Elisa Delvecchio
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 238657 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Elisa Delvecchio |
| NOMBRES | Elisa |
| APELLIDO | Delvecchio |
| FIRMA | DELVECCHIO E |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Perugia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3519-5445 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Psychological Profiles of Adolescents About Climate Change Anxiety and Worries
Climate change generates uncertainty and insecurity, shaping human–environment relations and contributing to psychological distress, particularly in the form of worry and anxiety. While moderate levels of worry may foster adaptive responses, elevated worry and anxiety are associated with emotional and functional difficulties. Adolescents may be especially vulnerable to these reactions due to their developmental stage. This study aimed to identify…
Italian Validation of the Brief Self‐Reported Version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale for Children
OBJECTIVES: Clinical assessment of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents is gaining interest due to the need for brief, valid and reliable instruments that allow early screening through a multiple informant approach. The aim of the present study was to validate the brief self-reported version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale for children (SCAS-C-8) by examining its concordances and discrepancies with reports from other informant, for…
Crawling into a hole
Hikikomori is a severe and prolonged form of social withdrawal observed in young people across industrialized countries. This study examined associations among attachment insecurity, shame, and hikikomori symptoms and investigated their unique and relative contributions to one another to better understand their interconnected roles in social withdrawal. Participants were 137 non-clinical adolescents (54 males, 83 females; age range 12-22 years) w…
Childhood Trauma and Aggression
The relation between childhood trauma and aggression is well-established. Yet, empirical findings are inconclusive regarding specific associations between types of childhood trauma and distinct types of aggression, as well as regarding possible mechanisms explaining their association. We examined associations that physical and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and sexual abuse had with four aggression types according to the Quadrip…
Emerging adults’ ADHD symptoms and alcohol use
This study explores the underlying mechanism of the relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and alcohol consumption, an increasingly risky behavior among Emerging Adults (EAs), particularly for college students. The specific focus is on understanding if and how self-regulation, specifically its inhibitory and initiatory facets, mediates this relationship. ADHD symptoms, alcohol consumption, and self-regulatio…
Are There Culture‐Specific Patterns of Psychological Well‐Being? The Role of Survival Versus Self‐Realisation Values
Hedonic and eudaimonic well‐being were studied depending on indicators of distress in countries with cultures differing in survival/self‐realisation values. A total of 2216 respondents from Chile, China, Italy, Russia and the United States participated. The Psychological Well‐Being Scale , the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale were used. Findings provided evidence that in countries with high survival values, …
Emerging Impact of Parental Internet Addiction on Adolescent Internet Use
The escalating global concern about internet addiction (IA) in adolescents has driven the necessity to investigate its predictors and their potential effects on youth development. We used a novel methodological approach to facilitate this research and assessed IA in parents and adolescents across five countries—GCC countries, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. A total of 1530 participants completed surveys evaluating parental IA, moni…
Child and adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak impacted child and adolescent mental health. This five-wave study examined the growth trends of internalizing, externalizing, and sleep symptoms in Italian children and adolescents. It also investigated how individual, pandemic-related, and environmental factors influenced trends throughout the pandemic and lockdown periods until its end in May 2023. Parents reported their children and adolescents (ages 3–18) symptoms, socio…
The prosocial behaviors toward different targets scale – brief version
Childhood trauma and psychopathy
Resilience appeared to represent a significant buffer in the associations between childhood traumatic experiences and psychopathic traits, such that these associations became weaker and nonsignificant (and even negative for boldness) at higher levels compared to lower levels of resilience. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Italian Validation of the Delaying Gratification Inventory in Adolescents
The delay of gratification (DoG) is defined as the willingness to forego immediate satisfaction to achieve greater long-term gratification. This ability is essential in adolescence, as its development is crucial against desirable versus undesirable behaviors. This study investigated the psychometric proprieties of the Delaying Gratification Inventory (DGI) in Italian adolescents. A total of 621 Italian adolescents, ranging from 14 to 17 years old…
Association between Familism and Mental Health in College Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Familism, also known in the literature as allocentrism, is the cultural propensity of a society to place the family at the center of its value system. Adherence to this value has been related to less depressive symptomatology in young people; however, these results are not conclusive, since it has also been found that the influence of familism on depressive symptoms is more indirect than direct. This study aimed to explore the direct relationship…
Flourishing and Self-Control in Adolescence
Self-control is the ability to control thoughts, emotions, and impulses to pursuit of long-term goals. Adolescents with high self-control experience higher flourishing levels. The latter refers to the fulfillment of needs for competence, relationship, and self-acceptance, as well as the possession of psychological capital such as flow and commitment. High levels of self-control also seem to be linked to a positive relationship with parents, which…
A Cross-Cultural Study on Attachment and Adjustment Difficulties in Adolescence
From a socio-ecological perspective, individuals are influenced by the interplay of individual, relational, and societal factors operating as a broader system. Thereby, to support youth adjustment during the critical adolescence period, the interplay between these factors should be investigated. This study aimed to investigate cross-cultural differences in adolescents' maternal and paternal attachment, adolescents' adjustment difficulties and sel…
The Impact of Parental Stress on Italian Adolescents’ Internalizing Symptoms during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The challenges and consequences of COVID-19 imposed massive changes in adolescents' daily routines (e.g., school closures, home confinement, and social distancing rules), which impacted their mental health. This longitudinal study aimed to better understand the changes in adolescents' internalizing symptoms and the underlying mechanisms of parental stress due to COVID-19. We asked 1053 parents of adolescents to complete an online survey during th…
Parental feeding practices across child’s weight status
Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess the psychometric proprieties of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) in Italian mothers. Design: Mothers completed the Italian version of the CFQ, and children’s anthropometric data were collected. Construct validity of the CFQ was assessed by comparing three different models: (a) a seven correlated factors model in which all items were analysed; (b) a seven correlated factors model with compos…
Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the Covid-19 Health Crisis
Aiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents fr…
Meaning in Life as Mediator of Family Allocentrism and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Italian Early Adolescents
Establishing a coherent meaning in life has long been considered to be a protective factor of well-being, but this construct has been understudied in early adolescent development. The current study investigated the relationships between family allocentrism and depressive symptoms as well as the mediation effect of meaning in life in 214 Chinese and 201 Italian early adolescents. Although family allocentrism was higher in Chinese than Italian part…
Immediate Psychological Effects of the Covid-19 Quarantine in Youth From Italy and Spain
The COVID-19 quarantine has affected more than 860 million children and adolescents worldwide, but to date, no study has been developed within Western countries to examine the psychological impact on their lives. The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the countries most affected by COVID-19. Participants were 1,143 parents of Italian and …
Protective factors for depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is characterized by pervasive changes in identity and relationships. These challenges can entail problems for subjective well‐being, leading to depressive symptoms. The development of an autonomous‐related self is considered crucial for emerging adults’ personal growth and psychological well‐being. Autonomous‐related self is linked to self‐esteem and secure attachment style, which are also protective factors for depression. The…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Emerging Adults and Covid-19
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has dramatically changed our habits and routines. Uncertainty, insecurity, instability for the present and future, and reduced autonomy and self-directedness, are common feelings at the time of COVID-19. These aspects are very important during emerging adulthood. In spite of the fact that medical reports suggest that youth are less prone to experience COVID-19 infections, emerging adults mig…
Chinese adolescents' psychosocial adjustment
Drawing on attachment theory, this study examined the associations among mothers' self-report attachment styles (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), adolescents' attachment to mother, and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment (i.e., psychological difficulties, prosocial behavior, and self-control) in 425 Chinese mother-adolescent dyads. The results of path analysis based on the total sample showed that adolescents' attachment to mother mediated the asso…
Relationships between Problematic Cannabis Use and Risky Behaviors in Spanish Adolescents
This study examined the relations between problematic cannabis use, physical assault, and getting involved in a motor vehicle accident under the influence of cannabis in a sample of adolescents randomly selected from 25 public and semiprivate high schools in Alicante (Spain). Participants ( n = 648) completed The Spanish National Standardized Survey about drug use in high school adolescents (ESTUDES, 2017), which includes the cannabis abuse scree…
Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health of Adolescents Involved in School Bullying and Homophobic Verbal Content Bullying
Bullying has been traditionally related to a significant reduction in well-being and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of adolescents. This negative impact on HRQoL seems to be modulated by the developed role in bullying (uninvolved, bully, victim or bully-victim). However, no studies have identified if these negative results are the same when other types of bullying, such as homophobic bullying, are evaluated. The main aim of the present st…
Familism and depressive symptoms among Italian adolescents
Meaning in Life as Mediator of Family Allocentrism and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Italian Early Adolescents
Establishing a coherent meaning in life has long been considered to be a protective factor of well-being, but this construct has been understudied in early adolescent development. The current study investigated the relationships between family allocentrism and depressive symptoms as well as the mediation effect of meaning in life in 214 Chinese and 201 Italian early adolescents. Although family allocentrism was higher in Chinese than Italian part…
Chinese adolescents' psychosocial adjustment
Drawing on attachment theory, this study examined the associations among mothers' self-report attachment styles (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), adolescents' attachment to mother, and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment (i.e., psychological difficulties, prosocial behavior, and self-control) in 425 Chinese mother-adolescent dyads. The results of path analysis based on the total sample showed that adolescents' attachment to mother mediated the asso…
The Affect in Play Scale
The aim of this paper was to study the construct validity of the Affect in Play Scale, an empirically based measure of pretend play, in a group of 519 Italian children ages 6 to 10 years. In confirmatory factor analysis, a correlated two-factor structure with a cognitive and an affective factor was identified. Possible differences in factor scores by sex and age were investigated but no significant differences were found
Early Evidence for Factorial Structure of the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory in Italian Children
The aim of this study was to explore the internal consistency and confirm the factor structure of the separation anxiety symptom inventory for children (SASI-C) in a community sample of 329 Italian children, ages 6 to 10 years. A confirmatory factor analysis yielded two interpretable factors. Correlations between scores for the SASI-C and the Italian Fear Survey Schedule for Children were calculated to estimate convergent validity; medium effect …
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Pretend Play in U.S. and Italian Children
Pretend play reflects cognitive, representational, and affective expression abilities in children. Cross-cultural studies stress the importance of culture-specific practices involved in shaping the context for play. Differences in the cultural environment and the parental care-giving system could influence children’s pretend play activities. There is a need for cross-cultural comparisons of play that use the same standardized measure of play. The…
The Parent-Version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P) in Chinese and Italian Community Samples
Adult Attachment, Social Adjustment, and Well-Being in Drug-Addicted Inpatients
In recent years, attachment studies have gathered overwhelming evidence for a relation between insecure attachment and drug addiction. The existing literature predominantly addresses attachment styles and little attention is given to attachment-pattern-oriented studies. The current study explored how attachment, social adjustment, and well-being interact in 40 (28 men, 12 women; ages 20-52 years, M = 32.3, SD = 9.4) inpatients with drug addiction…
Early Evidence of the Italian Parent-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P)
Familism and depressive symptoms among Italian adolescents
Relationships between Problematic Cannabis Use and Risky Behaviors in Spanish Adolescents
This study examined the relations between problematic cannabis use, physical assault, and getting involved in a motor vehicle accident under the influence of cannabis in a sample of adolescents randomly selected from 25 public and semiprivate high schools in Alicante (Spain). Participants ( n = 648) completed The Spanish National Standardized Survey about drug use in high school adolescents (ESTUDES, 2017), which includes the cannabis abuse scree…
Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health of Adolescents Involved in School Bullying and Homophobic Verbal Content Bullying
Bullying has been traditionally related to a significant reduction in well-being and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of adolescents. This negative impact on HRQoL seems to be modulated by the developed role in bullying (uninvolved, bully, victim or bully-victim). However, no studies have identified if these negative results are the same when other types of bullying, such as homophobic bullying, are evaluated. The main aim of the present st…
Immediate Psychological Effects of the Covid-19 Quarantine in Youth From Italy and Spain
The COVID-19 quarantine has affected more than 860 million children and adolescents worldwide, but to date, no study has been developed within Western countries to examine the psychological impact on their lives. The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the countries most affected by COVID-19. Participants were 1,143 parents of Italian and …
Protective factors for depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is characterized by pervasive changes in identity and relationships. These challenges can entail problems for subjective well‐being, leading to depressive symptoms. The development of an autonomous‐related self is considered crucial for emerging adults’ personal growth and psychological well‐being. Autonomous‐related self is linked to self‐esteem and secure attachment style, which are also protective factors for depression. The…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Emerging Adults and Covid-19
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has dramatically changed our habits and routines. Uncertainty, insecurity, instability for the present and future, and reduced autonomy and self-directedness, are common feelings at the time of COVID-19. These aspects are very important during emerging adulthood. In spite of the fact that medical reports suggest that youth are less prone to experience COVID-19 infections, emerging adults mig…
Chinese adolescents' psychosocial adjustment
Drawing on attachment theory, this study examined the associations among mothers' self-report attachment styles (i.e., anxiety and avoidance), adolescents' attachment to mother, and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment (i.e., psychological difficulties, prosocial behavior, and self-control) in 425 Chinese mother-adolescent dyads. The results of path analysis based on the total sample showed that adolescents' attachment to mother mediated the asso…
A Cross-Cultural Study on Attachment and Adjustment Difficulties in Adolescence
From a socio-ecological perspective, individuals are influenced by the interplay of individual, relational, and societal factors operating as a broader system. Thereby, to support youth adjustment during the critical adolescence period, the interplay between these factors should be investigated. This study aimed to investigate cross-cultural differences in adolescents' maternal and paternal attachment, adolescents' adjustment difficulties and sel…
The Impact of Parental Stress on Italian Adolescents’ Internalizing Symptoms during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The challenges and consequences of COVID-19 imposed massive changes in adolescents' daily routines (e.g., school closures, home confinement, and social distancing rules), which impacted their mental health. This longitudinal study aimed to better understand the changes in adolescents' internalizing symptoms and the underlying mechanisms of parental stress due to COVID-19. We asked 1053 parents of adolescents to complete an online survey during th…
Parental feeding practices across child’s weight status
Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess the psychometric proprieties of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) in Italian mothers. Design: Mothers completed the Italian version of the CFQ, and children’s anthropometric data were collected. Construct validity of the CFQ was assessed by comparing three different models: (a) a seven correlated factors model in which all items were analysed; (b) a seven correlated factors model with compos…
Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the Covid-19 Health Crisis
Aiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents fr…
Meaning in Life as Mediator of Family Allocentrism and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Italian Early Adolescents
Establishing a coherent meaning in life has long been considered to be a protective factor of well-being, but this construct has been understudied in early adolescent development. The current study investigated the relationships between family allocentrism and depressive symptoms as well as the mediation effect of meaning in life in 214 Chinese and 201 Italian early adolescents. Although family allocentrism was higher in Chinese than Italian part…
Italian Validation of the Delaying Gratification Inventory in Adolescents
The delay of gratification (DoG) is defined as the willingness to forego immediate satisfaction to achieve greater long-term gratification. This ability is essential in adolescence, as its development is crucial against desirable versus undesirable behaviors. This study investigated the psychometric proprieties of the Delaying Gratification Inventory (DGI) in Italian adolescents. A total of 621 Italian adolescents, ranging from 14 to 17 years old…
Association between Familism and Mental Health in College Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Familism, also known in the literature as allocentrism, is the cultural propensity of a society to place the family at the center of its value system. Adherence to this value has been related to less depressive symptomatology in young people; however, these results are not conclusive, since it has also been found that the influence of familism on depressive symptoms is more indirect than direct. This study aimed to explore the direct relationship…
Flourishing and Self-Control in Adolescence
Self-control is the ability to control thoughts, emotions, and impulses to pursuit of long-term goals. Adolescents with high self-control experience higher flourishing levels. The latter refers to the fulfillment of needs for competence, relationship, and self-acceptance, as well as the possession of psychological capital such as flow and commitment. High levels of self-control also seem to be linked to a positive relationship with parents, which…
The prosocial behaviors toward different targets scale – brief version
Childhood trauma and psychopathy
Resilience appeared to represent a significant buffer in the associations between childhood traumatic experiences and psychopathic traits, such that these associations became weaker and nonsignificant (and even negative for boldness) at higher levels compared to lower levels of resilience. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Emerging adults’ ADHD symptoms and alcohol use
This study explores the underlying mechanism of the relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and alcohol consumption, an increasingly risky behavior among Emerging Adults (EAs), particularly for college students. The specific focus is on understanding if and how self-regulation, specifically its inhibitory and initiatory facets, mediates this relationship. ADHD symptoms, alcohol consumption, and self-regulatio…
Psychology (27 obras) · Developmental psychology (21 obras) · Clinical Psychology (20 obras) · Psychiatry (19 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 obras) · Clinical Psychology (16 obras) · Anxiety (15 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Social Psychology (9 obras) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (7 obras)