Enrica Ciucci
Biographic Data
| ID | 6098772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Enrica Ciucci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Enrica |
| FAMILY NAME | Ciucci |
| SIGNATURE | CIUCCI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florence |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0401-2634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Italian Teachers' Well‐Being in the Post‐Covid Era
BACKGROUND: Teachers' psychological well-being is a crucial and multifaceted dimension of professional life, determined by the balance between job demands and available resources. This study investigates the well-being of Italian teachers in the post-COVID era using the Job Demands-Resources model to identify risk and protective factors. METHODS: Six focus groups were held with 40 primary and secondary school teachers from three Italian regions. …
Sense of School Belonging and School Reintegration for Students Hospitalized With Chronic or Complex Medical Diseases
BACKGROUND: A strong sense of school belonging (SoSB) supports students' emotional well-being, engagement, and adjustment. For students hospitalized because of chronic or complex conditions, maintaining SoSB is challenging yet essential for successful school reintegration. METHODS: Using a Grounded Theory approach, this study combined interviews with 16 parents, 32 mainstream teachers, 31 hospital teachers, and one association, alongside drawings…
Fostering Teachers’ Work Engagement
The present cross-sectional study explored the synergic role of self-report measures of emotional self-efficacy toward one’s own emotions (i.e., the extent to which individuals perceive themselves as confident and effective in managing their emotions), professional self-efficacy, and job resources on work engagement among 589 in-service teachers coming from public kindergartens, elementary schools, and middle schools. A hierarchical linear regres…
Behavioral Inhibition and Fear
Results were discussed in light of both theories of emotional development and practical clinical implications, with special attention to the emerged gender difference
Attachment to others and callous-unemotional traits in a sample of high school students
Although several evidences suggested the importance to consider the quality of relationships with others as a key element for the understanding of callous-unemotional traits in youths, to date few studies investigated the specific role of youths’ attachment. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between attachment styles and callous-unemotional traits within a community sample of 786 high school students (41.48% females, M a…
Meta-emotion philosophy in teachers from kindergarten to middle school
The present study further investigated the role of teachers as emotional socializers by exploring both the theoretical and the empirical applicability of the construct of meta-emotion philosophy in teachers coming from kindergarten to middle-school. Specifically, we first aimed to test the psychometric properties of a specific tool to assess meta-emotion philosophy (i.e., the Crèche Educator Emotional Style Questionnaire - CEESQ, originally devel…
How to become a teacher in the hospital
A hospital-based school is offered to hospitalised children with the aim of promoting school continuity and preventing disengagement from school; children have the chance to attend a hospital-based school with hospital teachers during long recoveries. The aim of this study is to obtain an in-depth understanding of hospital teaching: which training hospital teachers receive before teaching the hospitalised children and how they work with children …
The boundaries between personal life and professional role
The aim of the present study was to apply some principles of the Structural Family Therapy by Salvador Minuchin to teachers. Specifically, we considered the teacher as a system consisting of two communicating subsystems – one pertaining to personal characteristics and skills, and one pertaining to characteristics and skills related to the professional role – and we explored the boundaries between personal life and professional role, proposing the…
The Role of Affects and Emotional Styles in the Relationship Between Parents and Preschool Children
Despite the characteristics of the data collection period, the results suggest the importance of considering the emotion-related dimensions between parents and their children as they seem to influence parenting behaviors
Callous–Unemotional Traits and Emotion Perception Accuracy and Bias in Youths
This study investigated the associations among conduct problems, callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and indices of emotion recognition accuracy and emotion recognition bias obtained from human faces. Impairments in emotion recognition were considered within broader, impaired emotional and social functioning. The sample consisted of 293 middle-school students (51.19% girls; M age = 12.97 years, SD = 0.88 years). In general, CU traits were associated…
Dimensions of Parenting and Children’s Conduct Problems
Research has clearly indicated that the development of serious behavioral problems in children and adolescents is influenced by parenting. However, recent research has refined the role of parenting by showing the importance of distinguishing between different types of parenting and in considering the role of callous-unemotional traits (CU traits) and conduct problems (CP) of the children. In the current study, we advance this research by distingu…
Promoting Teachers’ Social and Emotional Competence in Light of the Close Connection between Professional Role and Personal Characteristics
Within the field of research on the promotion of teachers' social and emotional competence, the present paper illustrates preliminary evidence of the efficacy of a new training program named "ME4YOU" aimed at supporting teachers' self-reflexive competences to deal with the emotional and relational dimensions of teaching, with constant and continuous attention towards underlining the close connection between the way teachers perform as professiona…
Facing the pandemic lockdown questionnaire - FPLQ
This paper presents the development and the initial validation of a self-report questionnaire (the Facing the Pandemic Lockdown Questionnaire - FPLQ) focused on the way in which people faced the impact of the lockdown related to the Coronavirus Disease 19. 504 adults (81.55% females; M age = 32.71 years, SD = 11.19) took part to the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 15-item 4-factor structure, invariant for gender and…
Cybersex and Attachment Styles
The current study presents the development and the initial validation of a new questionnaire to assess individual differences in emotional and relational aspects related to cybersex activities (i.e., the ERACA). A total of 246 adults (105 females, mean age = 31.89 years, SD = 10.03) coming from the general adult population participated in the study. The items of the ERACA were developed considering the extant literature, and an exploratory factor…
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Affect, Fear, and Personality of Primary School Children Measured During the Second Wave of Infections in 2020
In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative impact on individuals' affectivity, frequently documented by increased prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms. For children, this research was less extensive, was mainly based on caregivers' reports and neglected personality assessment. In order to measure the impact of the pandemic, and the fears it caused, on primary school children's affect…
Sensitivity to teachers’ punishment and social affiliation with teachers
Preliminary evidence of efficacy of the Ethics of Human Relations approach on teachers’ emotional competence
As part of the flourishing line of research into teachers’ emotions, we report the preliminary evidences of efficacy of a pilot Italian intervention program conducted following the Ethics of Human Relations (ERH) approach. The theoretical background of the ERH approach is the attempt to integrate the construct of False and True Self with cognitive neurosciences. The goal of its methodology is to train to a practice that helps the self-generation …
Meta-emotion philosophy in early childhood teachers
What shapes narrative thought
The primary aims of the study were to investigate the narrative strategies used by Italian and Canadian youth on progressive (improving interactions) and regressive (degenerating interactions) stories and to investigate potential differences in story interpretation across the two countries. Two hundred and six participants, matched for age, gender and SES, were selected from fifth and seventh grade classrooms in Calgary, Canada, and Florence, Ita…
Narrative strategies in bullies and victims in Italian schools
It is hypothesised that bullies and victims use different strategies to interpret social incongruence. An Italian version of Olweus [(1991): Erlbaum] and Whitney and Smith's [(1993): Educational Research 35:3–25] questionnaire on bullying was employed to select 64 bullies, 40 victims, and 101 controls from a wider sample of students aged 11, 12, and 13 years. Six stories dealing with themes of social interaction between two peers were chosen as t…
Unresponsiveness of the endorphinergic system to its physiological feedback in obesity
Unresponsiveness of the endorphinergic system to its physiological feedback in obesity
Narrative strategies in bullies and victims in Italian schools
It is hypothesised that bullies and victims use different strategies to interpret social incongruence. An Italian version of Olweus [(1991): Erlbaum] and Whitney and Smith's [(1993): Educational Research 35:3–25] questionnaire on bullying was employed to select 64 bullies, 40 victims, and 101 controls from a wider sample of students aged 11, 12, and 13 years. Six stories dealing with themes of social interaction between two peers were chosen as t…
What shapes narrative thought
The primary aims of the study were to investigate the narrative strategies used by Italian and Canadian youth on progressive (improving interactions) and regressive (degenerating interactions) stories and to investigate potential differences in story interpretation across the two countries. Two hundred and six participants, matched for age, gender and SES, were selected from fifth and seventh grade classrooms in Calgary, Canada, and Florence, Ita…
Meta-emotion philosophy in early childhood teachers
Preliminary evidence of efficacy of the Ethics of Human Relations approach on teachers’ emotional competence
As part of the flourishing line of research into teachers’ emotions, we report the preliminary evidences of efficacy of a pilot Italian intervention program conducted following the Ethics of Human Relations (ERH) approach. The theoretical background of the ERH approach is the attempt to integrate the construct of False and True Self with cognitive neurosciences. The goal of its methodology is to train to a practice that helps the self-generation …
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Affect, Fear, and Personality of Primary School Children Measured During the Second Wave of Infections in 2020
In relation to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, a large body of research has identified a negative impact on individuals' affectivity, frequently documented by increased prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms. For children, this research was less extensive, was mainly based on caregivers' reports and neglected personality assessment. In order to measure the impact of the pandemic, and the fears it caused, on primary school children's affect…
Sensitivity to teachers’ punishment and social affiliation with teachers
Facing the pandemic lockdown questionnaire - FPLQ
This paper presents the development and the initial validation of a self-report questionnaire (the Facing the Pandemic Lockdown Questionnaire - FPLQ) focused on the way in which people faced the impact of the lockdown related to the Coronavirus Disease 19. 504 adults (81.55% females; M age = 32.71 years, SD = 11.19) took part to the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 15-item 4-factor structure, invariant for gender and…
Cybersex and Attachment Styles
The current study presents the development and the initial validation of a new questionnaire to assess individual differences in emotional and relational aspects related to cybersex activities (i.e., the ERACA). A total of 246 adults (105 females, mean age = 31.89 years, SD = 10.03) coming from the general adult population participated in the study. The items of the ERACA were developed considering the extant literature, and an exploratory factor…
Attachment to others and callous-unemotional traits in a sample of high school students
Although several evidences suggested the importance to consider the quality of relationships with others as a key element for the understanding of callous-unemotional traits in youths, to date few studies investigated the specific role of youths’ attachment. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between attachment styles and callous-unemotional traits within a community sample of 786 high school students (41.48% females, M a…
Meta-emotion philosophy in teachers from kindergarten to middle school
The present study further investigated the role of teachers as emotional socializers by exploring both the theoretical and the empirical applicability of the construct of meta-emotion philosophy in teachers coming from kindergarten to middle-school. Specifically, we first aimed to test the psychometric properties of a specific tool to assess meta-emotion philosophy (i.e., the Crèche Educator Emotional Style Questionnaire - CEESQ, originally devel…
How to become a teacher in the hospital
A hospital-based school is offered to hospitalised children with the aim of promoting school continuity and preventing disengagement from school; children have the chance to attend a hospital-based school with hospital teachers during long recoveries. The aim of this study is to obtain an in-depth understanding of hospital teaching: which training hospital teachers receive before teaching the hospitalised children and how they work with children …
The boundaries between personal life and professional role
The aim of the present study was to apply some principles of the Structural Family Therapy by Salvador Minuchin to teachers. Specifically, we considered the teacher as a system consisting of two communicating subsystems – one pertaining to personal characteristics and skills, and one pertaining to characteristics and skills related to the professional role – and we explored the boundaries between personal life and professional role, proposing the…
The Role of Affects and Emotional Styles in the Relationship Between Parents and Preschool Children
Despite the characteristics of the data collection period, the results suggest the importance of considering the emotion-related dimensions between parents and their children as they seem to influence parenting behaviors
Callous–Unemotional Traits and Emotion Perception Accuracy and Bias in Youths
This study investigated the associations among conduct problems, callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and indices of emotion recognition accuracy and emotion recognition bias obtained from human faces. Impairments in emotion recognition were considered within broader, impaired emotional and social functioning. The sample consisted of 293 middle-school students (51.19% girls; M age = 12.97 years, SD = 0.88 years). In general, CU traits were associated…
Dimensions of Parenting and Children’s Conduct Problems
Research has clearly indicated that the development of serious behavioral problems in children and adolescents is influenced by parenting. However, recent research has refined the role of parenting by showing the importance of distinguishing between different types of parenting and in considering the role of callous-unemotional traits (CU traits) and conduct problems (CP) of the children. In the current study, we advance this research by distingu…
Promoting Teachers’ Social and Emotional Competence in Light of the Close Connection between Professional Role and Personal Characteristics
Within the field of research on the promotion of teachers' social and emotional competence, the present paper illustrates preliminary evidence of the efficacy of a new training program named "ME4YOU" aimed at supporting teachers' self-reflexive competences to deal with the emotional and relational dimensions of teaching, with constant and continuous attention towards underlining the close connection between the way teachers perform as professiona…
Fostering Teachers’ Work Engagement
The present cross-sectional study explored the synergic role of self-report measures of emotional self-efficacy toward one’s own emotions (i.e., the extent to which individuals perceive themselves as confident and effective in managing their emotions), professional self-efficacy, and job resources on work engagement among 589 in-service teachers coming from public kindergartens, elementary schools, and middle schools. A hierarchical linear regres…
Behavioral Inhibition and Fear
Results were discussed in light of both theories of emotional development and practical clinical implications, with special attention to the emerged gender difference
Italian Teachers' Well‐Being in the Post‐Covid Era
BACKGROUND: Teachers' psychological well-being is a crucial and multifaceted dimension of professional life, determined by the balance between job demands and available resources. This study investigates the well-being of Italian teachers in the post-COVID era using the Job Demands-Resources model to identify risk and protective factors. METHODS: Six focus groups were held with 40 primary and secondary school teachers from three Italian regions. …
Sense of School Belonging and School Reintegration for Students Hospitalized With Chronic or Complex Medical Diseases
BACKGROUND: A strong sense of school belonging (SoSB) supports students' emotional well-being, engagement, and adjustment. For students hospitalized because of chronic or complex conditions, maintaining SoSB is challenging yet essential for successful school reintegration. METHODS: Using a Grounded Theory approach, this study combined interviews with 16 parents, 32 mainstream teachers, 31 hospital teachers, and one association, alongside drawings…
Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Perception (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works)