Conference
Exploring emotional functioning in adolescents and their mothers: implications for pediatric psychosomatic disorders
| العنوان: | Exploring emotional functioning in adolescents and their mothers: implications for pediatric psychosomatic disorders |
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| المؤلفون: | Livia Buratta, Rosanna Martin, Cristina Venturino, Pasquale Capuozzo, Giulia Ricci, Laura Bandelloni, Chiara Pazzagli |
| المساهمون: | Buratta, Livia, Martin, Rosanna, Venturino, Cristina, Capuozzo, Pasquale, Ricci, Giulia, Bandelloni, Laura, Pazzagli, Chiara |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | psychosomatic, adolecent, reflective functioning |
| الوصف: | Psychosomatic symptoms are defined as clinical manifestations that may or may not be explained by a medical condition. Between twenty and thirty-five percent of children and adolescents experience psychosomatic symptoms. Literature highlights a poorly defined etiology. While much research has focused on the role of adolescents’ internalizing symptoms, family functioning, and dynamics, less attention has been given to the emotional functioning of adolescents and their parents. This pilot study aims to bridge this gap by investigating the role of specific parental and adolescent variables, including reflective functioning, emotional regulation, and awareness in increasing the risk of having psychosomatic disorders. These were assessed through self and informant reports in a clinical group (CG) consisting of 36 mothers (mean age = 47.21; SD = 5.80) and adolescents (69.4% female; mean age = 12.94; SD = 0.86) with psychosomatic disorders, hospitalized in two different Italian hospitals, and in a healthy control group (HG) comprising 36 mothers (mean age = 44.78; SD = 4.06) and adolescents (52.8% female; mean age = 13; SD = 1.69) recruited from the general population and randomly selected from a larger database. The results of Mann-Whitney analysis showed that adolescents of the CG reported higher scores of internalizing symptoms (CBCL-Int) (U = 264.50; p<.001) and lower scores of reflective functioning (RFQ-Y) (U = 517.02; p<.001) than HG. Mothers of CG referred lower scores of parental reflective functioning (PRF) than mothers of HG. Two different logistic regression models were separately conducted for adolescents' and mothers' features. These analyses showed that higher CBCL Somatic Symptoms (OR = 1.63; 95% CI = 1.17 – 2.26; β = .486; p<.01) and lower RFQ (OR = .330; 95% CI = 129 – 845; β = -1.11; p<.01) scores in adolescents increase the risk of psychosomatic disorders. Regarding maternal dimensions, greater uncertainty about the children’s mental states (PRF-CM) (OR = .445; 95% CI = 262 – .756; β = ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | conference object |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | NATIONAL CONGRESS ITALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CLINICAL AND DYNAMIC SECTION; firstpage:356; lastpage:357; numberofpages:2; journal:MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1721535 |
| DOI: | 10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-4329 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1721535 https://doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-4329 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4079A23A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-4329 |
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