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Pugliese, Erica; Mosca, Oriana; Paolini, Daniele; Mancini, Francesco; Puntonieri, Domenica; Maricchiolo, Fridanna
Families in quarantine for COVID‑19 in Italy. Resilience as a bufer of parental distress and problematic children’s emotions and behaviors Journal Article
In: Current Psychology, 2022.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: Anxiety, Distress, Emotional and behavioral problems of children, family, Resilience COVID-19, Stress
@article{Pugliese2022,
title = {Families in quarantine for COVID‑19 in Italy. Resilience as a bufer of parental distress and problematic children’s emotions and behaviors},
author = {Erica Pugliese and Oriana Mosca and Daniele Paolini and Francesco Mancini and Domenica Puntonieri and Fridanna Maricchiolo},
editor = {Springer Link},
url = {https://apc.it/2022-mancini-families-in-quarantine-for-covid/},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03374-7},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-07-25},
journal = {Current Psychology},
abstract = {The pandemic of Covid-19 has had a high impact on people’s lives and especially on families. In Italy, in 2020, the several forced closures led families to live indoors to manage anxiety and distress. It was considered appropriate to investigate which protective factors, like parental resilience, can mitigate the negative impact of pandemic-related distress on family life. We have conducted two online surveys during different national lockdowns for Covid-19. The first survey was conducted immediately after the disruption of the virus and the second one after nine months. We measured parental resilience and distress, anxiety, problematic behaviors, and somatization of their children (as assessed by the parents). The aim was to investigate the protective role of parental resilience in mitigating parental distress and in turn problematic emotional states and behavior of their children. Mediation analyses confirmed the hypothesis that parental resilience lowers parental distress and consequently the anxiety and behavioral disorders of their children in both acute distress (first study) and chronic distress (second study) situations. Such results suggest that the improvement of parents’ resilience can buffer the negative impact of pandemic-related parental distress and children’s behavioral problems on both occasions. The need for focused interventions and treatments aimed to reinforce parental resilience is discussed. Targeted prevention and support strategies are needed now, and early in case of future health crises.},
keywords = {Anxiety, Distress, Emotional and behavioral problems of children, family, Resilience COVID-19, Stress},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The pandemic of Covid-19 has had a high impact on people’s lives and especially on families. In Italy, in 2020, the several forced closures led families to live indoors to manage anxiety and distress. It was considered appropriate to investigate which protective factors, like parental resilience, can mitigate the negative impact of pandemic-related distress on family life. We have conducted two online surveys during different national lockdowns for Covid-19. The first survey was conducted immediately after the disruption of the virus and the second one after nine months. We measured parental resilience and distress, anxiety, problematic behaviors, and somatization of their children (as assessed by the parents). The aim was to investigate the protective role of parental resilience in mitigating parental distress and in turn problematic emotional states and behavior of their children. Mediation analyses confirmed the hypothesis that parental resilience lowers parental distress and consequently the anxiety and behavioral disorders of their children in both acute distress (first study) and chronic distress (second study) situations. Such results suggest that the improvement of parents’ resilience can buffer the negative impact of pandemic-related parental distress and children’s behavioral problems on both occasions. The need for focused interventions and treatments aimed to reinforce parental resilience is discussed. Targeted prevention and support strategies are needed now, and early in case of future health crises.
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Cosentino, Teresa; Faraci, Palmira; Coda, Daniela; D’Angelo, Rosaria; Pari, Lorena Assunta De; di Crescenzo, Maria Rosaria; Esposito, Luisa; Scelza, Amalia
Family accommodation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a study on associated variables Journal Article
In: Clinical Neuropsychiatry, vol. 12, no 5, pp. 128-134, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: family, family accommodation, guilt, obsessive-compulsive disorder, relatives
@article{Cosentino2015,
title = {Family accommodation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a study on associated variables},
author = {Teresa Cosentino and Palmira Faraci and Daniela Coda and Rosaria D’Angelo and Lorena Assunta De Pari and Maria Rosaria di
Crescenzo and Luisa Esposito and Amalia Scelza},
editor = {Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l.},
url = {https://apc.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-family-accommodation.-cosentino-et-all.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-05-01},
journal = {Clinical Neuropsychiatry},
volume = {12},
number = {5},
pages = {128-134},
abstract = {The present study aimed to examine family accommodation in relatives of obesessive-compulsive disease (OCD) patients. Accommodation was assessed in a sample of 31 relatives of OCD patients by means of the Family Accommodation Scale. Other variables measured as predictor of accommodation were tendency of a familymember to feel guilty, sensitivity to guilt, anxiety sensitivity and the prevalence of a passive communication style.
Accommodation was found to be rather widespread in the family members who took part in our study, and they tended to show more accommodation the greater their sensitivity to guilt and the stable tendency to experience this emotion as well as anxiety sensitivity and passive communication style. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that, among the variables considered, the family member's sensitivity to guilt is the only factor which can predict accommodation with regard to the patient's demands for involvement. On the other hand, the small number of family members in the sample and the lack of clinical data of patients (such as the severity, typology and duration of their obsessive-compulsive disorder) pose limits to the generalizability of the results and point to the need for further research.},
keywords = {family, family accommodation, guilt, obsessive-compulsive disorder, relatives},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The present study aimed to examine family accommodation in relatives of obesessive-compulsive disease (OCD) patients. Accommodation was assessed in a sample of 31 relatives of OCD patients by means of the Family Accommodation Scale. Other variables measured as predictor of accommodation were tendency of a familymember to feel guilty, sensitivity to guilt, anxiety sensitivity and the prevalence of a passive communication style.
Accommodation was found to be rather widespread in the family members who took part in our study, and they tended to show more accommodation the greater their sensitivity to guilt and the stable tendency to experience this emotion as well as anxiety sensitivity and passive communication style. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that, among the variables considered, the family member's sensitivity to guilt is the only factor which can predict accommodation with regard to the patient's demands for involvement. On the other hand, the small number of family members in the sample and the lack of clinical data of patients (such as the severity, typology and duration of their obsessive-compulsive disorder) pose limits to the generalizability of the results and point to the need for further research.
Accommodation was found to be rather widespread in the family members who took part in our study, and they tended to show more accommodation the greater their sensitivity to guilt and the stable tendency to experience this emotion as well as anxiety sensitivity and passive communication style. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that, among the variables considered, the family member's sensitivity to guilt is the only factor which can predict accommodation with regard to the patient's demands for involvement. On the other hand, the small number of family members in the sample and the lack of clinical data of patients (such as the severity, typology and duration of their obsessive-compulsive disorder) pose limits to the generalizability of the results and point to the need for further research.