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Mosca O, Fornara F, Mastandrea S, Passiatore Y, Sarrica M, Scopelliti M, Carrus G. Editorial: Current trends in environmental psychology, volume II. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1265274. [PMID: 37674751 PMCID: PMC10478707 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1265274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Oriana Mosca
- Department of Education, Psychology and Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Education, Psychology and Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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Grossi G, Strappini F, Iuliano E, Passiatore Y, Mancini F, Levantini V, Masi G, Milone A, Santaguida E, Salekin RT, Muratori P, Buonanno C. Psychopathic Traits, Externalizing Problems, and Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Social Dominance Orientation. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12103521. [PMID: 37240627 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12103521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Psychopathic traits in community and referred youths are strongly associated with severe externalizing problems and low prosocial behavior. However, less is known about the mechanisms that may link youth psychopathy and these outcomes. Social dominance orientation (SDO), defined as the general individual orientation toward unequal and dominant/subordinate relationships, might represent a valuable construct to explore to better understand the association between psychopathic traits, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior. Based on this, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychopathic traits, SDO, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior in a community sample (N = 92, 45.57% females, mean age = 12.53, and SD = 0.60) and in a clinical (N = 29, 9% female, mean age = 12.57, and SD = 0.57) samples of adolescents with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder. Results showed that SDO mediated the relationship between psychopathic traits and externalizing problems and between psychopathic traits and prosocial behavior only in the clinical sample. These findings can provide valuable information on psychopathic trait correlates in youths with aggressive behavior disorders; treatment implications are discussed.
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- Giuseppe Grossi
- APC-SPC Scuola di Pscioterapia Cognitiva, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Centro di Psicoterapia e Riabiliatzione InMovimento, 04022 Fondi, Italy
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- APC-SPC Scuola di Pscioterapia Cognitiva, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- APC-SPC Scuola di Pscioterapia Cognitiva, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Centro di Psicoterapia e Riabiliatzione InMovimento, 04022 Fondi, Italy
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- Centro di Psicoterapia e Riabiliatzione InMovimento, 04022 Fondi, Italy
- Department of Education Sciences, Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, 00154 Rome, Italy
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- APC-SPC Scuola di Pscioterapia Cognitiva, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Human Sciences, Università Degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, 00193 Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- IRCCS Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- IRCCS Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Mechanical Intelligence, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- IRCCS Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- APC-SPC Scuola di Pscioterapia Cognitiva, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Pirchio S, Arcidiacono F, Passiatore Y. Editorial: Inclusive schools for a diverse world: Psychological and educational factors and practices harming or promoting inclusion at school. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1049129. [PMID: 36312097 PMCID: PMC9597872 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1049129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sabine Pirchio
- Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Rome, Italy
- *Correspondence: Sabine Pirchio
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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Pirchio S, Passiatore Y, Panno A, Cipparone M, Carrus G. The Effects of Contact With Nature During Outdoor Environmental Education on Students' Wellbeing, Connectedness to Nature and Pro-sociality. Front Psychol 2021; 12:648458. [PMID: 34017288 PMCID: PMC8129515 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Experiences of contact with nature in school education might be beneficial for promoting ecological lifestyles and the wellbeing of children, families, and teachers. Many theories and empirical evidence on restorative environments, as well as on the foundations of classical pedagogical approaches, recognize the value of the direct experience with natural elements, and the related psychological and educational outcomes (e.g., positive emotions, autonomy, self-efficacy, empathy). In this work we present two studies focusing on the contact with nature in outdoor education interventions with primary and secondary school students in Italy. A questionnaire measuring connectedness to nature, psycho-physical wellbeing, pro-environmental attitudes, students' life satisfaction, pro-social behavior, empathy and anxiety was completed before and after the education program by the participants to the intervention group and by students of a control group. The students in the intervention groups (154 in study 1 and 170 in study 2) participated in environmental education programs consisting in guided activities in contact with the nature during four visits in one of two natural protected areas. The students in the control groups (253 in study 1 and 168 in study 2) attended the same schools as the intervention group but they were not involved in the environmental education program. The students in both the groups completed the questionnaire in the same weeks of the year. Findings show that taking part to the outdoor education program has positive outcomes on psycho-physical wellbeing, on connectedness to nature and on pro-social behavior of students in the intervention group, compared to the control group. The implications related to the effectiveness of outdoor education interventions and future directions of research and practice in environmental psychology and education are discussed.
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- Sabine Pirchio
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- University Consortium for Socio-Economic Research and for the Environment (CURSA), Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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Pirchio S, Fraijo Sing BS, Passiatore Y. Editorial: Where to Raise Happy and Skilled Children: How Environment Shapes Human Development and Education. Front Psychol 2020; 11:594924. [PMID: 33329259 PMCID: PMC7733919 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.594924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sabine Pirchio
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Pirchio S, Passiatore Y, Panno A, Maricchiolo F, Carrus G. A Chip Off the Old Block: Parents' Subtle Ethnic Prejudice Predicts Children's Implicit Prejudice. Front Psychol 2018; 9:110. [PMID: 29479328 PMCID: PMC5811875 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The increasing flow of immigrants in many European countries and the growing presence of children from immigrant families in schools makes it relevant to study the development of prejudice in children. Parents play an important role in shaping children’s values and their attitudes toward members of other ethnic groups; an intergenerational transmission of prejudice has been found in a number of studies targeting adolescents. The present study aims to investigate the intergenerational transmission of ethnic prejudice in 3- to 9- year-old children and its relations to parenting styles. Parents’ blatant and subtle ethnic prejudice and parenting style are measured together with children’s explicit and implicit ethnic prejudice in pupils and parents of preschool and primary schools in the region of Rome, Italy (N = 318). Results show that parents’ subtle prejudice predicts children’s implicit prejudice regardless of the parenting style. Findings indicate that children might acquire prejudice by means of the parents’ implicit cognition and automatic behavior and educational actions. Implications for future studies and insights for possible applied interventions are discussed.
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- Sabine Pirchio
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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Passiatore Y, Pirchio S, Carrus G, Maricchiolo F, Fiorilli C, Arcidiacono F. Intercultural practices and inclusive education in Europe: can migration be a resource for individual and societal development? Eur J Psychol Educ 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10212-017-0360-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Passiatore Y, Grimaldi Capitello T, De Stasio S, Millioni M, Gentile S, Fiorilli C. Children's Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1912. [PMID: 29163290 PMCID: PMC5672014 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous research has found a strong correlation between children’s academic self-concept and their behavioral problems. The present study examined whether children’s peer rejection moderated the relationship between children’s math and verbal self-concepts and their behavioral problems at school. We expected that children’s social competence, as measured by peer rejection, moderated the negative effect of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors. Participants were 173 children (males = 93, Mage = 10.31 years, SD = 1.43). The main findings showed that peer rejection moderated the effect of both low verbal and math self-concepts on children’s externalizing behavior. The results are discussed in terms of the protective factor played by children’s social competence reducing the impact of low self-concept on children’s externalizing behaviors.
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- Ylenia Passiatore
- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Ospedale Pediatrico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Ospedale Pediatrico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
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