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Research paper thumbnail of Recognition of emotions conveyed by body movement in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Research paper thumbnail of The Level of Intelligence Modulates the Recognition of Point-Light Displays in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Comparison Between High Functioning and Low Functioning ASD

Research paper thumbnail of Recognition of emotions conveyed by point-light and full-light display in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Research paper thumbnail of “Motion or Emotion? Recognition of Emotional Bodily Expressions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder With and Without Intellectual Disability”

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of K-DAD a Platform for Cooperative Learning in Primary Schools

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

Research paper thumbnail of How becoming a mother shapes implicit and explicit responses to infant cues

Developmental Psychobiology, Sep 14, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Microgenesis of typical storytelling

Early Child Development and Care, Dec 28, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Article Infant Calming Responses during Maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice

Research paper thumbnail of The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder

Europe’s Journal of Psychology, Aug 31, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Explicit and implicit attachment representations in cognitively able school-age children with autism spectrum disorder: A window to their inner world

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jul 6, 2022

The few studies available on quality of attachment in school-age children with autism spectrum di... more The few studies available on quality of attachment in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exclusively used questionnaires assessing explicit attachment representations. Thus, in the current study we assessed both explicit and implicit attachment representations in 23 children with ASD (without intellectual disability), 22 with learning disabilities and 27 with typical development aged from 7 to 13 years. A self-reported measure on the quality of attachment to parents and a semi-structured interview were administered to the children. In addition, a developmental assessment of the child including measures of intelligence and social-communication impairment was conducted. Despite the lack of group differences on explicit attachment representations, we found that children with ASD showed higher rates of at-risk self-protective strategies and psychological trauma compared to the TD group. Children with SLD also showed a high level of at-risk implicit attachment representations than TD, albeit to a lesser extent compared to children with ASD. These results may be related to several factors associated with ASD impairment and developmental pathways, such as the atypical learning process which occur at interpersonal level, the difficulties in social information processing and reflective functioning. Our findings suggested that children with ASD may experience difficulties in the construction of balanced implicit attachment representations. Thus, a more comprehensive assessment of attachment including both implicit and explicit representations is recommended.

Research paper thumbnail of Story contents and intensity of the anxious symptomatology in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

International journal of adolescence and youth, Mar 17, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of The Bears Family Projective Test: Evaluating Stories of Children with Emotional Difficulties

Perceptual and Motor Skills, Jun 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Reasons to promote teaching of psychological assessment to university students

Giornale italiano di psicologia, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Determinants of maternal stress during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy and Spain: A cross-cultural investigation

Journal of Family Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Implicit associations to infant cry: Genetics and early care experiences influence caregiving propensities

Hormones and Behavior, Feb 1, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Parenting a Child with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quantitative and Qualitative Cross-Cultural Findings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a strong relationship between child symptoms, par... more Research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a strong relationship between child symptoms, parental stress, and mental health challenges. The pandemic has changed family routines, worsening child symptomatology and parental burden. The aim of this study was to investigate how the magnitude of the perceived changes in child externalizing behavior, parental stress, and discontinuity of therapy—from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic—affected parental mental health during the pandemic. Moreover, we sought to compare these aspects cross-culturally between European countries and the USA. To these purposes, we asked Italian, Spanish, and U.S. parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) to complete an online survey. Quantitative results showed that increased parental stress may have contributed to a worsening in parental psychological distress, regardless of culture. Moreover, they suggested an indirect effect of child externalizing behaviors on parents’ psycholog...

Research paper thumbnail of Convolutional Neural Network for Stereotypical Motor Movement Detection in Autism

arXiv (Cornell University), Nov 5, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

IGI Global eBooks, Oct 14, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Paternal Involvement on Behavioral Sensitive Responses and Neurobiological Activations in Fathers: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022

As fathering research has flourished, a growing body of studies has focused on behavioral and neu... more As fathering research has flourished, a growing body of studies has focused on behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms, respectively associated with caregiving sensitivity and responsiveness to infant stimuli. However, the association between these aspects and the key concept of paternal involvement in childcare (i.e., contribution in infant care in terms of time, availability, and responsibility) has been poorly investigated. The current work aims to systematically review the role of involvement in childcare on both neural activations and sensitive behaviors in fathers by examining (a) how paternal involvement has been measured and (b) whether paternal involvement has been associated with neurobiological activation and behavioral sensitive responses. Inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed quantitative studies, concerning fathers responding to infant stimuli at neurobiological or behavioral level, and including a quantitative measurement of paternal involvement in childcare. A qual...

Research paper thumbnail of Disentangling the Effect of Sex and Caregiving Role: The Investigation of Male Same-Sex Parents as an Opportunity to Learn More About the Neural Parental Caregiving Network

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Recognition of emotions conveyed by body movement in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Research paper thumbnail of The Level of Intelligence Modulates the Recognition of Point-Light Displays in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Comparison Between High Functioning and Low Functioning ASD

Research paper thumbnail of Recognition of emotions conveyed by point-light and full-light display in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Research paper thumbnail of “Motion or Emotion? Recognition of Emotional Bodily Expressions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder With and Without Intellectual Disability”

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of K-DAD a Platform for Cooperative Learning in Primary Schools

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

Research paper thumbnail of How becoming a mother shapes implicit and explicit responses to infant cues

Developmental Psychobiology, Sep 14, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Microgenesis of typical storytelling

Early Child Development and Care, Dec 28, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Article Infant Calming Responses during Maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice

Research paper thumbnail of The thorn in the dyad: A vision on parent-child relationship in autism spectrum disorder

Europe’s Journal of Psychology, Aug 31, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Explicit and implicit attachment representations in cognitively able school-age children with autism spectrum disorder: A window to their inner world

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jul 6, 2022

The few studies available on quality of attachment in school-age children with autism spectrum di... more The few studies available on quality of attachment in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exclusively used questionnaires assessing explicit attachment representations. Thus, in the current study we assessed both explicit and implicit attachment representations in 23 children with ASD (without intellectual disability), 22 with learning disabilities and 27 with typical development aged from 7 to 13 years. A self-reported measure on the quality of attachment to parents and a semi-structured interview were administered to the children. In addition, a developmental assessment of the child including measures of intelligence and social-communication impairment was conducted. Despite the lack of group differences on explicit attachment representations, we found that children with ASD showed higher rates of at-risk self-protective strategies and psychological trauma compared to the TD group. Children with SLD also showed a high level of at-risk implicit attachment representations than TD, albeit to a lesser extent compared to children with ASD. These results may be related to several factors associated with ASD impairment and developmental pathways, such as the atypical learning process which occur at interpersonal level, the difficulties in social information processing and reflective functioning. Our findings suggested that children with ASD may experience difficulties in the construction of balanced implicit attachment representations. Thus, a more comprehensive assessment of attachment including both implicit and explicit representations is recommended.

Research paper thumbnail of Story contents and intensity of the anxious symptomatology in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

International journal of adolescence and youth, Mar 17, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of The Bears Family Projective Test: Evaluating Stories of Children with Emotional Difficulties

Perceptual and Motor Skills, Jun 1, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Reasons to promote teaching of psychological assessment to university students

Giornale italiano di psicologia, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Determinants of maternal stress during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy and Spain: A cross-cultural investigation

Journal of Family Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Implicit associations to infant cry: Genetics and early care experiences influence caregiving propensities

Hormones and Behavior, Feb 1, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Parenting a Child with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quantitative and Qualitative Cross-Cultural Findings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a strong relationship between child symptoms, par... more Research during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a strong relationship between child symptoms, parental stress, and mental health challenges. The pandemic has changed family routines, worsening child symptomatology and parental burden. The aim of this study was to investigate how the magnitude of the perceived changes in child externalizing behavior, parental stress, and discontinuity of therapy—from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic—affected parental mental health during the pandemic. Moreover, we sought to compare these aspects cross-culturally between European countries and the USA. To these purposes, we asked Italian, Spanish, and U.S. parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) to complete an online survey. Quantitative results showed that increased parental stress may have contributed to a worsening in parental psychological distress, regardless of culture. Moreover, they suggested an indirect effect of child externalizing behaviors on parents’ psycholog...

Research paper thumbnail of Convolutional Neural Network for Stereotypical Motor Movement Detection in Autism

arXiv (Cornell University), Nov 5, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

IGI Global eBooks, Oct 14, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Paternal Involvement on Behavioral Sensitive Responses and Neurobiological Activations in Fathers: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022

As fathering research has flourished, a growing body of studies has focused on behavioral and neu... more As fathering research has flourished, a growing body of studies has focused on behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms, respectively associated with caregiving sensitivity and responsiveness to infant stimuli. However, the association between these aspects and the key concept of paternal involvement in childcare (i.e., contribution in infant care in terms of time, availability, and responsibility) has been poorly investigated. The current work aims to systematically review the role of involvement in childcare on both neural activations and sensitive behaviors in fathers by examining (a) how paternal involvement has been measured and (b) whether paternal involvement has been associated with neurobiological activation and behavioral sensitive responses. Inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed quantitative studies, concerning fathers responding to infant stimuli at neurobiological or behavioral level, and including a quantitative measurement of paternal involvement in childcare. A qual...

Research paper thumbnail of Disentangling the Effect of Sex and Caregiving Role: The Investigation of Male Same-Sex Parents as an Opportunity to Learn More About the Neural Parental Caregiving Network

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022

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