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Francesca Agostini
Researcher at University of Bologna
Publications - 62
Citations - 2111
Francesca Agostini is an academic researcher from University of Bologna. The author has contributed to research in topics: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 54 publications receiving 1744 citations.
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Parenting Stress, Mental Health, Dyadic Adjustment: A Structural Equation Model
Luca Rollè,Laura Elvira Prino,Cristina Sechi,Laura Vismara,Erica Neri,Concetta Polizzi,Annamaria Trovato,Barbara Volpi,Sara Molgora,Valentina Fenaroli,Elena Ierardi,Valentino Ferro,Loredana Lucarelli,Francesca Agostini,Renata Tambelli,Emanuela Saita,Cristina Riva Crugnola,Piera Brustia +17 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that mental health is an important dimension that mediates the relationship between parenting stress and dyadic adjustment in the transition to parenthood.
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Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study.
Laura Vismara,Luca Rollè,Francesca Agostini,Cristina Sechi,Valentina Fenaroli,Sara Molgora,Erica Neri,Laura Elvira Prino,Flaminia Odorisio,Annamaria Trovato,Concetta Polizzi,Piera Brustia,Loredana Lucarelli,Fiorella Monti,Emanuela Saita,Renata Tambelli +15 more
TL;DR: A path analysis suggested that the persistence of both maternal and paternal postnatal depression was directly influenced by the parent’s own levels of anxiety and parenting stress and by the presence of depression in his/her partner.
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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown Measures on Quality of Life among Italian General Population.
Maria Stella Epifanio,Federica Andrei,Giacomo Mancini,Francesca Agostini,Marco Andrea Piombo,Vittoria Spicuzza,Martina Riolo,Gioacchino Lavanco,Elena Trombini,Sabina La Grutta +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of lockdown measures on quality of life (QoL) in a large Italian sample was investigated, in order to investigate possible differences in QoL levels related to both demographic and pandemic-specific variables.
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Antenatal depressive symptoms associated with specific life events and sources of social support among Italian women.
Francesca Agostini,Erica Neri,Paola Salvatori,Sara Dellabartola,Laura Bozicevic,Fiorella Monti +5 more
TL;DR: Regression analyses showed that women with high levels of social support or with a positive experience of pregnancy were less likely to experience antenatal depressive symptoms, underscore the associations among antenatal depression, specific life stressors, and low social support from various sources.
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Parental anxiety and stress before pediatric anesthesia: A pilot study on the effectiveness of preoperative clown intervention:
Francesca Agostini,Fiorella Monti,Erica Neri,Sara Dellabartola,Leonardo De Pascalis,Laura Bozicevic +5 more
TL;DR: Only in the clown group, maternal state anxiety significantly decreased and the tendency to somatization did not increase after separation, and after clown intervention, older children’s mothers significantly reduced the level of perceived stress.