Andrea Paschetto | Università degli Studi di Udine / University of Udine (original) (raw)
Papers by Andrea Paschetto
Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
In this study, conducted on over 1300 students from second level secondary schools in the provinc... more In this study, conducted on over 1300 students from second level secondary schools in the province of Udine, investigate the impact of distance learning (DAD) on relationships and emotional well-being. The analysis of two questionnaires filled out anonymously by students, highlighted a significant experience of suffering that opens up a critical reflection on the challenges that the school system is called to face since the end of the pandemic. Le ricadute della Didattica a Distanza sulle relazioni e sul benessere emotivo degli adolescenti. In questo studio, condotto su oltre 1300 studenti/esse delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado della provincia di Udine, è stato indagato l’impatto della didattica a distanza (DAD) sulle relazioni e sul benessere emotivo. L’analisi di due questionari compilati anonimamente da studentesse e studenti ha messo in luce un rilevante vissuto di sofferenza che apre una riflessione critica sulle sfide che il sistema scolastico è chiamato ad affrontare...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative... more In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative impact on individuals' affectivity, frequently documented by increased prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms. For children, this research was less extensive, was mainly based on caregivers' reports and neglected personality assessment. In order to measure the impact of the pandemic, and the fears it caused, on primary school children's affect and personality, 323 (180 boys and 143 girls) Italian third, fourth and fifth graders were assessed between October and November 2020, namely during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Italy, with validated self-reports of affect (Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children, PANAS-C), fear of COVID-19 (Fear of COVID-19 Scale, FCV-19S) and personality (junior Temperament and Character Inventory, jTCI). In comparison with PANAS-C and jTCI normative scores collected prior to the pandemic, data obtained from children in 20...
In questo capitolo, il tema della meditazione mindfulness nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neuro... more In questo capitolo, il tema della meditazione mindfulness nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neurosviluppo \ue8 organizzato in tre sezioni. La prima introduce il tema della meditazione mindfulness (Fabbro, 2019a): partendo dal contesto storico-filosofico da cui essa proviene, viene delineato il panorama degli odierni interventi che la utilizzano. La seconda sezione descrive i principali effetti psicologici e neuropsicologici degli interventi basati sulla meditazione mindfulness in riferimento a popolazioni adulte. L\u2019ultima sezione si concentra sugli interventi basati sulla meditazione mindfulness in et\ue0 evolutiva (Crescentini e Menghini, 2019), descrivendo i risultati ottenuti nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neurosviluppo
Behavioral Sciences, 2022
Background: Mind-body interventions may support the development of adolescents’ self-regulation a... more Background: Mind-body interventions may support the development of adolescents’ self-regulation and provide a protective effect against maladaptive outcomes, e.g., internalizing and externalizing problems. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of mindfulness-oriented meditation training (MOM) and autogenic training (AT) on a group of healthy Italian adolescents’ character dimensions, emotional and behavioral difficulties. Methods: 72 adolescents were randomly assigned to MOM/AT conditions and tested before and after the 8-week trainings through self-report measures (Temperament and Character Inventory 125, TCI; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for Adolescents, SDQ-A). Main analyses involved robust and repeated measures ANOVAs, carried out separately for character TCI and SDQ-A scales. Results: After trainings, we found increased levels of cooperativeness and reduced emotional symptoms. Changes in these dimensions were negatively correlated: the more participants ...
Data from a pre vs. post 3-arm study with Self Body Brushing (SBB), Mindfulness-Oriented Meditati... more Data from a pre vs. post 3-arm study with Self Body Brushing (SBB), Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) and inactive controls (CTR). Self-report measures employed: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire and the 8 scales of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown have profoundly impacted families' daily life, ... more The Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown have profoundly impacted families' daily life, challenging their psychological resilience. Our study aimed to investigate the immediate psychological consequences of the pandemic on Italian parents and children focusing on internalizing and post-traumatic symptoms. We also wanted to explore the impact of possible risk and resilience factors, e.g., lifestyle and behaviors, emotional and cognitive beliefs, on parents and children's reaction to the emergency distress. An online survey was administered during the country's nationwide lockdown to 721 Italian parents of at least one child aged between 6 and 18 years. The respondent completed the survey for himself/herself and his/her child. The survey included socio-demographic items and validated questionnaires on parents' post-traumatic stress symptoms, depression and anxiety levels, and on children's internalizing problems. Parents were asked to fill the questionnaires twice: once referring to the current emergency condition and once recalling how they and their child felt a few months before Covid-19 outbreak. Multiple regression analyses showed that specific demographic characteristics (i.e., sex and age) and psychological factors of children and parents, such as fear of contagion and the opportunity to think about possible secondary positive effects of the pandemic, had a predictive value on the presence of internalizing symptoms of both parents and children. Moreover, parents' behaviors during the lockdown period (i.e., employment status and sport practiced) were significantly related to their own internalizing symptoms; these symptoms, in turn, had a strong and positive predictive value on children's internalizing problems. Besides, analyses of variance showed that internalizing symptoms of parents and children were significantly higher during the Covid-19 pandemic than before it started. In addition to showing a direct effect of the pandemic on the psychological health of parents and
PeerJ, 2018
Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present stud... more Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present study investigates the question of personality's relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. We assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for Adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5 ± 0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors. Character maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, had a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties were associated to specific tem...
Introduction Adaptive interoceptive awareness has been revealed to be an important factor for men... more Introduction Adaptive interoceptive awareness has been revealed to be an important factor for mental health. Touch is one of the modalities through which we perceive bodily feelings. In this pilot study, self touch’s role in enhancing interoceptive awareness was investigated. It was tested by means of a Self Body Brushing (SBB) procedure, which entails self-administered brushing of the entire body. Methods A pre vs. post three-arm design was used, with 49 healthy adult participants. The SBB training was delivered to a first group (N = 13) and a Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) training to a second group (N = 15), considered as a reference intervention for promoting interoceptive awareness; a third group of inactive control participants (N = 14) was also included. Assessment included two self-report questionnaires: the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Results In several MAIA scales significant changes were observ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures were shown to impact negatively on pe... more The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures were shown to impact negatively on people’s mental health. In particular, women were reported to be at higher risk than men of developing symptoms of stress/anxiety/depression, and resilience was considered a key factor for positive mental health outcomes. In the present study, a sample of Italian female teachers (n = 66, age: 51.5 ± 7.9 years) was assessed with self-report instruments one month before and one month after the start of the Covid-19 lockdown: mindfulness skills, empathy, personality profiles, interoceptive awareness, psychological well-being, emotional distress and burnout levels were measured. Meanwhile, they received an 8-week Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) course, through two group meetings and six individual video-lessons. Based on baseline personality profiles, analyses of variance were performed in a low-resilience (LR, n = 32) and a high-resilience (HR, n = 26) group. The LR and HR groups differ...
Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present stud... more Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present study investigates the question of personality's relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. We assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5±0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors. Character maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, has a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties are associated to specific temperamental and character traits. For example, Harm-Avoidance and Novelty-Seeking positively predict internalized and externalized problems, respectively. The usefulness to work on character maturity in adolescence is discussed.
Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
In this study, conducted on over 1300 students from second level secondary schools in the provinc... more In this study, conducted on over 1300 students from second level secondary schools in the province of Udine, investigate the impact of distance learning (DAD) on relationships and emotional well-being. The analysis of two questionnaires filled out anonymously by students, highlighted a significant experience of suffering that opens up a critical reflection on the challenges that the school system is called to face since the end of the pandemic. Le ricadute della Didattica a Distanza sulle relazioni e sul benessere emotivo degli adolescenti. In questo studio, condotto su oltre 1300 studenti/esse delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado della provincia di Udine, è stato indagato l’impatto della didattica a distanza (DAD) sulle relazioni e sul benessere emotivo. L’analisi di due questionari compilati anonimamente da studentesse e studenti ha messo in luce un rilevante vissuto di sofferenza che apre una riflessione critica sulle sfide che il sistema scolastico è chiamato ad affrontare...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative... more In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative impact on individuals' affectivity, frequently documented by increased prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms. For children, this research was less extensive, was mainly based on caregivers' reports and neglected personality assessment. In order to measure the impact of the pandemic, and the fears it caused, on primary school children's affect and personality, 323 (180 boys and 143 girls) Italian third, fourth and fifth graders were assessed between October and November 2020, namely during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Italy, with validated self-reports of affect (Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children, PANAS-C), fear of COVID-19 (Fear of COVID-19 Scale, FCV-19S) and personality (junior Temperament and Character Inventory, jTCI). In comparison with PANAS-C and jTCI normative scores collected prior to the pandemic, data obtained from children in 20...
In questo capitolo, il tema della meditazione mindfulness nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neuro... more In questo capitolo, il tema della meditazione mindfulness nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neurosviluppo \ue8 organizzato in tre sezioni. La prima introduce il tema della meditazione mindfulness (Fabbro, 2019a): partendo dal contesto storico-filosofico da cui essa proviene, viene delineato il panorama degli odierni interventi che la utilizzano. La seconda sezione descrive i principali effetti psicologici e neuropsicologici degli interventi basati sulla meditazione mindfulness in riferimento a popolazioni adulte. L\u2019ultima sezione si concentra sugli interventi basati sulla meditazione mindfulness in et\ue0 evolutiva (Crescentini e Menghini, 2019), descrivendo i risultati ottenuti nell\u2019ambito dei disturbi del neurosviluppo
Behavioral Sciences, 2022
Background: Mind-body interventions may support the development of adolescents’ self-regulation a... more Background: Mind-body interventions may support the development of adolescents’ self-regulation and provide a protective effect against maladaptive outcomes, e.g., internalizing and externalizing problems. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of mindfulness-oriented meditation training (MOM) and autogenic training (AT) on a group of healthy Italian adolescents’ character dimensions, emotional and behavioral difficulties. Methods: 72 adolescents were randomly assigned to MOM/AT conditions and tested before and after the 8-week trainings through self-report measures (Temperament and Character Inventory 125, TCI; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for Adolescents, SDQ-A). Main analyses involved robust and repeated measures ANOVAs, carried out separately for character TCI and SDQ-A scales. Results: After trainings, we found increased levels of cooperativeness and reduced emotional symptoms. Changes in these dimensions were negatively correlated: the more participants ...
Data from a pre vs. post 3-arm study with Self Body Brushing (SBB), Mindfulness-Oriented Meditati... more Data from a pre vs. post 3-arm study with Self Body Brushing (SBB), Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) and inactive controls (CTR). Self-report measures employed: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire and the 8 scales of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown have profoundly impacted families' daily life, ... more The Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown have profoundly impacted families' daily life, challenging their psychological resilience. Our study aimed to investigate the immediate psychological consequences of the pandemic on Italian parents and children focusing on internalizing and post-traumatic symptoms. We also wanted to explore the impact of possible risk and resilience factors, e.g., lifestyle and behaviors, emotional and cognitive beliefs, on parents and children's reaction to the emergency distress. An online survey was administered during the country's nationwide lockdown to 721 Italian parents of at least one child aged between 6 and 18 years. The respondent completed the survey for himself/herself and his/her child. The survey included socio-demographic items and validated questionnaires on parents' post-traumatic stress symptoms, depression and anxiety levels, and on children's internalizing problems. Parents were asked to fill the questionnaires twice: once referring to the current emergency condition and once recalling how they and their child felt a few months before Covid-19 outbreak. Multiple regression analyses showed that specific demographic characteristics (i.e., sex and age) and psychological factors of children and parents, such as fear of contagion and the opportunity to think about possible secondary positive effects of the pandemic, had a predictive value on the presence of internalizing symptoms of both parents and children. Moreover, parents' behaviors during the lockdown period (i.e., employment status and sport practiced) were significantly related to their own internalizing symptoms; these symptoms, in turn, had a strong and positive predictive value on children's internalizing problems. Besides, analyses of variance showed that internalizing symptoms of parents and children were significantly higher during the Covid-19 pandemic than before it started. In addition to showing a direct effect of the pandemic on the psychological health of parents and
PeerJ, 2018
Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present stud... more Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present study investigates the question of personality's relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. We assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for Adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5 ± 0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors. Character maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, had a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties were associated to specific tem...
Introduction Adaptive interoceptive awareness has been revealed to be an important factor for men... more Introduction Adaptive interoceptive awareness has been revealed to be an important factor for mental health. Touch is one of the modalities through which we perceive bodily feelings. In this pilot study, self touch’s role in enhancing interoceptive awareness was investigated. It was tested by means of a Self Body Brushing (SBB) procedure, which entails self-administered brushing of the entire body. Methods A pre vs. post three-arm design was used, with 49 healthy adult participants. The SBB training was delivered to a first group (N = 13) and a Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) training to a second group (N = 15), considered as a reference intervention for promoting interoceptive awareness; a third group of inactive control participants (N = 14) was also included. Assessment included two self-report questionnaires: the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Results In several MAIA scales significant changes were observ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures were shown to impact negatively on pe... more The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures were shown to impact negatively on people’s mental health. In particular, women were reported to be at higher risk than men of developing symptoms of stress/anxiety/depression, and resilience was considered a key factor for positive mental health outcomes. In the present study, a sample of Italian female teachers (n = 66, age: 51.5 ± 7.9 years) was assessed with self-report instruments one month before and one month after the start of the Covid-19 lockdown: mindfulness skills, empathy, personality profiles, interoceptive awareness, psychological well-being, emotional distress and burnout levels were measured. Meanwhile, they received an 8-week Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) course, through two group meetings and six individual video-lessons. Based on baseline personality profiles, analyses of variance were performed in a low-resilience (LR, n = 32) and a high-resilience (HR, n = 26) group. The LR and HR groups differ...
Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present stud... more Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of well-being. The present study investigates the question of personality's relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. We assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5±0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors. Character maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, has a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties are associated to specific temperamental and character traits. For example, Harm-Avoidance and Novelty-Seeking positively predict internalized and externalized problems, respectively. The usefulness to work on character maturity in adolescence is discussed.