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Our research area spans from infancy to adolescence focussing on clinically-relevant topics in typical and atypical development. In particular, our lab activity includes research on the following topics: developmental psychology and psychopathology, social, cognitive and emotional development in children and adolescents, genetic and environmental contributions to internalizing and externalizing dimensions’, assessment and treatment approach in clinical child psychology.
Running projects:
| Title | Sfu Staff | Timeline | Status and Fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychophysiological components of different domains of anxiety in childhood. | Scaini, S. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| Italian validation of the Anger Regulation and Expression Scale (ARES, DiGiuseppe & Tafrate, 2011) and the Anger Cognition Scale (ACS, Martin & Dahlen, 2017) | Scaini, S., Caruso, C. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| Social cognition and anxiety symptomatology in childhood. | Scaini, S., Caputi, M. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| Maturation of natural motion perception in children with typical and atypical development. | Caputi, M., Scaini, S. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| Effectiveness of Cool Kids Program in Italian settings. | Scaini, S. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| The development of resilience from preschool to primary school: a longitudinal study. | Caputi, M., Scaini, S. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| Genetic and environmental contributions to anger and anxiety disorders. | Scaini, S. | 2017- | Running project (SFU Milan) |
| The impact of natural disasters on children, adolescents and parents | Forresi B., Scaini S. Caputi M. | 2017- | Running project |
| An exploratory study on meta-cognition, worry and anxious symptoms in children. | Scaini, S., Caputi, M., Palmieri, S. | 2018- | Planned |
| Italian validation of the Parent Flooding Scale (PFS; Slep & Heyman 1998) | Caputi, M., Scaini, S. | 2018- | Planned |
| Italian validation of the Self-Report Coping Scale – Revised (SRCS-R; Wright et al., 2010) | Caputi, M., Scaini, S. | 2018- | Planned |
| Italian validation of the Preschool Anxiety Scale – Revised (PAS-R; Edwards et al., 2010) | Caputi, M, Scaini, S., Forresi B. | 2018- | Planned |
| Monitoring mental health of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Augmented Alternative Communication methods in severe to profound Intellectual Disabilities and Communication disorders | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| T-COM Italia: Italian validation of the Transformation Collaborative Outcomes Management (Lyons, 2009) | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Rare genetic disorders in children and adolescents | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Challenging behaviors and social skills in childhood and adulthood | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Dementia: diagnosis and cognitive treatment | Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Validation for children and adolescents of the Social Anxiety Scale (Michelini et al., 2009) | Michelini, G., Caputi, M., Scaini, S. | 2019- | Running project |
| Workplace stress, general psychopathology and risk factors in an Italian sample | Forresi, B., Michelini, G., Sapuppo, W. | 2019- | Running project |
| Emotional and cognitive factors in financial decision-making: the development of a new instrument for investor profile questionnaire | Forresi, B., Michelini, G. | 2019- | Running project |
| Prosocial behavior in bullying and cyberbullying dynamics | Forresi, B. | 2020- | Running project |
| Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: the role of comorbidity and interpersonal functioning in treatment adherence | Forresi, B. | 2020- | Running project |
| Italian validation of the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale (SSES; Meule at al., 2018) | Palmieri, S., Scaini, S. | 2020- | Planned |
| Italian validation of the Salzburg Emotional Eating Scale (SEES; Meule at al., 2018) | Palmieri, S., Scaini, S. | 2020- | Planned |
Research Collaborations:
- Marcella Caputi, PhD, Università di Trieste
- Marco Battaglia, MD – The Division of Child and Youth Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 80 Workman Way, Toronto M6J 1H4, Canada.
- Clelia Di Serio, PhD; Chiara Brombin, PhD – University Centre of Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
- Claudio De Sperati, PhD, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
- Giorgia Michelini, PhD – MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
- Raymond DiGiuseppe, MD – St. John’s University, New York.
- Loredana Benedetto, PhD – University of Messina, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences.
- Robin Banerjee, PhD – School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.
- Helen Askell-Williams, PhD – School of Education, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
- Maria Nobile, MD, PhD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS ‘E. Medea”.
- Maria Antonietta Stazi, Fagnani Corrado, Emanuela Medda, Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Institute of Health.
- Maria Antonella Costantino, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico.
- Serafino Corti, Intellectual Disabilities Department, Fondazione Istituto Ospedaliero di Sospiro – Onlus.
- Marco Spallazzi, Neurology Unit, University Hospital of Parma.
- Elena Righi, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Clinical Cooperation:
- Studi Cognitivi Milano (Giovanni Ruggiero)
- Studi Cognitivi Sassuolo (Rossana Piron)
- Centro IELED, Milano (Davide Nahum)
- Equipe Kairos, Carugate (MI) (Alessia Incerti, Federica Rossi)
Contacts:
Simona Scaini, PhD
e-mail: s.scaini@milano-sfu.it
phone: +39 02 83241854