Emma Baumgartner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Baumgartner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Baumgartner |
| SIGNATURE | BAUMGARTNER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0995-3468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Latent Profile Analysis of Psychological Functioning During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
Research highlights notable concerns about adolescents' psychological functioning during the COVID‐19 pandemic, pointing to its association with overall adjustment. Identifying adolescent profiles based on psychological distress risk levels is crucial for developing effective support strategies. This study, conducted with N = 579 adolescents ( M age = 15.97, SD = 1.52), employed a person‐centred approach, using the latent profile analysis (LPA) t…
Exploring Links Between Social Competence, Immigrant Background, and Children’s Preschool Adjustment
Research Findings: In the present study, we investigated the roles of children’s social competence and immigrant background in the prediction of the quality of children’s relationships with peers and teachers and school adjustment. Participants were N = 212 children (Mage = 58.32 months, SD = 10.72; n = 98 with an immigrant background) and their teachers (two per class). One teacher in each class assessed children’s social competence and behavior…
The role of loneliness and positivity on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented challenges with profound repercussions on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality. However, only a few studies have focused on the aspects potentially related to adolescents’ well-being during the pandemic. The present study aimed to understand the role of loneliness and positivity on adolescents’ mental health difficulties and sleep-related issues in the emergency period. A sample of N = 564…
Childcare Providers and Covid-19
Research Findings: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system faced unprecedented challenges, including global school closures, the cancellation of face-to-face teaching, and ultimately school step-wise or partial reopening. Childcare providers have faced additional significant stressors from the beginning of the outbreak. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of childcare providers’ regulatory emotional self-efficacy on the…
Exploring the Role of Play Behaviors in the Links between Preschoolers’ Shyness and Teacher-Child Relationships
Research Findings: The goal of this study was to investigate the role of play behaviors in the links between child shyness and teacher-child relationship quality in preschool. Participants were 212 (102 girls) young children (M = 58.32 months, SD = 10.72) recruited from 10 classrooms in three preschools in central Italy. Parents evaluated children’s shyness and teachers rated their relationships with children as well as play behaviors at preschoo…
Social Anxiety and Peer Communication Quality During Adolescence
Peer Victimization, Social Functioning, and Temperament Traits in Preschool Children
Young children's perceptions and beliefs about hypothetical shy, unsociable, and socially avoidant peers at school
The aim of this study was to explore young children's perceptions, beliefs, and anticipated outcomes about different types of social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance). Participants were N = 212 children ( n = 110 boys) aged 2.55–6.37 years ( M = 4.86, SD = 0.89) recruited from three preschools and kindergartens in Italy. Children were interviewed individually and asked about hypothetical peers displaying different types of soc…
Shame on me? Shyness, social experiences at preschool, and young children’s self-conscious emotions
Attachment in Childcare Centers
Parent and peer attachment relationships and time perspective in adolescence
The primary aim of this research was to provide evidence about how adolescents' self-reported parent/peer attachment and time perspective relate to their satisfaction with life. A sample of 1211 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing life satisfaction, time perspective, and the perceived quality of parent and peer attachment. Results showed statistically significant relationships among these variables. Boys resulted higher scored th…
Coming out during adolescence
Disclosing sexual orientation to parents is a challenging developmental task for lesbian and gay adolescents. The aim of the study is to investigate parental negative reaction to coming out, which is associated with high levels of internalized sexual stigma and psychological problems. Participants' perceptions of their parents' reactions, age at coming out, gender, parental political orientation and religiosity, family functioning, and internaliz…
Negative Parental Responses to Coming Out and Family Functioning in a Sample of Lesbian and Gay Young Adults
Family Functioning and Dysfunctional Eating Among Italian Adolescents
Lesbian Mother Families and Gay Father Families in Italy
The Role of Nice and Nasty Theory of Mind in Teacher-Selected Peer Models for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders
The study aimed at verifying if nice and nasty theory of mind behaviors, in association with teachers’ peer buddy nomination, could be used to correctly select peer models for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Mentalizing abilities and emotional and behavioral characteristics of 601 adolescents were assessed. Results suggest that teachers recognize how students socially use their mind-reading ability, and employ such knowledge to select …
Gender-Biased Attitudes and Attributions Among Young Italian Children
Beyond Similarities
Binge eating and binge drinking behaviors
Considering the significant negative consequences that are directly related to binge eating and drinking behaviors, many studies have explored the reasons why adolescents engage in them. This study examined the differences in the development, maintenance, and co-occurrence of "binge" behaviors associated with adolescent's identity style and the level of commitment. One thousand four hundred Italian adolescents completed self-report measures asses…
Friendship in children with internalizing and externalizing problems
Identity status differences among Italian adolescents
Identity and conformism among Italian adolescents who binge eat and drink
This cross-sectional study examined binge eating and binge drinking behaviours analysing their association with the process of identity formation in adolescence and individual tendency towards conformism. The sample consisted of 1500 Italian students (660 boys and 840 girls) attending high school. The average age of the students was 17.31 years (SD = 1.34; range: 17–19). They completed self-report measures assessing binge behaviours, ego identity…
Dual Vulnerability of Being Both a Teen and an Immigrant Parent
Family functioning and binge drinking among Italian adolescents
Limited studies have sought to describe binge drinking among adolescents and even fewer studies have attempted to examine whether family functioning, family communication and satisfaction could be associated with alcohol abuse. Our sample was made up of 726 Italian adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18. According to previous research, adolescents were categorized into non-drinkers, social, binge and heavy drinkers. Results showed that social,…
Representations and narratives during pregnancy
In this paper, we explore how maternal representations, and in particular their contents, are structured during pregnancy. Twenty-three primiparous women were recruited for participation in a longitudinal study about mothers' thoughts and feelings about their infants. A semistructured interview was conducted with each of the subjects in the third trimester of pregnancy. During the interview, subjects were also given five adjective lists based on …
Lesbian Mother Families and Gay Father Families in Italy
Coming out during adolescence
Disclosing sexual orientation to parents is a challenging developmental task for lesbian and gay adolescents. The aim of the study is to investigate parental negative reaction to coming out, which is associated with high levels of internalized sexual stigma and psychological problems. Participants' perceptions of their parents' reactions, age at coming out, gender, parental political orientation and religiosity, family functioning, and internaliz…
Beyond Similarities
Family functioning and binge drinking among Italian adolescents
Limited studies have sought to describe binge drinking among adolescents and even fewer studies have attempted to examine whether family functioning, family communication and satisfaction could be associated with alcohol abuse. Our sample was made up of 726 Italian adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18. According to previous research, adolescents were categorized into non-drinkers, social, binge and heavy drinkers. Results showed that social,…
Binge eating and binge drinking behaviors
Considering the significant negative consequences that are directly related to binge eating and drinking behaviors, many studies have explored the reasons why adolescents engage in them. This study examined the differences in the development, maintenance, and co-occurrence of "binge" behaviors associated with adolescent's identity style and the level of commitment. One thousand four hundred Italian adolescents completed self-report measures asses…
Shame on me? Shyness, social experiences at preschool, and young children’s self-conscious emotions
Identity status differences among Italian adolescents
Parent and peer attachment relationships and time perspective in adolescence
The primary aim of this research was to provide evidence about how adolescents' self-reported parent/peer attachment and time perspective relate to their satisfaction with life. A sample of 1211 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing life satisfaction, time perspective, and the perceived quality of parent and peer attachment. Results showed statistically significant relationships among these variables. Boys resulted higher scored th…
Gender-Biased Attitudes and Attributions Among Young Italian Children
Young children's perceptions and beliefs about hypothetical shy, unsociable, and socially avoidant peers at school
The aim of this study was to explore young children's perceptions, beliefs, and anticipated outcomes about different types of social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance). Participants were N = 212 children ( n = 110 boys) aged 2.55–6.37 years ( M = 4.86, SD = 0.89) recruited from three preschools and kindergartens in Italy. Children were interviewed individually and asked about hypothetical peers displaying different types of soc…
Friendship in children with internalizing and externalizing problems
Representations and narratives during pregnancy
In this paper, we explore how maternal representations, and in particular their contents, are structured during pregnancy. Twenty-three primiparous women were recruited for participation in a longitudinal study about mothers' thoughts and feelings about their infants. A semistructured interview was conducted with each of the subjects in the third trimester of pregnancy. During the interview, subjects were also given five adjective lists based on …
Identity and conformism among Italian adolescents who binge eat and drink
This cross-sectional study examined binge eating and binge drinking behaviours analysing their association with the process of identity formation in adolescence and individual tendency towards conformism. The sample consisted of 1500 Italian students (660 boys and 840 girls) attending high school. The average age of the students was 17.31 years (SD = 1.34; range: 17–19). They completed self-report measures assessing binge behaviours, ego identity…
Dual Vulnerability of Being Both a Teen and an Immigrant Parent
Family functioning and binge drinking among Italian adolescents
Limited studies have sought to describe binge drinking among adolescents and even fewer studies have attempted to examine whether family functioning, family communication and satisfaction could be associated with alcohol abuse. Our sample was made up of 726 Italian adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18. According to previous research, adolescents were categorized into non-drinkers, social, binge and heavy drinkers. Results showed that social,…
Friendship in children with internalizing and externalizing problems
Identity status differences among Italian adolescents
Beyond Similarities
Binge eating and binge drinking behaviors
Considering the significant negative consequences that are directly related to binge eating and drinking behaviors, many studies have explored the reasons why adolescents engage in them. This study examined the differences in the development, maintenance, and co-occurrence of "binge" behaviors associated with adolescent's identity style and the level of commitment. One thousand four hundred Italian adolescents completed self-report measures asses…
Negative Parental Responses to Coming Out and Family Functioning in a Sample of Lesbian and Gay Young Adults
Family Functioning and Dysfunctional Eating Among Italian Adolescents
Lesbian Mother Families and Gay Father Families in Italy
The Role of Nice and Nasty Theory of Mind in Teacher-Selected Peer Models for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders
The study aimed at verifying if nice and nasty theory of mind behaviors, in association with teachers’ peer buddy nomination, could be used to correctly select peer models for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Mentalizing abilities and emotional and behavioral characteristics of 601 adolescents were assessed. Results suggest that teachers recognize how students socially use their mind-reading ability, and employ such knowledge to select …
Gender-Biased Attitudes and Attributions Among Young Italian Children
Attachment in Childcare Centers
Parent and peer attachment relationships and time perspective in adolescence
The primary aim of this research was to provide evidence about how adolescents' self-reported parent/peer attachment and time perspective relate to their satisfaction with life. A sample of 1211 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing life satisfaction, time perspective, and the perceived quality of parent and peer attachment. Results showed statistically significant relationships among these variables. Boys resulted higher scored th…
Coming out during adolescence
Disclosing sexual orientation to parents is a challenging developmental task for lesbian and gay adolescents. The aim of the study is to investigate parental negative reaction to coming out, which is associated with high levels of internalized sexual stigma and psychological problems. Participants' perceptions of their parents' reactions, age at coming out, gender, parental political orientation and religiosity, family functioning, and internaliz…
Young children's perceptions and beliefs about hypothetical shy, unsociable, and socially avoidant peers at school
The aim of this study was to explore young children's perceptions, beliefs, and anticipated outcomes about different types of social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance). Participants were N = 212 children ( n = 110 boys) aged 2.55–6.37 years ( M = 4.86, SD = 0.89) recruited from three preschools and kindergartens in Italy. Children were interviewed individually and asked about hypothetical peers displaying different types of soc…
Shame on me? Shyness, social experiences at preschool, and young children’s self-conscious emotions
Social Anxiety and Peer Communication Quality During Adolescence
Peer Victimization, Social Functioning, and Temperament Traits in Preschool Children
Exploring the Role of Play Behaviors in the Links between Preschoolers’ Shyness and Teacher-Child Relationships
Research Findings: The goal of this study was to investigate the role of play behaviors in the links between child shyness and teacher-child relationship quality in preschool. Participants were 212 (102 girls) young children (M = 58.32 months, SD = 10.72) recruited from 10 classrooms in three preschools in central Italy. Parents evaluated children’s shyness and teachers rated their relationships with children as well as play behaviors at preschoo…
Childcare Providers and Covid-19
Research Findings: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system faced unprecedented challenges, including global school closures, the cancellation of face-to-face teaching, and ultimately school step-wise or partial reopening. Childcare providers have faced additional significant stressors from the beginning of the outbreak. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of childcare providers’ regulatory emotional self-efficacy on the…
The role of loneliness and positivity on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented challenges with profound repercussions on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality. However, only a few studies have focused on the aspects potentially related to adolescents’ well-being during the pandemic. The present study aimed to understand the role of loneliness and positivity on adolescents’ mental health difficulties and sleep-related issues in the emergency period. A sample of N = 564…
A Latent Profile Analysis of Psychological Functioning During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
Research highlights notable concerns about adolescents' psychological functioning during the COVID‐19 pandemic, pointing to its association with overall adjustment. Identifying adolescent profiles based on psychological distress risk levels is crucial for developing effective support strategies. This study, conducted with N = 579 adolescents ( M age = 15.97, SD = 1.52), employed a person‐centred approach, using the latent profile analysis (LPA) t…
Exploring Links Between Social Competence, Immigrant Background, and Children’s Preschool Adjustment
Research Findings: In the present study, we investigated the roles of children’s social competence and immigrant background in the prediction of the quality of children’s relationships with peers and teachers and school adjustment. Participants were N = 212 children (Mage = 58.32 months, SD = 10.72; n = 98 with an immigrant background) and their teachers (two per class). One teacher in each class assessed children’s social competence and behavior…
Psychology (25 works) · Developmental psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works)