Leonardo De Pascalis
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 206207 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Leonardo De Pascalis |
| PRENOMES | Leonardo |
| SOBRENOME | De Pascalis |
| ASSINATURA | DE PASCALIS L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9150-3468 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Disparities in High‐Level Reading Skills Between Chinese Migrant and Urban Children
How to bridge the gap between the reading skills of rural‐to‐urban migrant children and children with urban permanent residence has long been a big challenge in the field of language and family education research. However, very few studies have focused on high‐level reading skills and their association with the home literacy environment and parental expectations. To address this issue, using a battery of reading comprehension and meta‐comprehensi…
Investigating the Acceptability and Feasibility of Three Online Interventions for Caregivers of Infants with Feeding Difficulties
Colic, Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux (Disorder; GOR[D]) and Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) are common infantile afflictions in the first 6 months of life. These conditions are associated with high levels of infant irritability, prescription costs, and poor caregiver wellbeing. For other perinatal mental health concerns, for example, postpartum depression, peer support, music, and health education have been identified as effective interventions for…
Psychosocial predictors of post‐natal anxiety and depression
High perceived pressure to breastfeed and poor perceived quality of health care professional support have been associated with early breastfeeding cessation, guilt, and shame. This is problematic because guilt and shame significantly predict post-natal anxiety and depression. No previous attempts have been made to provide quantitative evidence for relationships mapped between the post-natal social context, infant feeding method and post-natal emo…
Effects of training parents in dialogic book‐sharing
Shared picture-book reading is well-recognized as beneficial for children's early language development, especially where “dialogic book-sharing” techniques are used. Possible benefits of dialogic book-sharing to other aspects of child development have been little investigated, and it has not been widely studied in European populations. We conducted a randomized trial of dialogic book-sharing in Children's Centers in the UK, with parents of 2- to-…
Book-Sharing for Parenting and Child Development in South Africa
This study evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children’s cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 70) receiving training in dialogic book-sharing (8 weekly group sessions) with a wait-list control group (n = 70). They were assessed before the intervention, immedia…
Sculpting Culture
Mother-infant interactions, including culturally specific features, have been found to predict child socio-emotional development (e.g., social communication and emotion regulation (ER)). However, research is lacking on the specific processes involved. We used a cross-cultural, longitudinal design, and a microanalytic coding approach to address this issue. Fifty-two mother-infant dyads were recruited from the UK ( N = 21) and Italy ( N = 31), repr…
Parental Book-Reading to Preterm Born Infants in Nicu
Reading in NICUs represents a suitable intervention that could positively influence language development and parent-infant relationships in preterm children. The study findings support its implementation as a preventive measure
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Families’ Mental Health
International research has evidenced the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, and the key role played by parenting stress levels. Although significant associations with parents' past trauma and resilience have been shown, this study aimed to explore their complex interplay on the relationship between parents' peritraumatic distress due to COVID-19, parenting stress, and children's psychopathological difficulties. We recruite…
The impact of a mother–infant intervention on parenting and infant response to challenge
A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in El Salvador of an intervention (‘Thula Sana’) previously shown to enhance maternal sensitivity and infant security of attachment in a South African sample. In El Salvador, trained community workers delivered the intervention from late pregnancy to 6 months postpartum as part of a home‐visiting programme. The sample comprised 64 pregnant adolescent women, aged 14–19 years, living in predom…
Effects of male postpartum depression on father–infant interaction
It is estimated that postpartum depression affects up to 25% of men. Despite such high prevalence, the majority of studies on postpartum depression are focused on mothers, and the role of paternal depression and its effects on infant development have been overlooked by researchers and clinicians. The present study aimed to fill this gap by investigating the effect of paternal postpartum depression on father–infant interactions. In addition, we ex…
Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia
As induction of pediatric anesthesia can elicit anxiety in children and parents alike, this study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of clown intervention in decreasing maternal anxiety and stress in the preoperative phase. Before anesthesia induction, 25 children were randomly assigned to clown intervention and 25 to a control group with a routine procedure. In the waiting room and after separation from the child, maternal anxiety and str…
Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia
As induction of pediatric anesthesia can elicit anxiety in children and parents alike, this study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of clown intervention in decreasing maternal anxiety and stress in the preoperative phase. Before anesthesia induction, 25 children were randomly assigned to clown intervention and 25 to a control group with a routine procedure. In the waiting room and after separation from the child, maternal anxiety and str…
Effects of male postpartum depression on father–infant interaction
It is estimated that postpartum depression affects up to 25% of men. Despite such high prevalence, the majority of studies on postpartum depression are focused on mothers, and the role of paternal depression and its effects on infant development have been overlooked by researchers and clinicians. The present study aimed to fill this gap by investigating the effect of paternal postpartum depression on father–infant interactions. In addition, we ex…
Effects of training parents in dialogic book‐sharing
Shared picture-book reading is well-recognized as beneficial for children's early language development, especially where “dialogic book-sharing” techniques are used. Possible benefits of dialogic book-sharing to other aspects of child development have been little investigated, and it has not been widely studied in European populations. We conducted a randomized trial of dialogic book-sharing in Children's Centers in the UK, with parents of 2- to-…
Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia
As induction of pediatric anesthesia can elicit anxiety in children and parents alike, this study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of clown intervention in decreasing maternal anxiety and stress in the preoperative phase. Before anesthesia induction, 25 children were randomly assigned to clown intervention and 25 to a control group with a routine procedure. In the waiting room and after separation from the child, maternal anxiety and str…
Effects of male postpartum depression on father–infant interaction
It is estimated that postpartum depression affects up to 25% of men. Despite such high prevalence, the majority of studies on postpartum depression are focused on mothers, and the role of paternal depression and its effects on infant development have been overlooked by researchers and clinicians. The present study aimed to fill this gap by investigating the effect of paternal postpartum depression on father–infant interactions. In addition, we ex…
Book-Sharing for Parenting and Child Development in South Africa
This study evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children’s cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 70) receiving training in dialogic book-sharing (8 weekly group sessions) with a wait-list control group (n = 70). They were assessed before the intervention, immedia…
Sculpting Culture
Mother-infant interactions, including culturally specific features, have been found to predict child socio-emotional development (e.g., social communication and emotion regulation (ER)). However, research is lacking on the specific processes involved. We used a cross-cultural, longitudinal design, and a microanalytic coding approach to address this issue. Fifty-two mother-infant dyads were recruited from the UK ( N = 21) and Italy ( N = 31), repr…
Parental Book-Reading to Preterm Born Infants in Nicu
Reading in NICUs represents a suitable intervention that could positively influence language development and parent-infant relationships in preterm children. The study findings support its implementation as a preventive measure
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Families’ Mental Health
International research has evidenced the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, and the key role played by parenting stress levels. Although significant associations with parents' past trauma and resilience have been shown, this study aimed to explore their complex interplay on the relationship between parents' peritraumatic distress due to COVID-19, parenting stress, and children's psychopathological difficulties. We recruite…
The impact of a mother–infant intervention on parenting and infant response to challenge
A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in El Salvador of an intervention (‘Thula Sana’) previously shown to enhance maternal sensitivity and infant security of attachment in a South African sample. In El Salvador, trained community workers delivered the intervention from late pregnancy to 6 months postpartum as part of a home‐visiting programme. The sample comprised 64 pregnant adolescent women, aged 14–19 years, living in predom…
Effects of training parents in dialogic book‐sharing
Shared picture-book reading is well-recognized as beneficial for children's early language development, especially where “dialogic book-sharing” techniques are used. Possible benefits of dialogic book-sharing to other aspects of child development have been little investigated, and it has not been widely studied in European populations. We conducted a randomized trial of dialogic book-sharing in Children's Centers in the UK, with parents of 2- to-…
Psychosocial predictors of post‐natal anxiety and depression
High perceived pressure to breastfeed and poor perceived quality of health care professional support have been associated with early breastfeeding cessation, guilt, and shame. This is problematic because guilt and shame significantly predict post-natal anxiety and depression. No previous attempts have been made to provide quantitative evidence for relationships mapped between the post-natal social context, infant feeding method and post-natal emo…
Disparities in High‐Level Reading Skills Between Chinese Migrant and Urban Children
How to bridge the gap between the reading skills of rural‐to‐urban migrant children and children with urban permanent residence has long been a big challenge in the field of language and family education research. However, very few studies have focused on high‐level reading skills and their association with the home literacy environment and parental expectations. To address this issue, using a battery of reading comprehension and meta‐comprehensi…
Investigating the Acceptability and Feasibility of Three Online Interventions for Caregivers of Infants with Feeding Difficulties
Colic, Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux (Disorder; GOR[D]) and Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) are common infantile afflictions in the first 6 months of life. These conditions are associated with high levels of infant irritability, prescription costs, and poor caregiver wellbeing. For other perinatal mental health concerns, for example, postpartum depression, peer support, music, and health education have been identified as effective interventions for…
Psychology (9 obras) · Developmental psychology (8 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Psychiatry (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (4 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 obras) · Clinical Psychology (3 obras) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 obras) · Infant Development and Preterm Care (3 obras) · Intervention (counseling (3 obras)