Ricerc@Sapienza

The aim of this study is to validate the Italian version of the Helicopter Parenting
Instrument (HPI), a self-report instrument that evaluate adolescents’ and young
adults’ perception of parenting behaviors. The term helicopter parenting describes a
style of child-rearing characterized by parents who are over-involved in every aspect of
their children’s lives in inappropriate ways, compromising their autonomy. The HPI
(maternal and paternal version) was administered to 602 adolescents (356 females),

Individuals’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors, aside from being affected by intra-psychological influences, are influenced by the knowledge that comes with their belonging to social groups. This is particularly true for students, whose academic experiences are affected by numerous dynamics that exist in their classrooms. This chapter focuses, in particular, on bullying and social comparison processes.

Background: A large body of research has traced tobacco dependence among adolescents to a series of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors. However, there are remaining questions regarding the differences on these factors related to tobacco use. Objectives: We sought to investigate intrapersonal and interpersonal differences among adolescent nonsmokers, ex-smokers, and smokers. Methods: We used data from a 3-year project designed to investigate and address tobacco dependence among 1071 students (Mage = 15.76, SD = 1.52; girls = 51.54%) who were recruited from 11 high schools.

The present study examined the predictive role played by the three time perspective’s
dimensions (Present-Hedonistic, Present-Fatalistic and Future) on the satisfaction
with life and the mediational role of hope in adolescence, using cross-sectional data.
Participants were 675 adolescents (333 males and 342 females), with a mean age of
17.4 years (SD = .84). Adolescents lived in Rome and its surroundings regions and
attended the 3th or the 4th year of high school. A structural equation modeling was used.

Therapist’s emotional responses to the patient (or countertransference) can inform diagnostic
assessment, as well as plays a crucial role in the psychotherapy process and outcome across different
models of treatment. Although the clinical literature on countertransference phenomena in
psychotherapy is rich, to date, little interest has been shown in empirical investigation of therapists’
emotional responses related to the adolescent patient’s personality.
The aims of this study were to: 1) examine the stability of the factor structure and psychometric

Forgiveness has been proven to be an effective way of regulating negative affect and decreasing depression. This study aimed at examining the relationship among constructs particularly relevant to adolescents' well-being, including forgivingness (dispositional forgiveness) anger, depression and Hedonic Balance (HB). Specifically, using a structural equation modelling approach, the fully mediational role of the different facets of anger in the relationship between forgiveness and depression was tested in 773 adolescents, of which 69% girls.

This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Therapist Response Questionnaire for Adolescents (TRQ-A; Satir, Thompson-Brenner, Boisseau, & Crisafulli, 2009), an 86-item clinician-report instrument measuring a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors expressed by therapists toward their adolescent patients.

The development of personal and social identity is crucial in adolescence. On the one hand, adolescents face the task of forming and consolidating their personal identity in multiple domains, with educational and interpersonal domains particularly salient. On the other hand, they enlarge their social horizon and increasingly define themselves as members of multiple peer groups, such as groups of classmates and friends met outside school. There is however a lack of integrative research on the interplay among and between personal and social identity processes.

This study examined the relations of multiple categorization and social dominance orientation with adolescents’ prejudice against migrants and identification with the human group over time. Participants were 304 Northern-Italian late adolescents (61.84% female, Mage = 17.49) involved in a three-wave longitudinal study (with 3 months interval between waves).

We assessed the extent to which feelings of sympathy and aggressive behaviors codeveloped from 6 to 12 years of age in a representative sample of Swiss children (N = 1,273). Caregivers and teachers reported children's sympathy and overt aggression in 3-year intervals. Second-order latent curve models indicated general mean-level declines in sympathy and overt aggression over time, although the decline in sympathy was relatively small. Importantly, both trajectories were characterized by significant interindividual variability.