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Feeding disorders of early childhood: an empirical study of diagnostic subtypes
No full textObjective: The aim of this study was to examine the differences among three subtypes of feeding disorders (FD), defined through the criteria of the DC:0-3R: Infantile Anorexia (IA), Feeding Disorder Associated with Insults to the Gastrointestinal Tract (FDIGT), and Sensory Food Aversions (SFA), by exploring motherchild interactions during feeding, children's temperament and emotionaladaptive functioning, and mothers' psychological profile and eating attitudes. Method: The sample consisted of 146 Italian motherchild pairs, of which 51 children with IA, 47 children with FDIGT, and 48 mothers and their children with SFA. All dyads were videotaped during feeding; mothers completed questionnaires assessing their psychological profiles and eating attitudes, as well as their children's temperament and emotional/behavioral functioning. Results: Analyses revealed significant differences between the diagnostic groups of FD in relation to motherchild interactions during feeding, children's temperament and emotionaladaptive functioning, and mothers' psychological profile and eating attitudes. Discussion: Both interactional and individual variables may contribute differently to specific FD and outcomes during childhood. Definitions by FD subtypes, using operational diagnostic criteria, and the assessment of motherchild interactions are relevant to target interventions strategies to treat specific disorders. (c) 2012 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2013)Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the differences among three subtypes of feeding disorders (FD), defined through the criteria of the DC:0-3R: "Infantile Anorexia" (IA), "Feeding Disorder Associated with Insults to the Gastrointestinal Tract" (FDIGT), and "Sensory Food Aversions" (SFA), by exploring mother-child interactions during feeding, children's temperament and emotional-adaptive functioning, and mothers' psychological profile and eating attitudes. Method: The sample consisted of 146 Italian mother-child pairs, of which 51 children with IA, 47 children with FDIGT, and 48 mothers and their children with SFA. All dyads were videotaped during feeding; mothers completed questionnaires assessing their psychological profiles and eating attitudes, as well as their children's temperament and emotional/behavioral functioning. Results: Analyses revealed significant differences between the diagnostic groups of FD in relation to mother-child interactions during feeding, children's temperament and emotional-adaptive functioning, and mothers' psychological profile and eating attitudes. Discussion: Both interactional and individual variables may contribute differently to specific FD and outcomes during childhood. Definitions by FD subtypes, using operational diagnostic criteria, and the assessment of mother-child interactions are relevant to target interventions strategies to treat specific disorders
Anoressia Infantile: studio longitudinale sui predittori di rischio psicopatologico nella regolazione somatica ed emotiva del bambino.
No full textIl quadro clinico dell’anoressia infantile in una prospettiva transculturale: un confronto tra un campione di madri e di bambini italiani e del Bangladesh
No full textConsiderando la scarsità di ricerche empiriche sulle difficoltà alimentari di bambini immigrati nel contesto italiano, il nostro lavoro vuole offrire alcuni dati su bambini provenienti dal Bangladesh
che hanno avuto una diagnosi di anoressia infantile. Metodo: Il campione è composto da N=81 coppie di madri e di bambini, di cui N=27 provenienti dal Bangladesh con una diagnosi di anoressia infantile (A.I.), N=27 coppie italiane con una diagnosi di A.I. e N=27 coppie italiane di controllo. È stata effettuata una videoregistrazione durante lo scambio alimentare tra la madre e il bambino (Feeding Scale; Chatoor, Getson, Menvielle, Brasseaux, O’Donnell, Rivera e Mrazek, 1997). Inoltre, è stato somministrato uno strumento
report-form per valutare il profilo emotivo-adattivo dei bambini (CBCL/1½-5, Achenbach e Rescorla, 2000)
e sono stati utilizzati due questionari self-report per analizzare il funzionamento psicologico delle madri (SCL-
90-R, Derogatis, 1994; EAT-40, Garner e Garfinkel, 1979). Risultati: Per quanto riguarda le caratteristiche dell’interazione
madre-bambino emerge come entrambi i campioni clinici manifestino punteggi disfunzionali
nelle dimensioni relazionali indagate. Inoltre, è emerso che i bambini di entrambi i campioni clinici presentano
caratteristiche disadattive nel loro funzionamento emotivo-adattivo e le madri evidenziano un profilo psicologico a rischio in alcune aree specifiche. Conclusioni: Riteniamo che l’originalità di questo lavoro possa risiedere nell’aver cercato di sottolineare l’importanza che si compiano studi transculturali sui quadri clinici che possono manifestarsi nella prima infanzia, per poter pianificare interventi mirati e specifici
A first step to assess different components of executive processes
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Il quadro clinico dell’anoressia infantile in una prospettiva transculturale: un confronto tra un campione di madri e di bambini italiani e del Bangladesh.
No full textABSTRACT: Background: Zero-to-Three Classification enlightens that children with infantile anorexia
show a persistent food refusal, do not express clear signals of hunger/satiety, while they are intensely involved
in the interaction with the caregiver (Zero-to-Three, 2005). Objective: Given the paucity of empirical
researches on feeding difficulties among immigrant children in the Italian context, our work aims to offer
some information about children from Bangladesh who received a diagnosis of infantile anorexia, with
the aim to explore cultural differences approach towards the dyadic relationship in the context of feeding.
Method: The sample consists of N=81 pairs of mothers and children, of which N=27 from Bangladesh with
a diagnosis of infantile anorexia, N=27 Italian couples with a diagnosis of infantile anorexia and N=27 pairs
of Italian control in which the child has an age-appropriate mental and physical development. Relational patterns
between mother and child during feeding were videotaped and codified through the observational procedure
of the Italian version of Feeding Scale (Chatoor, Getson, Menvielle, Bresseaux, O’Donnel, Rivera,
Mrazek, 1997). Moreover, a report-form questionnaire was administered (CBCL/1 1⁄2 -5, Achenbach e Rescorla,
2000) to evaluate the emotional and adaptive profile of the child, using two self-report questionnaires to
examine the psychological functioning of the mothers (SCL-90-R, Derogatis, 1994; EAT-40, Garner e
Garfinkel, 1979). Results: Regarding the characteristics of mother-child interactions during the meal emerges
that both clinical samples differ from the control group and present scores exceeding the cut-off in all four
dimensions observational evaluated. Furthermore, our study found that children of both clinical samples have
features in their dysfunctional emotional-adaptive functioning. In particular, the Italian children show a more
maladaptive psychological state which is evident in the presence of specific difficulties in internalizing and
dimension anxiety / depression, while children from Bangladesh have an emotional and adaptive functioning
characterized by externalizing behaviors, specifically related a difficult management of aggression. Finally,
it seems important to focus on one last issue: the absence of difficulties in the diet of mothers in
Bangladesh with children with infantile anorexia, despite marked anxiety traits. Conclusion: We believe that
the originality of this work, albeit partial and incomplete, may lie in having tried to emphasize the importance
of transcultural on clinical studies on early childhood to be fulfilled, in order to plan appropriate and
differentiated interventions according to the specific characteristics in children’s symptomatology and in the
context of its significant relationships
Feeding Disorders of Infancy: A Longitudinal Study to Middle Childhood
No full textObjective: To evaluate over time feeding behavior and emotional–behavioral functioning in a sample of children diagnosed with Infantile Anorexia (IA) and a group of typically developing children; and to investigate the relationship between maternal psychological functioning and the children’s feeding patterns and emotional-behavioral functioning. Method: Seventy-two children diagnosed with IA and 70 children in the control group were prospectively evaluated through several measures at two, five, and eight years of age. Results: Our findings revealed partial improvement in the nutritional status of the children with IA. However, they continued to show ongoing eating problems and, in addition, anxiety/depression and withdrawal, as well as rule-breaking behaviors and social problems. There were significant correlations between the children’s eating problems and their emotional difficulties and their mothers’ increased emotional distress and disturbed eating attitudes. Discussion: Our longitudinal study points out that the natural course of untreated IA is characterized by the persistence of difficulties in eating behavior and emotional–behavioral adjustment in both, the children and their mothers. Copyright © 2011 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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