Ricerc@Sapienza

This longitudinal study examined the unique and joint effects of early adolescent temperament and parenting in predicting the development of adolescent internalizing symptoms in a cross-cultural sample. Participants were 544 early adolescents (T1: Mage=12.58; 49.5% female) and their mothers (n=530) from Medellin, Colombia (n=88), Naples, Italy (n=90), Rome, Italy (n=100) and Durham, North Carolina, United States (African Americans n=92, European Americans n=97, and Latinx n=77).

Introduction: In today’s Italy, gender diversity has assumed a remarkable resonance and visibility in both scientific and popular literature, which has facilitated the development of studies regarding treatments and support for children and adolescents with gender-related issues.
Aim: the aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of how Italian clinicians (psychologists and pediatricians) perceive gender variant children and adolescents, evaluating their approach to clinical practice.

Background: Several studies have suggested that the early loss of parents is a potentially traumatic experience, exposing adolescents to a higher risk for the onset of psychopathological symptoms. Furthermore, research has shown an association between the loss of a parent in childhood and subsequent physical illnesses, but much less attention has been given to the predictive role of loss in the development of physical illness in adolescence.

This study aimed at identifying specific clusters of maladaptive emotional-behavioral symptoms in adolescent victims of motorbike collisions considering their scores on alexithymia and impulsivity in addition to examining the prevalence of clinical binge eating behaviors (respectively through the Youth Self-Report (YSR), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and Binge Eating Scale (BES)).

Alexithymia and family functioning in adolescence: a study on family clusters

In the last decade there has been a growing concern about dysfunctional use of technologies including Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) a condition that requires further research before its consideration as a formal disorder in the DSM-5. Adolescents are more likely to exhibit risk-taking behaviors and difficulties in emotion regulation. The association between IGD and mental health has been explored across a range of studies. However, few studies have been conducted to examine the relation between IGD and somatic symptoms in adolescence.

Introduction: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a major public health problem among adolescents and a risk factor for suicide. The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between NSSI, personality functioning, sleep disturbance and problematic technology use in 136 Italian adolescents (36.8% males) aged from 14 to 17 years (mean age = 14.78 ± 0.86).