Emanuela Saita
Biographic Data
| ID | 322095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emanuela Saita |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emanuela |
| FAMILY NAME | Saita |
| SIGNATURE | SAITA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0790-2819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Italian version of the Female Genital Self-Image Scale: Psychometric properties and associations with sexual function and psychological health
Since its initial development, the Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS) has been translated into various languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Thai, Spanish, and Swedish, but no Italian translations are currently available. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the first Italian translation of the FGSIS, named FGSIS-It—including its factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity—and to ex…
Evaluating Somatic Experiencing® to Heal Cancer Trauma: First Evidence with Breast Cancer Survivors
Somatic Experiencing ® is a bio-psychological method for the treatment and prevention of trauma and chronic stress, which has never been investigated with breast cancer (BC) survivors. Eight weeks of web-based synchronous group sessions were structured between April and June 2022. Potential participants were recruited using a convenience sampling approach and through the collaboration of a public hospital in northern Italy and a non-profit associ…
Mental Health Issues as a Consequence of the Pandemic: Group Psycho-Educational Intervention to Support Patients Recovered from Covid-19 Infection
Common psycho-physical symptoms have emerged in patients who were previously recovered for COVID-19 infection, including traumatic experience and enduring emotional disturbances. A group psycho-educational intervention of seven weekly sessions and a follow-up after three months was proposed to all Italian-speaking patients formally discharged from a public hospital in northern Italy and physically recovered from infection. Eighteen patients were …
The interpersonal process model of intimacy, burden and communal motivation to care in a multinational group of informal caregivers
The interpersonal process model of intimacy suggests that intimacy within dyads develops when open communication from one dyad member is met with validating, understanding and caring responses from the other dyad member. Little is known about interpersonal processes between informal caregivers and care recipients in different illness contexts (i.e., coping with neurological, physical or other impairments/comorbidities) and relationship types (i.e…
Predictors of Postpartum Depression among Italian Women: A Longitudinal Study
Our findings highlight the importance of providing stable programs (such as educational programs) to mothers in the first year postpartum. Furthermore, because the quality of the childbirth experience is one of the most important predictors of PPD at 12 months postpartum, effort should be made by healthcare professionals to guarantee a positive experience to all women to reduce possible negative long-term consequences of this experience
Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Case-Study of Filicide in an Italian Woman
At an international level, the risk assessment and management process of violent offenders follows a standard method that implies well-defined theoretical models and the use of scientifically validated tools. In Italy, this process is still highly discretionary. The aim of this study is to highlight the advantages deriving from the use of risk assessment tools within the framework of a single case study; Methods: Recidivism risk and social danger…
The Role of Dyadic Coping for the Individual and Relational Well-Being of Couples During the Transition to Parenthood
Becoming parents represents a potentially stressful transition, which may negatively affect the individual and relational well-being of both partners. Limited literature has investigated the role of dyadic coping during the transition to parenthood. This work explored partners' differences in dyadic coping, anxiety, depression, and couple adjustment during pregnancy and 3 months postpartum. Furthermore, through Actor-Partner Interdependence Model…
Are we dreaming or are we awake? A quali-quantitative analysis of dream narratives and dreaming process during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictive measures taken against the spread of the contagion can be considered as traumatic events having a major impact on mental health. Dreams after undergoing traumatic experiences could “replay” traumatic scenes or have a para-therapeutic role that facilitates connections between a traumatic event and associated emotions. However, the studies carried out thus far in the field of sleep and dreams during the COV…
Free butterflies will come out of these deep wounds: A grounded theory of how endometriosis affects women's psychological health
This study aimed to develop a grounded theory of how endometriosis affects psychological health. Open interviews were conducted with 74 patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to all women, who were divided into distressed versus non-distressed. At the core of our grounded theory was the notion of disruption due to the common features of living with endometriosis. Experiencing disruption (vs restoring continuity) invo…
Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study
OBJECTIVE: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers' and mothers' postnatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and to see their evolution between three and 6 months after their child's bi…
Free butterflies will come out of these deep wounds: A grounded theory of how endometriosis affects women's psychological health
This study aimed to develop a grounded theory of how endometriosis affects psychological health. Open interviews were conducted with 74 patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to all women, who were divided into distressed versus non-distressed. At the core of our grounded theory was the notion of disruption due to the common features of living with endometriosis. Experiencing disruption (vs restoring continuity) invo…
The interpersonal process model of intimacy, burden and communal motivation to care in a multinational group of informal caregivers
The interpersonal process model of intimacy suggests that intimacy within dyads develops when open communication from one dyad member is met with validating, understanding and caring responses from the other dyad member. Little is known about interpersonal processes between informal caregivers and care recipients in different illness contexts (i.e., coping with neurological, physical or other impairments/comorbidities) and relationship types (i.e…
Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study
OBJECTIVE: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers' and mothers' postnatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and to see their evolution between three and 6 months after their child's bi…
Free butterflies will come out of these deep wounds: A grounded theory of how endometriosis affects women's psychological health
This study aimed to develop a grounded theory of how endometriosis affects psychological health. Open interviews were conducted with 74 patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to all women, who were divided into distressed versus non-distressed. At the core of our grounded theory was the notion of disruption due to the common features of living with endometriosis. Experiencing disruption (vs restoring continuity) invo…
Are we dreaming or are we awake? A quali-quantitative analysis of dream narratives and dreaming process during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictive measures taken against the spread of the contagion can be considered as traumatic events having a major impact on mental health. Dreams after undergoing traumatic experiences could “replay” traumatic scenes or have a para-therapeutic role that facilitates connections between a traumatic event and associated emotions. However, the studies carried out thus far in the field of sleep and dreams during the COV…
Predictors of Postpartum Depression among Italian Women: A Longitudinal Study
Our findings highlight the importance of providing stable programs (such as educational programs) to mothers in the first year postpartum. Furthermore, because the quality of the childbirth experience is one of the most important predictors of PPD at 12 months postpartum, effort should be made by healthcare professionals to guarantee a positive experience to all women to reduce possible negative long-term consequences of this experience
Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Case-Study of Filicide in an Italian Woman
At an international level, the risk assessment and management process of violent offenders follows a standard method that implies well-defined theoretical models and the use of scientifically validated tools. In Italy, this process is still highly discretionary. The aim of this study is to highlight the advantages deriving from the use of risk assessment tools within the framework of a single case study; Methods: Recidivism risk and social danger…
The Role of Dyadic Coping for the Individual and Relational Well-Being of Couples During the Transition to Parenthood
Becoming parents represents a potentially stressful transition, which may negatively affect the individual and relational well-being of both partners. Limited literature has investigated the role of dyadic coping during the transition to parenthood. This work explored partners' differences in dyadic coping, anxiety, depression, and couple adjustment during pregnancy and 3 months postpartum. Furthermore, through Actor-Partner Interdependence Model…
Evaluating Somatic Experiencing® to Heal Cancer Trauma: First Evidence with Breast Cancer Survivors
Somatic Experiencing ® is a bio-psychological method for the treatment and prevention of trauma and chronic stress, which has never been investigated with breast cancer (BC) survivors. Eight weeks of web-based synchronous group sessions were structured between April and June 2022. Potential participants were recruited using a convenience sampling approach and through the collaboration of a public hospital in northern Italy and a non-profit associ…
Mental Health Issues as a Consequence of the Pandemic: Group Psycho-Educational Intervention to Support Patients Recovered from Covid-19 Infection
Common psycho-physical symptoms have emerged in patients who were previously recovered for COVID-19 infection, including traumatic experience and enduring emotional disturbances. A group psycho-educational intervention of seven weekly sessions and a follow-up after three months was proposed to all Italian-speaking patients formally discharged from a public hospital in northern Italy and physically recovered from infection. Eighteen patients were …
The interpersonal process model of intimacy, burden and communal motivation to care in a multinational group of informal caregivers
The interpersonal process model of intimacy suggests that intimacy within dyads develops when open communication from one dyad member is met with validating, understanding and caring responses from the other dyad member. Little is known about interpersonal processes between informal caregivers and care recipients in different illness contexts (i.e., coping with neurological, physical or other impairments/comorbidities) and relationship types (i.e…
The Italian version of the Female Genital Self-Image Scale: Psychometric properties and associations with sexual function and psychological health
Since its initial development, the Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS) has been translated into various languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Thai, Spanish, and Swedish, but no Italian translations are currently available. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the first Italian translation of the FGSIS, named FGSIS-It—including its factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity—and to ex…
Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Distress (3 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works)