Maria Concetta Miranda

Biographic Data

ID4890738
NAMEMaria Concetta Miranda
GIVEN NAMESMaria Concetta
FAMILY NAMEMiranda
SIGNATUREMIRANDA M C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • The reciprocal effects of learning motivation, perceived academic self-efficacy and academic performance in adolescence: A four-wave longitudinal study

    Open AccessGaetana Affuso, Anna Zannone et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Psychology of…2025

  • Parent–adolescent discrepancies in perceptions of parental warmth: Cross‐cultural differences and longitudinal associations with internalizing symptoms

    Open AccessConcetta Esposito, Maria Concetta Miranda et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2025References: 7

    Research suggests that adolescents often perceive parental behaviors-such as expressions of warmth and affection-differently than their parents do. These parent-adolescent discrepancies offer meaningful insight into family functioning during adolescence and adolescent mental health, though existing findings remain mixed. Grounded in interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory), this study investigates longitudinal, bidirectional associa…

  • Cultural values, parenting and child adjustment in Italy

    Open AccessDario Bacchini, Flavia Cirimele et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Psychology2024

    The present study examined the association of mothers' and fathers' individualism, collectivism and conformity values with parenting behaviours and child adjustment during middle childhood in an Italian sample. Children ( n = 194; 95 from Naples and 99 from Rome; 49% girls) were 10.93 years old ( SD = .61) at the time of data collection. Their mothers ( n = 194) and fathers ( n = 152) also participated. Mother and father reports were collected ab…

  • The effects of teacher support, parental monitoring, motivation and self-efficacy on academic performance over time

    Open AccessGaetana Affuso, Anna Zannone et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Psychology of…2023

  • Positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior in eight countries

    Open AccessConcetta Pastorelli, Jennifer E Lansford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2016

    BACKGROUND: Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on children's adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children's maladjustment, but reciprocal relations between positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior are understudied. In this study reciprocal relations between two different dimensions of positive parenting (quality of the mot…

  • The Adult Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Italian and American Short Forms

    Vincenzo P Senese, Dario Bacchini et al.ARTICLEParenting2016Cited by: 2References: 14

    SYNOPSISObjective. The aims of this article were to test the measurement invariance of the Italian and American versions of the Adult Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire and to compare adults’ remembrances of parental acceptance–rejection across the two nations. Design. The Adult Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire was administered to 564 Italian adults (M = 23.04 years) and 509 U.S. American adults (M = 22.09 years), matched by g…

  • Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries

    Open AccessA T Skinner, Dario Bacchini et al.ARTICLESocieties2014Cited by: 4References: 8

    Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers', fathers', and children's perceptions of neighborhood danger are related to child aggression, whether parental monitoring moderates this relation, and whether harsh parenting mediates this relation. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 1,293 children (age M = 10.68, SD = .66; 51% g…

  • Attributions and Attitudes of Mothers and Fathers in Italy

    Anna Silvia Bombi, Concetta Pastorelli et al.ARTICLEParenting2011Cited by: 4References: 15

    OBJECTIVE: The present study examined mean level similarities and differences as well as correlations between mothers' and fathers' attributions regarding successes and failures in caregiving situations and progressive versus authoritarian attitudes. DESIGN: Interviews were conducted with both mothers and fathers in 177 Italian families from Rome and Naples. RESULTS: Fathers' attributions reflected higher perceived control over failure than did m…