Donatella Cavanna
Biographic Data
| ID | 2236051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donatella Cavanna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donatella |
| FAMILY NAME | Cavanna |
| SIGNATURE | CAVANNA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1771-2878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Emerging adults facing the Covid-19 pandemic
Settled in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the present short-term longitudinal study aims to investigate the relation between emotion dysregulation, mentalizing (both certainty and uncertainty about mental states), and psychological symptoms in a sample of 83 emerging adults (M age = 22.18 years, SD = 4.36) over a continuous period started with COVID-19 spreads. Results display significant positive associations between psychological symptom…
Beyond the Family Fostering Experience
Research on the subjective experience of transitioning to adulthood among young people aging out of foster care is scarce. Accordingly, this study investigated 26 Italian care leavers’ self and personal history perceptions. Thematic analysis was conducted using in-depth interview data. Two major themes emerged—personal strengths that may lead to strong personal and relational adjustment, and difficulties related to a critical personal and relatio…
Attachment representations and mentalizing in middle childhood across one year
This 3-wave short-term longitudinal exploratory pilot study aimed to investigate the stability of both children’s attachment (Attachment Narrative Coherence [ANC]) and mentalizing (Reflective Functioning [RF]) and to explore the possible role played by children’s mentalizing in promoting attachment security over 1 year. Italian children (N = 22, Mage = 11.30, SD = 2.24) recruited from low-income families in the community completed the Child Attac…
Parental Mentalizing during Middle Childhood
This exploratory cross-sectional study attempts to understand the mechanisms underlying the role of parental mentalizing in a child's psychological functioning during middle childhood by using Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) and Parental Insightfulness (PI) constructs. The main aims are to examine the role of PI and PRF as processes capable of influencing a child's psychological functioning in terms of emotional-behavioral difficulties and …
Psychometric Properties of the Child Attachment Interview in Italian Context
While attachment assessments developed for infancy and adulthood are well established, no such gold standard measure exists for school years, where measures are not yet sufficiently robust. Nevertheless, the last decade has witnessed some progress in this field with the development of the Child Attachment Interview (CAI), a semistructured interview designed to access children's mental representations of their attachment relationships. This study …
Motivations and Family Functioning of Foster Families in Italy
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning, and individual attachment styles in foster families. Participants were 33 foster parents who completed a questionnaire that included the motivations for choosing foster care, the relationship with the birth family and with social service workers, a measure of fam…
Attachment in eating-disordered outpatients with and without borderline personality disorder
This study aims at examining the attachment states of mind in 50 female outpatients with eating disorders compared with 50 matched control participants using the Adult Attachment Interview. Moreover, the differences in attachment states of mind among eating-disordered women with and without borderline personality disorders' diagnosis were explored. The results showed an over-representation of insecure-dismissing and unresolved states of mind in c…
Attachment representations in late-adopted children
Late-adopted children have often suffered a wide range of deprivations in their pre-adoption lives. These early adverse experiences can have a negative effect on children’s attachment representations even after they have been adopted. This study assesses the attachment representations of 61 late-adopted children over the first year of placement, exploring the risk and protective factors of age at placement, length of adoption and gender. The atta…
El Laboratorio de los Conflictos de la Azienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovesa. Un servicio público a sostén de la parentalidad en la separación conyugal
La separación conyugal es una experiencia frecuente en la vida de muchas familias. Implica el fracaso de un proyecto de la vida en conjunto y una experiencia de pérdida que puede producir comportamientos sintomáticos y dinámicas relacionales disfuncionales. Estos efectos negativos, especialmente en niños, se atribuyen a la conflictividad entre los padres y a su mayor o menor capacidad de interrogarse acerca del impacto de su desacuerdo sobre el e…
Motivations and Family Functioning of Foster Families in Italy
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning, and individual attachment styles in foster families. Participants were 33 foster parents who completed a questionnaire that included the motivations for choosing foster care, the relationship with the birth family and with social service workers, a measure of fam…
Attachment representations in late-adopted children
Late-adopted children have often suffered a wide range of deprivations in their pre-adoption lives. These early adverse experiences can have a negative effect on children’s attachment representations even after they have been adopted. This study assesses the attachment representations of 61 late-adopted children over the first year of placement, exploring the risk and protective factors of age at placement, length of adoption and gender. The atta…
Beyond the Family Fostering Experience
Research on the subjective experience of transitioning to adulthood among young people aging out of foster care is scarce. Accordingly, this study investigated 26 Italian care leavers’ self and personal history perceptions. Thematic analysis was conducted using in-depth interview data. Two major themes emerged—personal strengths that may lead to strong personal and relational adjustment, and difficulties related to a critical personal and relatio…
El Laboratorio de los Conflictos de la Azienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovesa. Un servicio público a sostén de la parentalidad en la separación conyugal
La separación conyugal es una experiencia frecuente en la vida de muchas familias. Implica el fracaso de un proyecto de la vida en conjunto y una experiencia de pérdida que puede producir comportamientos sintomáticos y dinámicas relacionales disfuncionales. Estos efectos negativos, especialmente en niños, se atribuyen a la conflictividad entre los padres y a su mayor o menor capacidad de interrogarse acerca del impacto de su desacuerdo sobre el e…
Attachment representations in late-adopted children
Late-adopted children have often suffered a wide range of deprivations in their pre-adoption lives. These early adverse experiences can have a negative effect on children’s attachment representations even after they have been adopted. This study assesses the attachment representations of 61 late-adopted children over the first year of placement, exploring the risk and protective factors of age at placement, length of adoption and gender. The atta…
Attachment in eating-disordered outpatients with and without borderline personality disorder
This study aims at examining the attachment states of mind in 50 female outpatients with eating disorders compared with 50 matched control participants using the Adult Attachment Interview. Moreover, the differences in attachment states of mind among eating-disordered women with and without borderline personality disorders' diagnosis were explored. The results showed an over-representation of insecure-dismissing and unresolved states of mind in c…
Motivations and Family Functioning of Foster Families in Italy
The aim of this paper was to investigate foster family care to better understand this unique care-giving context. The research objective was to understand motivation, family functioning, and individual attachment styles in foster families. Participants were 33 foster parents who completed a questionnaire that included the motivations for choosing foster care, the relationship with the birth family and with social service workers, a measure of fam…
Psychometric Properties of the Child Attachment Interview in Italian Context
While attachment assessments developed for infancy and adulthood are well established, no such gold standard measure exists for school years, where measures are not yet sufficiently robust. Nevertheless, the last decade has witnessed some progress in this field with the development of the Child Attachment Interview (CAI), a semistructured interview designed to access children's mental representations of their attachment relationships. This study …
Attachment representations and mentalizing in middle childhood across one year
This 3-wave short-term longitudinal exploratory pilot study aimed to investigate the stability of both children’s attachment (Attachment Narrative Coherence [ANC]) and mentalizing (Reflective Functioning [RF]) and to explore the possible role played by children’s mentalizing in promoting attachment security over 1 year. Italian children (N = 22, Mage = 11.30, SD = 2.24) recruited from low-income families in the community completed the Child Attac…
Parental Mentalizing during Middle Childhood
This exploratory cross-sectional study attempts to understand the mechanisms underlying the role of parental mentalizing in a child's psychological functioning during middle childhood by using Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) and Parental Insightfulness (PI) constructs. The main aims are to examine the role of PI and PRF as processes capable of influencing a child's psychological functioning in terms of emotional-behavioral difficulties and …
Beyond the Family Fostering Experience
Research on the subjective experience of transitioning to adulthood among young people aging out of foster care is scarce. Accordingly, this study investigated 26 Italian care leavers’ self and personal history perceptions. Thematic analysis was conducted using in-depth interview data. Two major themes emerged—personal strengths that may lead to strong personal and relational adjustment, and difficulties related to a critical personal and relatio…
Emerging adults facing the Covid-19 pandemic
Settled in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the present short-term longitudinal study aims to investigate the relation between emotion dysregulation, mentalizing (both certainty and uncertainty about mental states), and psychological symptoms in a sample of 83 emerging adults (M age = 22.18 years, SD = 4.36) over a continuous period started with COVID-19 spreads. Results display significant positive associations between psychological symptom…
Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works)