Annarita Milone
Biographic Data
| ID | 7054418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annarita Milone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annarita |
| FAMILY NAME | Milone |
| SIGNATURE | MILONE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fondazione Stella Maris |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3170-1187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mindful Parenting for Caregivers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis
Background/Objectives : The aim of this pilot study was to examine the effect of an eight-session mindful parenting intervention on parents' mindfulness and parenting dimensions. Methods : The intervention was delivered to parents of children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis, followed in a child psychiatry hospital. The sample included 63 adults (40 females; mean age = 44 years). At the beginning and end of the intervention, participant…
Cognitive and emotional profiles in children with ASD, ADHD, and comorbid presentations
Findings suggest that ASD+ADHD comorbidity represents a distinct clinical profile, marked by compounded cognitive impairments and pervasive emotional-behavioral dysregulation. These patterns underscore the need for differential diagnostic approaches and tailored interventions that account for the unique neurocognitive architecture of comorbid presentations
Social Media Engagement and Usage Patterns, Mental Health Comorbidities, and Empathic Measures in an Italian Adolescent Sample
Adolescents with psychiatric conditions appear more vulnerable to problematic SM use and reduced empathic abilities. Associations were modest, and platform effects were limited. These findings should be considered exploratory; larger longitudinal studies are needed to clarify causal pathways between SM use, empathy, and adolescent mental health
Sensory processing in autism
Grandin's contributions to the understanding of sensory experiences in autism span both scientific research and personal narrative. Her work has provided valuable insights into the neurological basis of sensory processing differences and has informed intervention strategies, particularly through her writings and co-authored publications on sensory-based approaches (e.g., Grandin & Panek, 2013).Her comment served as a compelling reminder of a wide…
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating and Feeding Disorder Patients
The present study underscores distinctive clinical features in patients with comorbid NSSI and FED, emphasizing the urgent need for tailored intervention strategies focusing on specific symptom domains
Chronic Tic Disorders in Youth
Comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD or ASD, result in worse emotional and behavioral functioning in patients with tic disorders. ADHD-ASD interaction may be linked to more internalizing symptoms and autistic behaviors. Aripiprazole improves overall clinical outcomes, although comorbid ADHD may hinder the reduction of tic symptoms
Parenting and Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties in a General Population Sample of Adolescents
Research has shown that both parenting and emotional dysregulation are associated with mental health outcomes in youth. This cross-sectional research was developed to replicate these noted findings and explore the mediating role of emotional dysregulation to explain the relationship between parenting and emotional and behavioral difficulties (internalizing and externalizing problems) in adolescents. A total of 104 adolescents (61.5% females; M = …
The “Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood”
Psychopathic traits and emotion processing in a clinical sample of children with disruptive behavior disorder
Hikikomori (Severe Social Withdrawal) in Italian Adolescents
Severe social withdrawal, including staying alone in one's bedroom, non-attendance at school or work, and minimal or absent social contacts, sometimes only through electronic devices, can be found in several psychiatric disorders, or in a 'primary' form, firstly defined in Japan as 'Hikikomori'. The distinction between primary and secondary forms is questionable, as it prevalently depends on the quality of psychiatric assessment. To date, few stu…
The Role of Environmental Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Self-Conscious Emotions of Shame and Guilt
The association between childhood maltreatment and self-conscious emotions has been proven by the literature, but with limited attention to the specific moderating mechanisms involved. Highly sensitive individuals show emotional reactivity, ease of overstimulation, which make them more influenced by childhood maltreatment experiences. The study aims to test whether environmental sensitivity moderated the link between childhood maltreatment and se…
Callous–Unemotional Traits and Intelligence in Children with Externalizing Behavioral Problems
Research on the association between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and intelligence yielded contradictory results. Moreover, several previous studies focused on global intelligence scores or verbal vs. nonverbal/performance abilities usually evaluated with short/abbreviated instruments. The current study builds on these previous works and explores the link between CU traits and intelligence using the full version of the Wechsler Intelligence Sca…
Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecutive sample of ADHD youth, compared to a normal control group, and by assessing selected psychopathological and cognitive features in ADHD patients wit…
Effect of a parenting intervention on decreasing adolescents’ behavioral problems via reduction in attachment insecurity
INTRODUCTION: Secure attachment in adolescence, related to caregiving quality, is a robust predictor of positive behavioral adjustment in early adulthood and beyond. Nevertheless, few attempts have been made to develop treatments to promote parent-adolescent attachment security. METHODS: = 14.90, SD = 1.91) to test the effectiveness of an attachment-based parenting intervention (i.e., Connect) in reducing adolescents' behavioral problems and atta…
Treatment with Methylphenidate Improves Affective but Not Cognitive Empathy in Youths with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Our study provides a further contribution for a better understanding of the possible effects of the MPH on youth's characteristics
Validation of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in a Sample of Italian Students
This study aimed to further validate the self-reported version of the Proposed Specifiers Conduct Disorder (PSCD) scale, testing the associations between the PSCD with a scale that measures emotional/behavioral difficulties and prosocial behaviors (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ). A total of 536 Italian students (47.76% male; 11-14 years) completed the PSCD, while their caregivers and teachers completed the SDQ. A series of confirma…
An Exploratory Study of Emotional Dysregulation Dimensions in Youth With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Emotional dysregulation (ED) is currently the most frequently used term to describe children with an impaired regulation of emotional states. Recent research studies speculate whether ED may be a neurodevelopmental disorder itself, a shared risk factor, or a common key feature of several psychiatric disorders, including, among others, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD). The association between AD…
Parental Distress in the Time of Covid-19
The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse psychological effects on children and parents. While parenting is essential for positive development, increased parental distress has interfered with children's wellbeing. In our study, we aimed to identify the predictors of parental distress in families of children with neuropsychiatric disorders during lockdown. Seventy-seven parents of children with neuropsychiatric disorders were asked…
Internet addiction disorder in referred adolescents
Background It is currently debated whether specific psychiatric disorders or Internalizing versus Externalizing psychopathological dimensions are associated to Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). We explored this issue in youth with and without IAD referred to a third-level Department of Adolescent Psychiatry during a 12-month period.Method All the 101 consecutively referred adolescents were assessed using categorical (Schedule for Affective Disor…
Paranoid Thoughts in Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder
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Paranoid Thoughts in Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder
Internet addiction disorder in referred adolescents
Background It is currently debated whether specific psychiatric disorders or Internalizing versus Externalizing psychopathological dimensions are associated to Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). We explored this issue in youth with and without IAD referred to a third-level Department of Adolescent Psychiatry during a 12-month period.Method All the 101 consecutively referred adolescents were assessed using categorical (Schedule for Affective Disor…
Effect of a parenting intervention on decreasing adolescents’ behavioral problems via reduction in attachment insecurity
INTRODUCTION: Secure attachment in adolescence, related to caregiving quality, is a robust predictor of positive behavioral adjustment in early adulthood and beyond. Nevertheless, few attempts have been made to develop treatments to promote parent-adolescent attachment security. METHODS: = 14.90, SD = 1.91) to test the effectiveness of an attachment-based parenting intervention (i.e., Connect) in reducing adolescents' behavioral problems and atta…
Treatment with Methylphenidate Improves Affective but Not Cognitive Empathy in Youths with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Our study provides a further contribution for a better understanding of the possible effects of the MPH on youth's characteristics
Validation of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in a Sample of Italian Students
This study aimed to further validate the self-reported version of the Proposed Specifiers Conduct Disorder (PSCD) scale, testing the associations between the PSCD with a scale that measures emotional/behavioral difficulties and prosocial behaviors (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, SDQ). A total of 536 Italian students (47.76% male; 11-14 years) completed the PSCD, while their caregivers and teachers completed the SDQ. A series of confirma…
An Exploratory Study of Emotional Dysregulation Dimensions in Youth With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Emotional dysregulation (ED) is currently the most frequently used term to describe children with an impaired regulation of emotional states. Recent research studies speculate whether ED may be a neurodevelopmental disorder itself, a shared risk factor, or a common key feature of several psychiatric disorders, including, among others, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD). The association between AD…
Parental Distress in the Time of Covid-19
The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse psychological effects on children and parents. While parenting is essential for positive development, increased parental distress has interfered with children's wellbeing. In our study, we aimed to identify the predictors of parental distress in families of children with neuropsychiatric disorders during lockdown. Seventy-seven parents of children with neuropsychiatric disorders were asked…
Callous–Unemotional Traits and Intelligence in Children with Externalizing Behavioral Problems
Research on the association between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and intelligence yielded contradictory results. Moreover, several previous studies focused on global intelligence scores or verbal vs. nonverbal/performance abilities usually evaluated with short/abbreviated instruments. The current study builds on these previous works and explores the link between CU traits and intelligence using the full version of the Wechsler Intelligence Sca…
Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecutive sample of ADHD youth, compared to a normal control group, and by assessing selected psychopathological and cognitive features in ADHD patients wit…
Psychopathic traits and emotion processing in a clinical sample of children with disruptive behavior disorder
Hikikomori (Severe Social Withdrawal) in Italian Adolescents
Severe social withdrawal, including staying alone in one's bedroom, non-attendance at school or work, and minimal or absent social contacts, sometimes only through electronic devices, can be found in several psychiatric disorders, or in a 'primary' form, firstly defined in Japan as 'Hikikomori'. The distinction between primary and secondary forms is questionable, as it prevalently depends on the quality of psychiatric assessment. To date, few stu…
The Role of Environmental Sensitivity in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Self-Conscious Emotions of Shame and Guilt
The association between childhood maltreatment and self-conscious emotions has been proven by the literature, but with limited attention to the specific moderating mechanisms involved. Highly sensitive individuals show emotional reactivity, ease of overstimulation, which make them more influenced by childhood maltreatment experiences. The study aims to test whether environmental sensitivity moderated the link between childhood maltreatment and se…
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating and Feeding Disorder Patients
The present study underscores distinctive clinical features in patients with comorbid NSSI and FED, emphasizing the urgent need for tailored intervention strategies focusing on specific symptom domains
Chronic Tic Disorders in Youth
Comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD or ASD, result in worse emotional and behavioral functioning in patients with tic disorders. ADHD-ASD interaction may be linked to more internalizing symptoms and autistic behaviors. Aripiprazole improves overall clinical outcomes, although comorbid ADHD may hinder the reduction of tic symptoms
Parenting and Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties in a General Population Sample of Adolescents
Research has shown that both parenting and emotional dysregulation are associated with mental health outcomes in youth. This cross-sectional research was developed to replicate these noted findings and explore the mediating role of emotional dysregulation to explain the relationship between parenting and emotional and behavioral difficulties (internalizing and externalizing problems) in adolescents. A total of 104 adolescents (61.5% females; M = …
The “Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood”
Social Media Engagement and Usage Patterns, Mental Health Comorbidities, and Empathic Measures in an Italian Adolescent Sample
Adolescents with psychiatric conditions appear more vulnerable to problematic SM use and reduced empathic abilities. Associations were modest, and platform effects were limited. These findings should be considered exploratory; larger longitudinal studies are needed to clarify causal pathways between SM use, empathy, and adolescent mental health
Sensory processing in autism
Grandin's contributions to the understanding of sensory experiences in autism span both scientific research and personal narrative. Her work has provided valuable insights into the neurological basis of sensory processing differences and has informed intervention strategies, particularly through her writings and co-authored publications on sensory-based approaches (e.g., Grandin & Panek, 2013).Her comment served as a compelling reminder of a wide…
Mindful Parenting for Caregivers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis
Background/Objectives : The aim of this pilot study was to examine the effect of an eight-session mindful parenting intervention on parents' mindfulness and parenting dimensions. Methods : The intervention was delivered to parents of children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnosis, followed in a child psychiatry hospital. The sample included 63 adults (40 females; mean age = 44 years). At the beginning and end of the intervention, participant…
Cognitive and emotional profiles in children with ASD, ADHD, and comorbid presentations
Findings suggest that ASD+ADHD comorbidity represents a distinct clinical profile, marked by compounded cognitive impairments and pervasive emotional-behavioral dysregulation. These patterns underscore the need for differential diagnostic approaches and tailored interventions that account for the unique neurocognitive architecture of comorbid presentations
Psychology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (16 works) · Psychiatry (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (6 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 works) · Child Behavior Checklist (4 works)