Le strategie di coping in bambini ed adolescenti: il Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist R-1.

Il capitolo analizza il costrutto di coping delineando le principali concettualizzazioni presentate in letteratura. Fornisce una sintesi delle ricerche nazionali e internazionali inerenti la relazione tra coping e adattamento psicosociale e descrive uno strumento di misurazione delle strategie di coping utilizzate da bambini e adolescent

Latent groups and latent traits of participation in bullying via factor mixture analysis: An exploratory study

In this study, we drew on a person-centred approach to explore forms of involvement and roles in bullying. More specifically, we applied Factor Mixture Analysis (FMA) to an in-depth measure of bullying roles, with a view to identifying latent dimensions of participation in bullying and latent groups characterised by differential behavioural patterns. Participants were 899 high school students (51% females) attending the 9th (49%) and 11th grades (51%). The data analysis revealed six latent behavioural dispositions. Four of these overlapped with behavioural patterns typical of previously identified forms of participation in bullying, while two factors shed new light on bullying behaviours. We also identified four latent groups, whose profiles were only partially aligned with the roles previously theorised in the literature

Parenting Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms after Childbirth. A Longitudinal Study.

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Parenting Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) to verify whether specific post-partum symptoms of Intrusion, Avoidance and Hyperarousal contribute to explaining mothers’ stress in performance of parenting tasks. Our hypothesis was that the mothers’ posttraumatic post-partum symptoms at three months contribute to explain parenting stress (PSI) in raising children at 18 months The sample was of 53 mothers (mean age =30,92; SD= 4,63) followed from three months (T1) to eighteen months postpartum (T2). At T1 and at T2 the Perinatal posttraumatic Questionnaire and the Parenting Stress Index-SF were administered to evaluate traumatic post-partum symptoms (PTSS) and the stress of being parent. The data show that avoidance symptoms experienced in the first three months have a significant impact on parental distress in the long term; an impact which is stronger than the stress as parent present at three months. The perception of having a difficult child is sustained both by the hyperarousal symptoms and by the corresponding perception of having a difficult child present at three months

THE CHILDREN’S COPING STRATEGIES CHECKLIST-REVISION1: A VALIDATION STUDY IN THE ITALIAN POPULATION

This study was aimed to validate the Italian version of the Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist-Revision1 (CCSC-R1; Ayers & Sandler, 1999). Seven hundred and forty-seven youngsters (50.5% boys) from two age groups (children: aged 9-10; early adolescents: aged 11-14) participated in the study. Dimensionality of the CCSC-R1 was explored by means of confirmatory factor analyses and testing alternative models. The scale internal consistency and invariance over age and gender were examined, as well as gender- and age-related differences in the CCSC-R1 scores. The scale concurrent validity was explored by investigating the associations of the CCSC-R1 dimensions with forms of involvement in bullying and social status among peers in a subsample (N = 255). Analyses provided evidence that a five-factor structure model was most effective. Internal validity of the scale and its partial scalar invariance over age and gender were confirmed. Several of the CCSC-R1 dimensions were associated with involvement in bullying and social status in the expected directions

Cognitive distortions and antisocial behaviour: An European perspective

none5The paper reviews the research literature about cognitive distortions in antisocial youths conducted in European CountriesnoneG. GINI; CAMODECA M; CARAVITA C.S.C; OHNISHI A; YOSHIZAWA HGini, Gianluca; Camodeca, M; CARAVITA C. S., C; Ohnishi, A; Yoshizawa, H