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  1. Article ; Online: Body image distortion: validation of a new scale for children and adolescents.

    Donfrancesco, Renato / DI Roma, Francesca / Chiarilli, Wanda / Melegari, Maria G / Lacerenza, Rosa M / Ferrante, Laura / Villanova, Matteo

    Minerva pediatrics

    2022  

    Abstract: Background: A possible definition of body image is the picture that an individual has of her/his own body, irrespective of how her/his body actually is. Body image is a competence that develops in children similar to many other skills. The aim of this ... ...

    Abstract Background: A possible definition of body image is the picture that an individual has of her/his own body, irrespective of how her/his body actually is. Body image is a competence that develops in children similar to many other skills. The aim of this study was to validate a new rapid 20-items questionnaire to study the body image distortion in children and adolescents: the Strange Sensations Questionnaire (SSQ). A secondary aim was to improve the knowledge about body image distortion and about depersonalization symptoms,and their correlation with possible hallucinations, in children and adolescents, as it can be investigated using a scale.
    Methods: 1557 children and adolescents, balanced for sex and age filled out a new 20-items questionnaire (SSQ) about body image, and a second validated questionnaire about fantasy with a Reality/Unreality distinction subscale to study the relationship with hallucinations (Free Fantasy Questionnaire-FFQ).
    Results: Results showed a good validation of SSQ with three subscales: depersonalization, fragility and other shapes. We found a relative high frequency of proneness to out-of-body experiences. Children of primary school age have a higher mean score than pre-adolescents and adolescents in the total score of all the three subscales of SSG. Adolescents seem to have a significantly higher mean score in Fragility subscale. The mean total score and the mean scores of all the three subscales have a significant correlation with the Reality/Unreality subscale of FFQ.
    Conclusions: SSQ was validated. The research could confirm also the high frequency of body image distortion in developmental age, suggesting the possibility of a specific retardation as a possible origin of some body image distortion disorders. Data also confirm the proneness for hallucination of adolescents with body image distortion.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-15
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3062664-X
    ISSN 2724-5780
    ISSN (online) 2724-5780
    DOI 10.23736/S2724-5276.22.06759-3
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  2. Article: The Validation of the Free Fantasy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents: From Imaginary Playmate to "Dreamtime".

    Donfrancesco, Renato / Vezzani, Claudio / Pinto, Giuliana / Bigozzi, Lucia / Dibenedetto, Angela / Melegari, Maria Grazia / Gregori, Paola / Andriola, Elda / Di Roma, Francesca / Renzi, Alessia / Tambelli, Renata / Di Trani, Michela

    Frontiers in psychology

    2019  Volume 10, Page(s) 1343

    Abstract: Fantasy in children is a precocious and important skill. In normal subjects some imaginative events, very close to hallucinations (perception-like experiences), have been found. Therefore, a better knowledge on both fantasy and the difference between ... ...

    Abstract Fantasy in children is a precocious and important skill. In normal subjects some imaginative events, very close to hallucinations (perception-like experiences), have been found. Therefore, a better knowledge on both fantasy and the difference between imagination and the external world is needed. The aims of this study are: (a) to validate a new questionnaire for fantasy in children and adolescents; (b) to test its clinical application in ADHD children. 1.707 participants aged 8-18 years were enrolled: 1557 were recruited from a survey in six schools, whereas 150 participants were recruited in an ADHD Center. They filled out a new questionnaire, the Free Fantasy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents, FFQ. Statistical analyses were performed to validate the FFQ and to study five parameters of fantasy. Analyses showed good properties of the FFQ as regards factor structure and reliability. Descriptive analysis showed that: 10% of the adolescents frequently have fantasy with paracosmos and 9.5% sometimes have a fantasy with imaginary relatives. Moreover, in the 64.3% of participants of primary school, in the 34.5% of lower-secondary, and in the 27.4% of upper-secondary school Perception-like experiences, involving invisible but real personages, were found. Quality of fantasy and Lack of control on imagination are correlated with a high score in the Reality/Unreality Dimension and Perception-like experiences. As regards ADHD participants, the 40% of the group showed Perception-like experiences: the 21.66% of them reported a very high score in the dimension Reality/Unreality, have some dissociative symptoms, and the 3.33% presented a clear dissociative identity disorder. All were free from psychosis or neurologic disorders. A new questionnaire to study fantasy in children and adolescents was validated. Many children and adolescents of the general population declared Perception-like experiences. These events seem to be specific, and probably normal, features of the mind; they could be better named as "Dreamtime," whereas only in extreme conditions they could represent a risk for dissociation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01343
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  3. Article: Comorbid Depressive Disorders in ADHD: The Role of ADHD Severity, Subtypes and Familial Psychiatric Disorders.

    Di Trani, Michela / Di Roma, Francesca / Andriola, Elda / Elda, Andriola / Leone, Daniela / Daniela, Leone / Parisi, Pasquale / Pasquale, Parisi / Miano, Silvia / Silvia, Miano / Donfrancesco, Renato / Renato, Donfrancesco

    Psychiatry investigation

    2014  Volume 11, Issue 2, Page(s) 137–142

    Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the presence of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Dysthymic Disorder (DD) in a sample of Italian children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and to explore specific features of comorbid depressive disorders in ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To evaluate the presence of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Dysthymic Disorder (DD) in a sample of Italian children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and to explore specific features of comorbid depressive disorders in ADHD.
    Methods: Three hundred and sixty-six consecutive, drug-naïve Caucasian Italian outpatients with ADHD were recruited and comorbid disorders were evaluated using DSM-IV-TR criteria. To evaluate ADHD severity, parents of all children filled out the ADHD Rating Scale. Thirty-seven children with comorbid MDD or DD were compared with 118 children with comorbid conduct disorder and 122 without comorbidity for age, sex, IQ level, family psychiatric history, and ADHD subtypes and severity.
    Results: 42 of the ADHD children displayed comorbid depressive disorders: 16 exhibited MDD, 21 DD, and 5 both MDD and DD. The frequency of hyperactive-impulsive subtypes was significantly lower in ADHD children with depressive disorders, than in those without any comorbidity. ADHD children with depressive disorders showed a higher number of familial psychiatric disorders and higher score in the Inattentive scale of the ADHD Rating Scale, than children without any comorbidity. No differences were found for age, sex and IQ level between the three groups.
    Conclusion: Consistent with previous studies in other countries, depressive disorders affect a significant proportion of ADHD children in Italy. Patient assessment and subsequent treatment should take into consideration the possible presence of this comorbidity, which could specifically increase the severity of ADHD attention problems.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-04-11
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2414364-9
    ISSN 1976-3026 ; 1738-3684
    ISSN (online) 1976-3026
    ISSN 1738-3684
    DOI 10.4306/pi.2014.11.2.137
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