NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Education Level
Elementary Education1
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harriet R Tenenbaum; Sonia Ingoglia; Nora Wiium; Nicolò M. Iannello; Cristiano Inguglia; Francesca Liga; Alida Lo Coco; Maria Lo Cricchio; Nana-Fatima Taini Ozeto; Martyn D. Barrett – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
This pilot study is the first to examine whether a novel curriculum based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) could increase children's endorsement and knowledge of children's rights. We conducted a pre-test-post-test design with an intervention and a comparison school. Pupils (n = 172) from Bulgaria, Italy,…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Competence, Democracy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Elena Camisasca; Alessandra Bavagnoli; Elisabetta Lombardi; Mark E. Feinberg – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2025
This study aims to preliminarily validate the Italian version of the Coparenting Relationship Scale for Children (CRS-C) with 141 mothers, 141 fathers, and 141 children (48.6% males) aged 8-14 years. We tested the factorial structure of the CRS-C, which included five factors (support, endorsement, undermining, agreement, and exposure to conflict),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Childrens Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sità, Chiara; Mortari, Luigina – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
In Italy, family fostering is in most cases a voluntary service where foster parents are non-professional helpers. About half of the foster parents are couples with children of their own, which makes fostering a "family enterprise." Within growing attention to children's voices in research, the paper focuses on children living foster…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Family Environment, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Michele Capurso; Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco; Magda Di Renzo – Continuity in Education, 2021
Pediatric hospitalization is a common experience that may increase children's sense of isolation and impinge on their social-emotional wellbeing. Educators and medical practitioners could minimize these negative effects of hospitalization if they were able to listen to the voices of the children and, therefore, better meet their needs. This…
Descriptors: Hospitalized Children, Children, Early Adolescents, Childrens Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Carone, Nicola; Barone, Lavinia; Lingiardi, Vittorio; Baiocco, Roberto; Brodzinsky, David – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Thirty-one children of gay single fathers and 28 children of heterosexual single fathers, all born through surrogacy, were compared with 31 children of gay partnered fathers through surrogacy and 30 children of heterosexual partnered fathers through in-vitro fertilization on their perceptions of self-worth and their father- and caregiver-reported…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Fathers, Children, Pregnancy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ghislanzoni, Laura; Tobia, Valentina; Gambarini, Andrea; Rossi, Eleonora; Tombini, Giulia; Ogliari, Anna – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
Individuals with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are at risk of increased psychological distress, such as internalising (e.g. anxiety) or externalising (e.g. aggressive behaviour) symptoms. This study investigates the psychopathological profile of children and adolescents with SLD from their point of view and the point of view of their mothers.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders, Aggression
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina; Spaccatini, Federica; Barresi, Concetta; Tomasetto, Carlo – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
In Western cultures, the sexualization of children has increased over the past decades. In two studies, we investigated the consequences of children's sexualization for their peers' willingness to provide help in a case of bullying. In both studies, children (total N = 396; ages 7 to 11 years) were randomly assigned to view either a sexualized or…
Descriptors: Humanization, Childrens Attitudes, Intention, Bullying
Adamson, Peter – UNICEF, 2013
Part 1 of the Report Card presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world's advanced economies. Part 2 looks at what children say about their own well-being (including a league table of children's life satisfaction). Part 3 examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first decade of the 2000s, looking at each…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Children, Well Being, Life Satisfaction