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Italy has been the first nation outside of Asia to face the COVID-19 outbreak. To limit viral transmission of infection, by March 10th, 2020, the Italian Government has ordered a national lockdown, which established home confinement, home (smart) working, and temporary closure of non-essential businesses and schools. The present study investigated how these restrictive measures impacted mothers and their pre-school children's behavioral habits (i.e., sleep timing and quality, subjective time experience) and psychological well-being (i.e., emotion regulation, self-regulation capacity). An online survey was administered to 245 mothers with pre-school children (from 2 to 5 years). Mothers were asked to fill the survey thinking both on their habits, behaviors, and emotions and on those of their children during the quarantine, and retrospectively, before the national lockdown (i.e., in late February). A general worsening of sleep quality and distortion of time experience in both mothers and children, as well as increasing emotional symptoms and self-regulation difficulties in children, was observed. Moreover, even when the interplay between the behavioral and psychological factors was investigated, the factor that seems to mostly impact both mothers' and children's psychological well-being was their sleep quality. Overall, central institutions urgently need to implementing special programs for families, including not only psychological support to sustain families with working parents and ameliorating children's management. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00787-020-01631-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Le autrici presentano un lavoro di ricerca esplorativa e riflessione clinica confrontando due gruppi omogenei a tempo limitato con giovani adulti: uno in presenza presso studio privato e l'altro all'interno del Centro Ateneo dei Servizi Clinici Universitari Psicologici dell'Università di Padova (SCUP) in modalità online. A partire dai dati raccolti con il Group Questionnaire (Krogel et al., 2013) vengono presentate alcune riflessioni sullo sviluppo del processo terapeutico in presenza e online confrontando il Positive Bonding e la Negative relationship. Il materiale clinico presentato cerca di esplorare le differenze e comprendere le dinamiche del gruppo nei due diversi set.

In March 2020, the Italian Government imposed mandatory home confinement to limit the spread of COVID-19. Few studies assessed the psychophysical impact of COVID-19 on chronically ill children. This study examined these effects on children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) and their caregivers. Seventy-one patients (7–13 years) with T1D and their caregivers were administered a survey created ad hoc and some standardized questionnaires, assessing psychological well-being and anxiety. Medical data (physical and biochemical characteristics) were recorded before (T(0), January–February) and after (T(1), May–June) the lockdown. Paired Student t-test, Spearman two-tailed correlations, and a linear regression model were used for statistical analysis. Children at T(1) showed higher BMI (body mass index), daily total and basal insulin dose, and time spent in therapeutic range, and they showed lower HbA1c (glycated hemoglobin), time spent above the therapeutic range, and standard deviations of the mean glucose values than at T(0). A total of 32.9% scored in the clinical range for separation anxiety. The increase in separation anxiety was predicted by younger age, female gender, more recent T1D diagnosis, less time spent in therapeutic range at T(1), and higher perceived fear of COVID-19 infection. In a pandemic context, separation anxiety may be stronger in younger females, with more recent T1D diagnosis and poor metabolic control, thus affecting the parent's ability to manage diabetes and to support children's autonomy.

In questo lavoro gli autori presentano alcuni risultati di un'indagine preliminare sul processo di una psicoterapia psicoanalitica di gruppo, con giovani adulti universitari, a tempo determinato, svolta all'interno del Servizio di assistenza psicologica per gli studenti - Dynamic Psychotherapy Service (SAP-DPS) dell'Università di Padova. Lo studio è volto a esaminare lo sviluppo tematico nel corso della psicoterapia, con attenzione specifica sia ai pazienti che ai conduttori. A tal fine ci si è avvalsi di tecniche proprie dell'analisi del contenuto, applicate ai report delle sedute, con il supporto del software Atlas.ti. Gli autori evidenziano come i risultati ottenuti - per quanto parziali e non generalizzabili - confermino la portata evolutiva dell'emerging adulthood e possano costituire spunti utili per successivi studi che vogliano approfondire il rapporto tra efficacia e processo, nell'ottica di un proficuo dialogo tra ricerca e pratica clinica.