Although most studies investigated the impact of infertility and its treatment on the couple, a s... more Although most studies investigated the impact of infertility and its treatment on the couple, a small body of evidence suggested that infertility care providers may experience different sources of stress related for instance to excessive workload, the complexity of the technique, and relational difficulties with patients. The current study aimed at providing further insight into the understanding of the subjective experience of infertility care providers by highlighting their feelings and emotions, personal meanings, challenges, and opportunities. Following the methodological guidelines of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 23 members of two different fertility units. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Textual analysis was then conducted to identify emerging dominant themes and subthemes. Three main themes were extracted: (i) dealing with infertile patients and their specificities, (ii) performing assis...
Il presente contributo propone i risultati di uno studio esplorativo circa le conoscenze, le font... more Il presente contributo propone i risultati di uno studio esplorativo circa le conoscenze, le fonti di informazioni e i comportamenti degli adolescenti in tema di affettività e sessualità, considerando le esperienze a rischio compiute sia nella vita reale che virtuale. I partecipanti sono 1522 adolescenti di nazionalità italiana, tra i 12 e i 18 anni d'età (44% maschi e 56% femmine), a cui è stato somministrato un questionario on-line. I risultati hanno messo in evidenza che, diversamente dalla loro percezione, la conoscenza dei ragazzi circa i temi in oggetto è molto scarsa; i loro interlocutori privilegiati sono i genitori, gli amici e, in percentuale rilevante, internet. Altrettanto significativa la percentuale di ragazzi sessualmente attivi che mettono in atto condotte a rischio, specialmente tra i più piccoli (12-14 anni), così come la percentuale di chi riceve o invia in internet proprie foto provocanti e a sua volta riceve richieste di fornire materiale personale, specialm...
Becoming an adoptive parent is a particularly stressful transition, given the additional challeng... more Becoming an adoptive parent is a particularly stressful transition, given the additional challenges couples have to face. Dyadic coping, an under-investigated dimension in the adoption literature, may play a relevant role for prospective adoptive couples' ability to better cope with the adoptive process. The general aim of the present study was to investigate the association between dyadic coping and relationship functioning, in terms of relationship satisfaction and couple generativity, among prospective adoptive couples. Participants were 103 prospective adoptive couples pursuing international adoption in Italy. Couples were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire. Results of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model showed that prospective adoptive partners reported high levels of positive and common dyadic coping and low levels of negative dyadic coping-suggesting partners' ability to successfully cope together with a common stressor-a high level of relationship satisfaction, and an average level of couple generativity. Moreover, analyses showed significant actor effects of one's own perception of the partner's dyadic coping (positive, negative, and common) on one's own relationship satisfaction and on couple generativity for both wives and husbands. With regard to partner effects, we found that both partners' perceptions of the other's dyadic coping responses (positive, negative, and common) were associated with the other's relationship satisfaction, with the only exception of wives' perceptions of common dyadic coping, which were not associated with their husbands' relationship satisfaction. As for couple generativity, the only significant partner effect referred to negative dyadic coping responses for both wives and husbands.
Parenting stress has a crucial influence on the parent-child relationship, the functioning of the... more Parenting stress has a crucial influence on the parent-child relationship, the functioning of the family, and the development of children. Few studies have examined parenting stress in adoptive families during early parenthood, and fewer still have considered this issue in association with the quality of both couple and social relationships. The current study was intended to investigate predictors of parenting stress in a community sample of 56 adoptive parents from Italy, for a total of 112 participants. Our goals were to: 1) evaluate parenting stress among adoptive parents during the first postadoption year, and 2) identify whether and to what extent parenting stress can be predicted by certain characteristics of the child (gender, age at adoption, years of institutionalisation, presence/absence of disease on arrival, emotional and behavioural difficulties), of parents' individual well-being (e.g., the presence of depressive symptoms), of relationships within the couple (sexual satisfaction, tenderness between partners, quarrelling) and with the social context (real and potential social support). In the analyses parents' gender effect and intercorrelations between the partners were taken into account. Results of multiple regression analysis and relative weight analysis highlighted the great importance of children's age at adoption and their emotional and behavioural difficulties in predicting both mothers' and fathers' stress, but also the contribution of the couple relationship quality as a protective factor that could reduce the level of parenting stress.
Although most studies investigated the impact of infertility and its treatment on the couple, a s... more Although most studies investigated the impact of infertility and its treatment on the couple, a small body of evidence suggested that infertility care providers may experience different sources of stress related for instance to excessive workload, the complexity of the technique, and relational difficulties with patients. The current study aimed at providing further insight into the understanding of the subjective experience of infertility care providers by highlighting their feelings and emotions, personal meanings, challenges, and opportunities. Following the methodological guidelines of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 23 members of two different fertility units. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Textual analysis was then conducted to identify emerging dominant themes and subthemes. Three main themes were extracted: (i) dealing with infertile patients and their specificities, (ii) performing assis...
Il presente contributo propone i risultati di uno studio esplorativo circa le conoscenze, le font... more Il presente contributo propone i risultati di uno studio esplorativo circa le conoscenze, le fonti di informazioni e i comportamenti degli adolescenti in tema di affettività e sessualità, considerando le esperienze a rischio compiute sia nella vita reale che virtuale. I partecipanti sono 1522 adolescenti di nazionalità italiana, tra i 12 e i 18 anni d'età (44% maschi e 56% femmine), a cui è stato somministrato un questionario on-line. I risultati hanno messo in evidenza che, diversamente dalla loro percezione, la conoscenza dei ragazzi circa i temi in oggetto è molto scarsa; i loro interlocutori privilegiati sono i genitori, gli amici e, in percentuale rilevante, internet. Altrettanto significativa la percentuale di ragazzi sessualmente attivi che mettono in atto condotte a rischio, specialmente tra i più piccoli (12-14 anni), così come la percentuale di chi riceve o invia in internet proprie foto provocanti e a sua volta riceve richieste di fornire materiale personale, specialm...
Becoming an adoptive parent is a particularly stressful transition, given the additional challeng... more Becoming an adoptive parent is a particularly stressful transition, given the additional challenges couples have to face. Dyadic coping, an under-investigated dimension in the adoption literature, may play a relevant role for prospective adoptive couples' ability to better cope with the adoptive process. The general aim of the present study was to investigate the association between dyadic coping and relationship functioning, in terms of relationship satisfaction and couple generativity, among prospective adoptive couples. Participants were 103 prospective adoptive couples pursuing international adoption in Italy. Couples were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire. Results of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model showed that prospective adoptive partners reported high levels of positive and common dyadic coping and low levels of negative dyadic coping-suggesting partners' ability to successfully cope together with a common stressor-a high level of relationship satisfaction, and an average level of couple generativity. Moreover, analyses showed significant actor effects of one's own perception of the partner's dyadic coping (positive, negative, and common) on one's own relationship satisfaction and on couple generativity for both wives and husbands. With regard to partner effects, we found that both partners' perceptions of the other's dyadic coping responses (positive, negative, and common) were associated with the other's relationship satisfaction, with the only exception of wives' perceptions of common dyadic coping, which were not associated with their husbands' relationship satisfaction. As for couple generativity, the only significant partner effect referred to negative dyadic coping responses for both wives and husbands.
Parenting stress has a crucial influence on the parent-child relationship, the functioning of the... more Parenting stress has a crucial influence on the parent-child relationship, the functioning of the family, and the development of children. Few studies have examined parenting stress in adoptive families during early parenthood, and fewer still have considered this issue in association with the quality of both couple and social relationships. The current study was intended to investigate predictors of parenting stress in a community sample of 56 adoptive parents from Italy, for a total of 112 participants. Our goals were to: 1) evaluate parenting stress among adoptive parents during the first postadoption year, and 2) identify whether and to what extent parenting stress can be predicted by certain characteristics of the child (gender, age at adoption, years of institutionalisation, presence/absence of disease on arrival, emotional and behavioural difficulties), of parents' individual well-being (e.g., the presence of depressive symptoms), of relationships within the couple (sexual satisfaction, tenderness between partners, quarrelling) and with the social context (real and potential social support). In the analyses parents' gender effect and intercorrelations between the partners were taken into account. Results of multiple regression analysis and relative weight analysis highlighted the great importance of children's age at adoption and their emotional and behavioural difficulties in predicting both mothers' and fathers' stress, but also the contribution of the couple relationship quality as a protective factor that could reduce the level of parenting stress.
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