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Davis SL, Soistmann HC. Child's perceived stress: A concept analysis. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 67:15-26. [PMID: 35882112 PMCID: PMC10167593 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PROBLEM Child's perceived stress is a term used widely in literature, yet it is poorly defined. Perceived stress in childhood has been linked to negative health outcomes throughout the lifespan. Therefore, the ability of researchers and healthcare providers to conceptualize child's perceived stress and form accurate measures of the concept is of utmost importance. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Following the eight steps identified by Walker and Avant, a literature review was conducted to identify studies that measured perceived stress in school-age children over the last 10 years. SAMPLE Of 914 records identified, 136 were screened, and 16 met inclusion criteria. RESULTS Child's perceived stress is best defined as any actual or imagined threat, personal and specific to childhood, which overwhelms the child and leads to changes in emotional, psychological, developmental, and/or physiological domains. CONCLUSIONS While the concept of child's perceived stress is understood similarly throughout studies, there is notable variation in the way child's perceived stress is measured. Because of the specificity of perceived stress to childhood, and the wide range of what may be perceived as stressful by the child, the child is the best reporter of child's perceived stress. IMPLICATIONS Researchers and clinicians must use child self-report tools to measure the concept of child's perceived stress. Opportunities exist for healthcare workers to intervene, educate, and help children and families recognize and manage child's perceived stress. This concept analysis includes many resources that practitioners may use to help alleviate stress in children.
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- Sara L Davis
- University of South Alabama College of Nursing, 5721 Dr. N., Mobile, AL 36608, USA.
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- Penn State Health Children's Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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ÖZDEN G, BANKİR M. Depression and anxiety may be cause or effect of attacks in hereditary angioedema. FAMILY PRACTICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE 2021. [DOI: 10.22391/fppc.977781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Savarese L, Bova M, Maiello A, Petraroli A, Mormile I, Cancian M, Senter R, Zanichelli A, Spadaro G, Freda MF. Psychological processes in the experience of hereditary angioedema in adult patients: an observational study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:23. [PMID: 33422102 PMCID: PMC7796642 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01643-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Hereditary angioedema associated to C1 inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE) is a pathological condition characterized by episodes of subcutaneous swelling and it is frequently associated with discomfort and social impairment of the patients, due to the anxiety experienced for an unpreventable manifestation of an attack during daily life. In children increased level of stress and alexithymia have been associated to C1-INH-HAE, and the latter correlated also with the severity of the disease. We hypothesized that the involvement of psychological issues may impact on the severity of C1-INH-HAE in adult patients as well, interfering with their ability to engage with the management of the disease. Methods 28 adult patients with C1-INH-HAE were evaluated for clinical (C1-INH-HAE Severity Score) and psychological factors (alexithymia, emotion regulation, stress, patient health engagement, general severity index) by means of validated questionnaires. Results Mean age (standard deviation [SD]) was 45 (11) years and time from diagnosis was 20 (12) years. The mean C1-INH-HAE severity score was 6.4. Alexithymia was absent in 22 (78%) patients. Moderate and high stress levels were present in 17 (61%) and 4 (14%) patients, respectively. Moderate-high discomfort was experienced by 9 (36%) patients and a discomfort beyond the clinical attention threshold was shown by 3 (12%) patients. Stress correlated with patient health engagement and with psychological discomfort. Conclusions In C1-INH-HAE, patients health engagement and moderate-high psychological discomfort are linked with stress but not with the severity of the disease or alexithymia. A better patient health engagement may be a target for psychological intervention in clinics to ameliorate the stress perceived by C1-INH-HAE patients.
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- Livia Savarese
- Department of Humanities, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Humanities, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, "Luigi Sacco" Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Savarese L, Mormile I, Bova M, Petraroli A, Maiello A, Spadaro G, Freda MF. Psychology and hereditary angioedema: A systematic review. Allergy Asthma Proc 2021; 42:e1-e7. [PMID: 33404395 PMCID: PMC7768073 DOI: 10.2500/aap.2021.42.200073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is caused by mutations in the C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) gene Serpin Family G Member 1(SERPING1), which results in either the decreased synthesis of normal C1-INH (C1-INH-HAE type I) or expression of unfunctional C1-INH (C1-INH-HAE type II). In recent studies, emotional stress was reported by patients as the most common trigger factor for C1-INH-HAE attacks. Moreover, patients reported considerable distress over the significant variability and uncertainty with which the disease manifests, in addition to the impact of physical symptoms on their overall quality of life. Objective: We did a systematic review of the literature to shed light on the advancements made in the study of how stress and psychological processes impact C1-INH-HAE. Methods: All of the articles on C1-INH-HAE were analyzed up to December 2019. Both medical data bases and psychological data bases were examined. The keywords (KWs) used for searching the medical and psychological data bases were the following: "hereditary angioedema," "psychology," "stress," "anxiety," and "depression." Results: Of a total of 2549 articles on C1-INH-HAE, 113 articles were retrieved from the literature search by using the related KWs. Twenty-one of these articles were retrieved, examined, and classified. Conclusion: Although the literature confirmed that stress may induce various physical diseases, it also warned against making simplistic statements about its incidence that did not take into account the complexity and multicausality of factors that contribute to C1-INH-HAE expression.
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- Livia Savarese
- From the Department of Humanities, University Federico II, Naples, Italy, and
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence, Naples, Italy
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- From the Department of Humanities, University Federico II, Naples, Italy, and
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, World Allergy Organization Center of Excellence, Naples, Italy
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Savarese L, Freda MF, De Luca Picione R, Dolce P, De Falco R, Alessio M, Cancian M, Franzese A, Guarino MD, Perricone R, Petraroli A, Senter R, Traverso C, Zanichelli A, Zito E, Bova M. The experience of living with a chronic disease in pediatrics from the mothers' narratives: The Clinical Interview on Parental Sense of Grip on the Disease. Health Psychol Open 2020; 7:2055102920971496. [PMID: 33343914 PMCID: PMC7727074 DOI: 10.1177/2055102920971496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Clinical Interview on the Sense of Grip on Chronic Disease has been administered to 68 mothers of children affected by Hereditary Angioedema (C1-Inh HAE), Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA). The objectives are to detect general features of the experience of parenting children with chronic illness as well as the specificities of this experience related to the different conditions. Four Profiles of Sense of Grip were identified: Adempitive, Controlling, Reactive, Dynamic. The Sense of Grip Interview is an effective clinical tool for understanding the characteristics of the disease in daily life, which can help clinicians to encourage family adjustment to disease.
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- Livia Savarese
- Department of Humanities, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Medical Science, Pediatric Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Medical Science, Pediatric Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), WAO Center of Excellence., University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Humanities, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Medical Science, Pediatric Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
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- Department of Translational and Medical Science, Pediatric Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Freda MF, Savarese L, Dolce P, Picione RDL. Caregivers' Sensemaking of Children's Hereditary Angioedema: A Semiotic Narrative Analysis of the Sense of Grip on the Disease. Front Psychol 2019; 10:2609. [PMID: 31849744 PMCID: PMC6901968 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background and aims: In pediatrics receiving a diagnosis of a chronic condition is a matter that involves caregivers at first. Beyond the basic issues of caring for the physical condition of the ill child, how caregivers face and make sense of the disease orients and co-constructs their children’s sensemaking processes of the disease itself. The aim of this article is to explore the experience of a rare chronic illness, a pediatric case of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) from the caregivers’ perspective. Hereditary angioedema is characterized by subcutaneous swellings that can involve internal as well as external mucosal tissues and is highly variable and unpredictable in terms of severity, frequency, and where it occurs. A qualitative narrative semiotic analysis of n. 28 maternal narratives on their children’s disease experience. Narratives were collected by an ad hoc interview on three domains of the disease experience: (A) interpretation of disease variability, (B) dialogical processes, and (C) management of the disease. Subsequently, we executed a TwoStep cluster analysis for categorical data to detect cross-sectional profiles of the maternal sensemaking processes of the disease. Results: The coding grid was built analyzing the characteristics of the narrative links that orient the connection between the elements of the experience within each domain: (A) the connection among events, for the domain of disease variability interpretation, (B) the connection between self and other, for the dialogue domain, and (C) the connection among sensemaking and actions, for the disease management domain. Results from the cluster analysis show three narrative profiles: (1) adempitive; (2) reactive; (3) dynamic. Discussion: Profiles will be discussed in light of the general conceptual framework of the Sense of Grip on the Disease (SoGoD) highlighting the importance of those sensemaking processes which, instead of relying on a coherent and closed interpretation of the disease, are characterized by a degree of tolerance for uncertainty and the unknown.
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- Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Savarese L, Bova M, De Falco R, Guarino MD, De Luca Picione R, Petraroli A, Senter R, Traverso C, Zabotto M, Zanichelli A, Zito E, Alessio M, Cancian M, Cicardi M, Franzese A, Perricone R, Marone G, Valerio P, Freda MF. Emotional processes and stress in children affected by hereditary angioedema with C1-inhibitor deficiency: a multicenter, prospective study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2018; 13:115. [PMID: 30005674 PMCID: PMC6043996 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-018-0871-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Hereditary angioedema with C1-inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE) is characterized by recurrent edema of unpredictable frequency and severity. Stress, anxiety, and low mood are among the triggering factors most frequently reported. Impaired regulation and processing of emotions, also known as alexithymia, may influence outcomes. The aim of this study was to confirm the presence of alexithymia and stress in children with C1-INH-HAE, to determine whether they are also present in children affected by other chronic diseases, and to investigate their relationship with C1-INH-HAE severity. Data from children with C1-INH-HAE (n = 28) from four reference centers in Italy were compared with data from children with type 1 diabetes (T1D; n = 23) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA; n = 25). Alexithymia was assessed using the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children scale; perceived stress was assessed using the Coddington Life Event Scale for Children (CLES-C). Results Mean age (standard deviation [SD]) in the C1-INH-HAE, T1D, and RA groups was 11.8 (3.3), 11.7 (2.9), and 11.1 (2.6) years, respectively. Mean C1-INH-HAE severity score was 5.9 (2.1), indicating moderate disease. Alexithymia scores were similar among disease groups and suggestive of difficulties in identifying and describing emotions; CLES-C scores tended to be worse in C1-INH-HAE children. C1-INH-HAE severity was found to correlate significantly and positively with alexithymia (p = 0.046), but not with perceived stress. Alexithymia correlated positively with perceived stress. Conclusions Alexithymia is common in children with chronic diseases. In C1-INH-HAE, it may result in increased perceived stress and act as a trigger of edema attacks. Comprehensive management of C1-INH-HAE children should consider psychological factors. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13023-018-0871-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Livia Savarese
- Department of Humanities, University Federico II, via Porta di Massa 1, 80133, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Drug Administration, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of "Medicina dei Sistemi", University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rheumatology Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, "Luigi Sacco" Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, "Luigi Sacco" Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rheumatology Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, "Luigi Sacco" Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of "Medicina dei Sistemi", University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Drug Administration, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Humanities, University Federico II, via Porta di Massa 1, 80133, Naples, Italy
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Dicé F, Auricchio M, Boursier V, De Luca Picione R, Santamaria F, Salerno M, Valerio P, Freda MF. Lo Scaffolding psicologico per la presa in carico delle condizioni Intersex/DSD. I Setting di Ascolto Congiunto. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.3280/pds2018-001008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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De Luca Picione R, Martino ML, Freda MF. Modal articulation: The psychological and semiotic functions of modalities in the sensemaking process. THEORY & PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0959354317743580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Within a semiotic and psychodynamic frame, we present and discuss the psychological construct of modal articulation. By modality, we mean the way a subject organizes the meaning of his/her own experience according to categories of necessity, possibility, opportunity, will, knowledge, permission, and duty. Modality is a relevant topic in some branches of philosophy, logics, linguistics, and semiotics, but there is no systematic discourse about it in psychology. The proposal of this work is to deal with some interesting and promising features of modal categories in the sensemaking process of subjective experience. Modalization is presented as a relevant semiotic organization in each contextual and dynamic sensemaking process in order to perform three functions: (a) connection between affective matrix and subjective experience, (b) mediation between subjective positioning in intersubjective context, and (c) vectorialization of action, namely orienting subjective agency in becoming temporal. Theoretical, methodological, and clinical implications are discussed.
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De Luca Picione R, Valsiner J. Psychological Functions of Semiotic Borders in Sense-Making: Liminality of Narrative Processes. EUROPES JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2017; 13:532-547. [PMID: 28904600 PMCID: PMC5590535 DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v13i3.1136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this paper we discuss the semiotic functions of the psychological borders that structure the flow of narrative processes. Each narration is always a contextual, situated and contingent process of sensemaking, made possible by the creation of borders, such as dynamic semiotic devices that are capable of connecting the past and the future, the inside and the outside, and the me with the non-me. Borders enable us to narratively construct one's own experiences using three inherent processes: contextualization, intersubjective positioning and setting of pertinence. The narrative process - as a subjective articulation of signs in a contingent social context - involves several functions of semiotic borders: separation, differentiation, distinction-making, connection, articulation and relation-enabling. The relevant psychological aspect highlighted here is that a border is a semiotic device which is required for both maintaining stability and inducing transformation at the same time. The peculiar dynamics and the semiotic structure of borders generate a liminal space, which is characterized by instability, by a blurred space-time distinction and by ambiguities in the semantic and syntactic processes of sensemaking. The psychological processes that occur in liminal space are strongly affectively loaded, yet it is exactly the setting and activation of liminality processes that lead to novelty and creativity and enable the creation of new narrative forms.
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- Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Ferrando M, Bagnasco D, Varricchi G, Bernardi S, Bragantini A, Passalacqua G, Canonica GW. Personalized Medicine in Allergy. ALLERGY, ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH 2017; 9:15-24. [PMID: 27826958 PMCID: PMC5102831 DOI: 10.4168/aair.2017.9.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Allergic disease is among the most common pathologies worldwide and its prevalence has constantly increased up to the present days, even if according to the most recent data it seems to be slightly slowing down. Allergic disease has not only a high rate of misdiagnosis and therapeutic inefficacy, but represents an enormous, resource-absorbing black hole in respiratory and general medicine. The aim of this paper is to summarize principal therapeutic innovations in atopic disease management befallen in the recent years in terms of personalized/precision medicine.
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- Matteo Ferrando
- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, DIMI Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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Martino ML, Freda MF. Meaning-Making Process Related to Temporality During Breast Cancer Traumatic Experience: The Clinical Use of Narrative to Promote a New Continuity of Life. EUROPES JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 12:622-634. [PMID: 27872670 PMCID: PMC5114876 DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Previous research has agreed that meaning-making is a key element in the promotion of patients' well-being during and after a traumatic event such as cancer. In this paper, we focus on an underestimated key element related to the crisis/rupture of this meaning-making process with respect to the time perspective. We consider 40 narratives of breast cancer patients at different times of treatment, undergoing chemotherapy and biological therapy. We collected data through writing technique. We performed an interpretative thematic analysis of the data and highlighted specific ways to signify time during the different treatment phases. Our central aspect "the time of illness, the illness of time" demonstrates that the time consumed by illness has the risk of becoming an illness of time, which transcends the end of the illness and absorbs a patient's past, present, and future, thus saturating all space for thought and meaning. The study suggests that narrative can become a therapeutic and preventive tool for women with breast cancer in a crisis of temporality, and enable the promotion of new semiotic connections and a specific functional resynchronization with the continuity/discontinuity of life. This is useful during the illness and medical treatment and also after the treatment.
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- Maria Luisa Martino
- SInAPSi Centre, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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De Luca Picione R, Luisa Martino M, Freda MF. Understanding Cancer Patients’ Narratives: Meaning-Making Process, Temporality, and Modal Articulation. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2016.1227738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Raffaele De Luca Picione
- SInAPSi (Center for Active and Integrated Inclusion of Students), Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- SInAPSi (Center for Active and Integrated Inclusion of Students), Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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