanti, Giulia; Flett, Gordon L.; Nepon, Taryn – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
The current study focused primarily on the associations that feelings of not mattering have with life satisfaction, stress, and distress among students trying to cope with the uncertain and novel circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 350 University students from Italy completed measures that included the General…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Cerniglia, Luca; Tambelli, Renata; Trombini, Elena; Andrei, Federica; Cimino, Silvia – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the life of individuals in several realms such as work, education, and interpersonal interactions. No research has so far investigated the possible influence of the emergency on the quality of mother-child exchanges during feeding. The present study aimed to do so in a sample of mothers and children (N = 359)…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Parent Role, COVID-19
Fusi, Giulia; Colombo, Barbara; Zanetti, Marina; Crepaldi, Maura; Rozzini, Luca; Rusconi, Maria Luisa – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
The study of divergent thinking (DT) ability in the elderly population has experienced a renewed interest because of its proven relationship with cognitive reserve (CR). However, experimental research on DT skills in this population has often been inconsistent. One of the reasons why this may have happened is that the possible negative influence…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Creative Thinking, Older Adults
Riva Crugnola, Cristina; Tagini, Angela; Ierardi, Elena – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The study evaluated the relationship between maternal anxiety, depression and parenting stress, and maternal mind-mindedness, styles of interaction, and mother-infant emotion regulation. At infant age 3 months, EPDS, STAI, and PSI-SF were administered to 73 mothers to respectively assess depression, anxiety, and parenting stress; mother-infant…
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables
Germani, Alessandro; Delvecchio, Elisa; Li, Jian-Bin; Lis, Adriana; Mazzeschi, Claudia – Youth & Society, 2021
Establishing a coherent meaning in life has long been considered to be a protective factor of well-being, but this construct has been understudied in early adolescent development. The current study investigated the relationships between family allocentrism and depressive symptoms as well as the mediation effect of meaning in life in 214 Chinese…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Personality Traits
