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Prefazione de Il Vento della Psicologia pediatrica: l'esperienza di un know how oltre la Psicologia applicata in Pediatria
No full textParental Distress and Perception of Children’s Executive Functioning after the First COVID‐19 Lockdown in Italy
Full text linkThe spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID‐19), and the consequential first italian lockdown to minimize viral transmission, have resulted in many significant changes in the every‐ day lives of families, with an increased risk of parental burnout. This study explores the impact of the first COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy on parental distress and parental perceptions of children’s executive functions (EFs). Participants were 308 Italian parents with children between 4 and 17 years of age; they were recruited through online advertisements on websites and social media, and they were given an online survey. The measures were: the balance between risks and resources (BR2) and the executive functioning self‐report (EF). Findings of the study suggest that the most distressed parents perceived their children as less competent in EF, highlighting a cognitive fragility on attention, memory, and self‐regulation (Pearson correlation coefficient, p < 0.05); significant differences were found between parents of children exhibiting typical and atypical patterns of development (ANOVA, p < 0.05). The study reinforces the need to provide families with psychological aid to support parental competence in restrictive lockdown conditions
Efficacy of the support in medically-assisted procreation: an inter-institutional path
No full textThe study refers to a research project related to PhD course in “Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences”, Department of Psychological, Educational Sciences and Human Movement of the University of Palermo. In particular, this research focuses on one specific supportive care treatment direct to parents who are facing pregnancy at risk also of preterm birth, in a longitudinal perspective (from prenatal to neonatal).
The study, which is currently in a start-up phase, will involve 100 couples recruited from a Medically Assisted Procreation Service which
are at risk of preterm birth and/or which are living a diagnosis of foetal malformations or genetic syndromes. These conditions, once
considered atypical conditions, are more common today, considering mother’s advanced age, massive hormone therapies and environmental factors. This research represents a discontinuity compared to the literature, because most studies analyze individual psychological variables such
as anxiety, depression and infertility related-stress, but without any attention to the parental competence and repercussions on the child
development
Una costruzione di senso e significato della competenza genitoriale, traghettando oltre il COVID-19
No full textIl capitolo affronta la complessità dell’esercizio della competenza genitoriale in tempo di COVID-19. Si tratta di delineare uno specifico significato dell’essere genitori, ma tale significato implica una domanda sul senso che questa competenza genitoriale assume oggi, in un tempo storico, come quello che abbiamo vissuto durante l’isolamento imposto dalla pandemia, e che stiamo vivendo in questo post-COVID-19, peraltro senza sapere fino a che punto si possa definire “post”. Il senso, oggi, va probabilmente rintracciato nell’essere e considerarsi, in quanto genitore, regista, narratore, sceneggiatore, orientatore verso una nuova e sconosciuta realtà di relazioni. In un momento storico che ha dato vita a una condizione di emergenza evolutiva dei bambini/adolescenti, si pone l’esigenza di pensare e mettere in campo iniziative volte a sostenere la competenza genitoriale. In tal senso, viene proposta l’esperienza del Servizio Lègami/Legàmi della Società Italiana di Psicologia Pediatric
LA COMPETENZA MATERNA NELLE CONDIZIONI DI NASCITA PRETERMINE: UN Q-SORT PER L'ASSESSMENT E IL SUPPORTO
No full textIn riferimento alla condizione di rischio della competenza genitoriale nella nascita pretermine, si pone la necessità di prendere in carico proprio l’esigenza di supportare e accompagnare le madri nel fronteggiamento dei nuovi compiti evolutivi posti dalla nascita prematura del proprio bambino, e quindi, di sostenere la competenza genitoriale; in tal senso, le autrici e il gruppo di ricerca di riferimento hanno costruito e validato, nel corso degli anni, uno specifico Q-sort sulla competenza materna percepit
The Lègami/Legàmi Service—An Experience of Psychological Intervention in Maternal and Child Care during COVID-19
Full text linkThis study provides a descriptive analysis of the Lègami/Legàmi service, a free psychological support service in maternal and childcare, offered through the internet and by telephone that was initiated by the Italian Society of Pediatric Psychology (S.I.P.Ped.) during the COVID-19 medical emergency as an act of solidarity, first independently, and then in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Health. This paper presents findings related to the “universe” of people who called the toll-free service, from the sociocultural characteristics of the users to the information collected by the professionals during the psychological pathways until human satisfaction was achieved. We provide a retrospective description of an experience that took place between April and June 2020,and which involved users of the maternal-infant area calling from the whole Italy. (1) Methods: The aims of this study were to investigate the configuration of the indicators identified and to detect the possible correlations between them in the sample. There were 193 users who took advantage of the Service, 160 of whom continued beyond the reception service; it is this group that we report the findings from here. The tool used was a form reporting access to care and interventions, and
the resulting data underwent a content analysis and the indicators were subject to non-parametric statistical analysis to analyze differences and relationships. (2) Results: There were many correlations among the indicators that revealed a high prevalence of calls due to personal motivations and requests for support, which later allowed users to gain a greater understanding of the underlying problems they were facing. The professionals running the service noticed a prevalence of weaknesses attributable to the negative emotions of its users, alongside a presence of cognitive and relational resources. The professionals’ interventions, which can be characterized by a prevalence of social support, psychological rehabilitation, and psychoeducation, achieved outcomes of redefining users’ relationships with themselves and others. All of the service’s users have expressed a high level of satisfaction with it. (3) Discussion: Our results revealed the protective and transformative effects of the service for its users and the underlying importance of having an easily accessible psychological
support system in place during emergencies, like the recent pandemic. In conditions like these, the great value of a remote support service should be noted, and despite its limitations, assures its own efficacy when a medical emergency precludes closer in-person forms of psychological assistance
NASCITA PRETERMINE E SINTOMATOLOGIA DEPRESSIVA MATERNA E PATERNA: INFLUENZA SULLA CO-REGOLAZIONE INTERATTIVA
No full textIntroduzione. La nascita pretermine costituisce un fattore di rischio, oltre che per lo sviluppo del bambino, per l’assunzione del ruolo genitoriale, sottoposto a un impatto traumatico patogeno. Il lavoro si propone di valutare, a 3 mesi di età corretta (e.c.) del bambino PRETERMINE, la prevalenza di PND (depressione postpartum) materna e paterna ed il suo effetto sulla co-costruzione dell’interazione.
Metodo. La ricerca ha coinvolto 77 coppie di genitori di bambini nati pretermine, al di sotto di 1500 grammi e di età gestazionale minore o uguale alle 32 settimane, privi di anomalie alla nascita, reclutate presso il reparto di TIN-Ospedale Bufalini (Cesena). A 3 mesi e.c. del bambino, è stato valutato il livello di PND materna e paterna tramite l’EPDS (Cox et al, 1987) ed è stata effettuata la videoregistrazione dell’interazione face-to-face madre-bambino, poi codificata mediante le Global Rating Scales (GRS) (Murray et al., 1996).
Risultati. Nell’ambito delle coppie considerate, 38 diadi (49,4%) sono costituite da Madre Non Depressa e Padre Non Depresso (MND-PND),15 (19,5%) da Madre Depressa e Padre Depresso (MD-PD) e 22 (28,6%) da Madri Depresse e Padre Non Depresso (MD-PND). Solo 2 coppie (2,5%) sono costituite da Madre Non Depressa-Padre Depresso, quindi sono state escluse. Tra le differenze emerse nelle scale GRS, i confronti post hoc mostrano quale gruppo sia migliore rispetto agli altri: Warm (p=0,02; MD-PND vs MD-PD; p=0,06, MND-PND vs MD-PND), Absorbed In Infant (p=0,08; MD-PND vs MD-PD), Intrusive Speech (p=0,08; MND-PND vs MD-PD), Infant Active Communication (p=0,04; MND-PND vs MD-PND), Fun (p=0,04; MND-PND vs MD-PND) and Mutually Satisfying (p=0,04; MD-PND vs MD-PD).
Conclusioni. La realizzazione della ricerca su campione più ampio, possibile grazie al Finanziamento PRIN 2010-2011, permetterà di approfondire i risultati, che indicano l’importanza dell’individuazione dei fattori di rischio per la co-costruzione dei pattern interattivi
A study on maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women undergoing fetal echocardiography
Full text linkPurpose: To investigate the possible effects of the fetal echocardiography experience on the prenatal attachment process. The predictive effect of specific women’s psychological variables will be explored as well.
Design and methods: This between groups study involved 85 women with pregnancy at risk who underwent the fetal echocardiography, and 83 women who were about to undergo the morphological scan. The tools employed were: the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (P.A.I.) to explore the maternal-fetal attachment; the Maternity Social Support Scale to investigate the woman perception of being socially supported during pregnancy; both the Big Five Questionnaire and the FACES III to explore the personality traits of pregnant women and their perception of their couple relationship functioning.
Findings: The outcomes of ANOVA do not show statistically significant differences between the two groups of the mothers-to-be with regard to the scores of the P.A.I. (F = .017; p = .897; η2 = .000), while the regression analysis of the possible effect of the maternal psychological variables on the mother-fetus relationship shows a statistically significant result only with regard to the “social support” variable (r2 = .061; df = 80; p = .025).
Conclusions: It would seem that the process of the prenatal attachment develops independently whether the woman has to undergo a first level screening or a second level examination such as the fetal echocardiography
The Child Neglect Assessment technique (C.N.A.). A path of the S.I.P.Ped
No full textLo studio presenta il percorso di validazione di una specifica tecnica di assessment del child neglect rivolta a genitori di bambini di età compresa tra 3 e 9 anni, e che risulta articolata in due specifici strumenti di osservazione. Questa tecnica si fonda su uno specifico modello teorico-operativo costruito in riferimento alla prospettiva della Psicologia pediatrica, che identifica la causa del child neglect nella presenza di una disregolazione della competenza genitoriale, e quindi, nella gestione delle funzioni genitoriali di caregiving, scaffolding e coping. La tecnica presenta un particolare punto di forza: la capacità di intercettare i segnali di una possibile condizione di child neglect nel qui ed ora in cui si sta verificando, e non in modo retrospettivo. In particulare, lo studio riporta il processo di validazione del contenuto e di misurazione dell’attendibilità degli strumenti che costituiscono la tecnica, così come, viene presentata la specifica procedura applicative a cui si è pervenutiThe study presents the validation of a specific technique of Child Neglect Assessment for parents of children aged between 3 and 9 years, which is divided into two specific observation tools. This technique is based on a specific model constructed from the perspective of Pediatric Psychology, which identifies the cause of child neglect in the presence of a dysregulation of the parental competence, and therefore of the parental functions of caregiving, scaffolding and coping. It has a specific strength: it’s able to intercept the "signs" of a possible condition of child neglect in the here and time when the mistreatment is occurring, unlike in retrospective mode. In particular, the study reports on the process of content validation, and measurement of the reliability of these tools, as well as the process of defining a specific application procedure of the technique
The relation between maternal locus of control and coping strategies of the child with leukemia in treatment phase
No full textThe present study focuses on the relation between coping strategies of children with leukemia during treatment and locus of control of their mothers. In particular, the study aims to determine whether maternal locus of control can influence sick children’s coping styles, and if this relation can be used to predict maladjustments.
The study analyzed a cohort of 60 pediatric leukemia patients undergoing treatment and a group formed by their mothers. The participants were recruited from two Pediatric Onco-Hematology Units in Italy. The Child Behavioral Style Scale (CBSS) was used to assess children’s coping strategies, whereas the Parental Health Locus of Control Scale (PHLCS) was employed to analyze maternal locus of control. A linear regression model was applied to verify a possible interdependent relationship between children’s coping styles and maternal locus of control. The differences in mean CBSS scores were analyzed by K-S test. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed to assess any potential effect of child's gender, hospital context and maternal socio-cultural status on children's coping strategies.
Our results show a significant relationship between children’s coping strategies and maternal locus of control. In particular, the scales mass media, fate and healthcare professionals display a predictive effect on children’s monitoring coping style, given the positive correlation observed (F = 3.28, P = .008). In contrast, the same scales negatively correlate with blunting coping style (F = 3.5, P = .005).
Conclusions
Our results reveal several interesting resources having a profound impact on the psychological functioning of children with leukemia undergoing treatment as well as their mothers. Furthermore, with regard to the central hypothesis of the study, our findings show both positive and negative correlations between specific scales of maternal locus of control and children’s coping style, which could be used to predict children at risk of emotional maladjustment
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