Benedetta Ragni
Biographic Data
| ID | 4044864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benedetta Ragni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benedetta |
| FAMILY NAME | Ragni |
| SIGNATURE | RAGNI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0565-0662 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Resilient and Engaged
This cross-sectional study explores the connections between resilience, work engagement, proactive strategies and personal resources among Italian kindergarten and primary school teachers. It specifically seeks to determine if and how personal resources can foster teachers’ work engagement, resilience, and proactive strategies at work. The study was conducted using a sample of 183 full-time, in-service kindergarten and primary teachers at public …
Emotion regulation among African American infants and their coparents in the context of triangular interactions at 12 months post‐partum
Emotion regulation (ER) during infancy is largely interpersonal, with dyadic studies of mutual regulation revealing how interactions are co‐constructed moment by moment. However infant ER in triadic (father‐mother‐infant) context, the most common context for infant‐father engagement during the first year, has rarely been considered. This report presents a new observational system, measuring infant triangular emotion regulation (MITER), for assess…
Development of the Nest program
Outdoor education (OE) is increasingly recognized as a key pedagogical approach to foster holistic child development, wellbeing, and sustainable attitudes. While well established in Northern European educational systems, its adoption in Southern Europe remains limited, often due to cultural and institutional barriers and insufficient teacher preparation. This study presents the design and development of the NEST program (Nature Education for Sust…
Psychometric Properties of the Nature Relatedness Scale (Nrs) in the Italian Context
Objectives. Nature Relatedness encompasses affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals’ connection with nature and refers to the appreciation and understanding of our interconnectedness with all other living things on Earth. This study aims to validate the Nature Relatedness Scale (NRS) in its Italian version, adapting and testing its reliability and validity in the Italian cultural context. A secondary objective is to analyze a…
Special needs teachers in emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic
Background This cross-sectional study explores the connections between burnout, personal resources, and teaching motivation among Italian special needs teachers (SNTs) one year following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically seeks to determine if and how personal resources and teaching motivation can help SNTs by buffering the effects of burnout symptoms. Methods The study was conducted using a sample of 837 full-time, in-service ki…
The use of Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) in teachers’ training
Taking care of teachers’ competencies is essential to determine a satisfactory level of quality in teaching, with a crucial impact on the proper functioning of educational services. In order to be effective, this training must consider the most recent developments in the field of technology-enhanced learning, such as Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL). Although research in the educational field has shown that DGBL enhances learning processes, pro…
The epidemiology and effects of video game addiction
Resilience, Positivity and Social Support as Perceived Stress Predictors among University Students
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been trying to identify which personal resources can contribute to minimizing the mental health costs in students incurred due to the restrictions that disrupted safety and predictability in their academic lives. The aim of the study was to verify if and how individual factors (resilience and positivity) and socio-environmental factors (social support and nationality) allow prediction of the level of …
Values and Coparenting
Objectives. The main purposes of this study were to: examine possible existing relationships between couple values and coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples; investigate whether couple values explain coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples. Material and methods. 94 Italian heterosexual couples with at least one child under the age of 13 years were enrolled. Both…
Predictive Factors of Toddlers’ Sleep and Parental Stress
The findings evidenced the bidirectional associations among the studied variables, highlighting the protective role of social support in reducing parenting stress and of paternal bedtime involvement in improving toddlers' sleep quality
Parental Involvement in Children’s Sleep Care and Nocturnal Awakenings in Infants and Toddlers
The main outcomes of this study point to the protective role of paternal involvement in children's sleep during the first years of life
The Interplay of Compassion, Subjective Happiness and Proactive Strategies on Kindergarten Teachers’ Work Engagement and Perceived Working Environment Fit
Based on these findings, we strongly advocate that educational policy makers and head teachers' pay close attention to the areas of personal and collective resources and work-related well-being, with a view to effectively address the promotion of early childhood teachers' work engagement and working environment fit
Protective Factors Contributing to Teacher-Working Environment Fit in Italian Teachers’ Sample
Objectives. Main purposes of our study were to examine in a sample of teachers involved in educational and scholastic services for children between 0 and 6 years old: a) the relationship between work environment fit and some dispositional and socio-contextual variables teachers age; b) the predictive role of subjective happiness, work engagement, collective efficacy and some socio-contextual variables (self/co-regulated proactive strategies) on t…
Parental stress and bedtime routines in toddlerhood
Objectives. Main purposes of our study were to explore: a) the relationship between paternal and maternal perceptions of their interactions with the child during bedtime routines; b) the possible relationship among context dimensions (social support, marital satisfaction, parenting stress and bedtime routines). We examined both parents’ subjective experience toward children's bedtime routines and their personal relationship with going to sleep. M…
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Parental stress and bedtime routines in toddlerhood
Objectives. Main purposes of our study were to explore: a) the relationship between paternal and maternal perceptions of their interactions with the child during bedtime routines; b) the possible relationship among context dimensions (social support, marital satisfaction, parenting stress and bedtime routines). We examined both parents’ subjective experience toward children's bedtime routines and their personal relationship with going to sleep. M…
Protective Factors Contributing to Teacher-Working Environment Fit in Italian Teachers’ Sample
Objectives. Main purposes of our study were to examine in a sample of teachers involved in educational and scholastic services for children between 0 and 6 years old: a) the relationship between work environment fit and some dispositional and socio-contextual variables teachers age; b) the predictive role of subjective happiness, work engagement, collective efficacy and some socio-contextual variables (self/co-regulated proactive strategies) on t…
Predictive Factors of Toddlers’ Sleep and Parental Stress
The findings evidenced the bidirectional associations among the studied variables, highlighting the protective role of social support in reducing parenting stress and of paternal bedtime involvement in improving toddlers' sleep quality
Parental Involvement in Children’s Sleep Care and Nocturnal Awakenings in Infants and Toddlers
The main outcomes of this study point to the protective role of paternal involvement in children's sleep during the first years of life
The Interplay of Compassion, Subjective Happiness and Proactive Strategies on Kindergarten Teachers’ Work Engagement and Perceived Working Environment Fit
Based on these findings, we strongly advocate that educational policy makers and head teachers' pay close attention to the areas of personal and collective resources and work-related well-being, with a view to effectively address the promotion of early childhood teachers' work engagement and working environment fit
Values and Coparenting
Objectives. The main purposes of this study were to: examine possible existing relationships between couple values and coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples; investigate whether couple values explain coparenting quality reported by both partners of cohabitants heterosexual couples. Material and methods. 94 Italian heterosexual couples with at least one child under the age of 13 years were enrolled. Both…
The use of Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) in teachers’ training
Taking care of teachers’ competencies is essential to determine a satisfactory level of quality in teaching, with a crucial impact on the proper functioning of educational services. In order to be effective, this training must consider the most recent developments in the field of technology-enhanced learning, such as Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL). Although research in the educational field has shown that DGBL enhances learning processes, pro…
The epidemiology and effects of video game addiction
Resilience, Positivity and Social Support as Perceived Stress Predictors among University Students
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been trying to identify which personal resources can contribute to minimizing the mental health costs in students incurred due to the restrictions that disrupted safety and predictability in their academic lives. The aim of the study was to verify if and how individual factors (resilience and positivity) and socio-environmental factors (social support and nationality) allow prediction of the level of …
Special needs teachers in emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic
Background This cross-sectional study explores the connections between burnout, personal resources, and teaching motivation among Italian special needs teachers (SNTs) one year following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically seeks to determine if and how personal resources and teaching motivation can help SNTs by buffering the effects of burnout symptoms. Methods The study was conducted using a sample of 837 full-time, in-service ki…
Development of the Nest program
Outdoor education (OE) is increasingly recognized as a key pedagogical approach to foster holistic child development, wellbeing, and sustainable attitudes. While well established in Northern European educational systems, its adoption in Southern Europe remains limited, often due to cultural and institutional barriers and insufficient teacher preparation. This study presents the design and development of the NEST program (Nature Education for Sust…
Psychometric Properties of the Nature Relatedness Scale (Nrs) in the Italian Context
Objectives. Nature Relatedness encompasses affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals’ connection with nature and refers to the appreciation and understanding of our interconnectedness with all other living things on Earth. This study aims to validate the Nature Relatedness Scale (NRS) in its Italian version, adapting and testing its reliability and validity in the Italian cultural context. A secondary objective is to analyze a…
Resilient and Engaged
This cross-sectional study explores the connections between resilience, work engagement, proactive strategies and personal resources among Italian kindergarten and primary school teachers. It specifically seeks to determine if and how personal resources can foster teachers’ work engagement, resilience, and proactive strategies at work. The study was conducted using a sample of 183 full-time, in-service kindergarten and primary teachers at public …
Emotion regulation among African American infants and their coparents in the context of triangular interactions at 12 months post‐partum
Emotion regulation (ER) during infancy is largely interpersonal, with dyadic studies of mutual regulation revealing how interactions are co‐constructed moment by moment. However infant ER in triadic (father‐mother‐infant) context, the most common context for infant‐father engagement during the first year, has rarely been considered. This report presents a new observational system, measuring infant triangular emotion regulation (MITER), for assess…
Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Burnout (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Infant Development and Preterm Care (3 works)