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The impact of prepartum pandemic-related perceived stress on anxiety symptoms in the postpartum: The role of perceived childbirth experiences
No full textPostpartum anxiety is a significant component of postpartum maternal distress and is related to adverse outcomes for both the mother and the child. Although previous research reported higher anxiety symptoms in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic, no studies evaluated the negative impact of pandemic-related perceived stress on postpartum anxiety symptomatology over time. This study aimed to examine the impact of prepartum pandemic-related stress on postpartum anxiety and to evaluate the role of subjective labor and delivery experiences on this relationship. A sample of 172 pregnant women completed an online questionnaire evaluating pandemic-related perceived stress and anxiety symptoms in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. In the postpartum, they completed a second questionnaire retrospectively evaluating their childbirth experience and assessing anxiety symptoms in the last two weeks. A mediation analysis was conducted. Prepartum pandemic-related perceived stress was significantly associated with postpartum anxiety symptoms. Moreover, childbirth experiences significantly and partially mediated this relationship. Findings highlighted the importance of evaluating perceived stress levels during pregnancy to prevent negative consequences on postpartum mental health. Clinicians need to foster better management of factors included in the childbirth experience that may potentially trigger or counteract anxiety risk
A prospective study on body image disturbances during pregnancy and postpartum: the role of cognitive reappraisal
Full text linkBackgroundDuring pregnancy, body size rapidly modifies over a relatively short period. Literature emphasizes the need to identify the factors that influence body image during peripartum as the extent of women’s adaptation to these changes has significant repercussions on both mother’s and newborn’s health. Emotion regulation strategies (i.e., expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal) were linked to body image in the general and clinical population, but no studies were conducted in the peripartum. The present study aims to investigate the longitudinal impact of prepartum body image disturbances on postpartum body image disturbances and to evaluate the mediational role of emotional regulation strategies.MethodsA total of 133 pregnant women completed a three-phase longitudinal study. Women answered online questionnaires during the second (T1) and the third (T2) trimesters of pregnancy, and at about 6 months postpartum (T3).ResultsFindings indicated that body image disturbances at T1 were a significant predictor of body image disturbances in the postpartum (1 year after the first assessment). Moreover, cognitive reappraisal measured at T2 partially mediated this relationship: body image disturbances in the second trimester of pregnancy were linked to less use of cognitive reappraisal in the third trimester of pregnancy, and this, in turn, was associated with worse body image disturbances at 6 months after birth.ConclusionFindings of this longitudinal study highlight the importance of assessing body image disturbances during pregnancy to early identify women at risk, and suggest cognitive reappraisal as a possible target intervention
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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Caregiver burden, aspetti positivi del caregiving e depressione in caregiver di pazienti affetti da demenza
No full textTalking about sexuality with your own child. The perspective of the parents of children born with arm
No full textPurpose Evaluate whether parents have ever discussed sexuality with their children with anorectal malformations (ARM), which sexuality issues they think should be addressed and who, in their opinion, should address these issues. Methods Parents from the Italian Parents' and Patients' Association for Anorectal Malformation participated in meetings organized by the Association together with local Pediatric Surgical Units and were asked to fill in a questionnaire. Results 103 parents participated. Overall, 66% of parents had never talked about sex with their children. Children's age was marginally correlated with occasions to talk about sexuality (r = .202, p = 0.53) indicating that the older were the children, the more the parents talked about sexuality. The majority of parents reported that their children should have the possibility to talk about sex with them (72%), psychologists (57%), gynecologists/andrologists (47%), pediatric surgeons (33.5%), surgeons specialized in ARM (39.8%), friends (28%), nurses (24.7%) and teachers (20.4%), respectively. The most important topic they thought their children should address was handling serene sexuality, although the most common topic effectively discussed with them was the conception. Conclusion Psychologists, gynecologists/andrologists, and pediatric surgeons are seen as key resources for talking about sexuality. A great number of parents express the wish that their children had more opportunities to discuss sexual topics with pediatric surgeons
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Body understanding measure for pregnancy scale (BUMPS):Psychometric properties and predictive validity with postpartum anxiety, depression and body appreciation among Italian peripartum women
Full text linkPregnancy is a unique phase in a woman's life marked by profound physical transformations, including changes in body shape and weight. The Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy Scale (BUMPs) was designed to assess body image during pregnancy. Despite its increasing use, the scale has not yet been adapted into Italian, and evidence regarding its predictive validity with respect to anxiety, depression, and body appreciation is lacking. This study aimed to address these gaps to validate the Italian BUMPs and test its predictive validity. A community sample of 726 Italian pregnant women was recruited (age range 18-48, Mage= 31.3 ± 4.79). Participants completed a translated BUMPs and other self-report questionnaires assessing anxiety, depression, and body appreciation. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor structure for the BUMPs, with dimensions assessing Satisfaction with Appearing Pregnant, Weight Gain Concerns, and Physical Burdens of Pregnancy. BUMPs subscales demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (ω = 0.765-0.866). Cross-sectional analysis revealed that BUMPs scores correlated with anxiety (r range from 0.25 to 0.32), depression (r range from 0.31 to 0.34), and gestational body mass index (r range from 0.18 to 0.37). Longitudinal analysis associated BUMPs with anxiety, depression, and body appreciation measured after childbirth, providing evidence of predictive validity. Overall, the present study supports the BUMPs as a valid and reliable tool for assessing body image during pregnancy within the Italian context. Additionally, it provides the first evidence of the BUMPs' predictive validity for postpartum mental health outcomes and body appreciation after childbirth
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