Cultural Meanings of Parenting Behavior: The Case of the Italian Population

Meccanismi di distribuzione e sopravvivenza del Grillaio (Falco naumanni) in un agro – ecosistema del Mediterraneo

La distribuzione spaziale degli animali nel loro ambiente naturale ha da sempre attratto l’interesse degli studiosi di ecologia animale e dei biologi della conservazione. Infatti, i meccanismi di selezione dell’habitat possono influenzare processi ecologici di base come la regolazione delle popolazioni e l’andamento demografico, che in ultima analisi, possono agire sulla selezione naturale, la variabilità genetica e il flusso genico. Le principali teorie sulla distribuzione spaziale degli animali affermano che la qualità degli habitat è eterogenea e che gli organismi vanno alla ricerca di territori di elevata qualità al fine di ottimizzare la fitness. La ricerca da parte degli animali di ha…

Il ruolo dei fattori intra e interindividuali nell’insorgenza dell’inibizione comportamentale.

The relationship between emotion regulation, emotion knowledge and adjustment in preschoolers: A mediation model.

The study explored the total, direct and indirect effects of emotion knowledge on adjustment in preschoolers ans examined whether emotion regulation mediated the relationships between emotion knowledge and adjustment (social competence, and behavioral difficulties, such as anxiety–withdrawal and anger–aggression). Two hundred forty children (118 boys and 122 girls) from 3 to 5 years of age (mean age = 4.23, SD = .80) were administered a vocabulary test to check their verbal ability and a measure of emotion knowledge. Teachers filled out two questionnaires about children’s regulation and adjustment variables. A mediation model was tested combined with an assessment of the indirect effects to…

Interactive effects of micro- and macro-habitat features on reproductive success of lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni)

Cultural differences in the meaning of parental practices among southern-italian and congolese mothers.

Aggressiveness, social isolation and adjustment: The role of social reputation.

Behavioural Characteristics Associated with the Best Friendships of Shy and Aggressive Young Adolescents.

An integrated analysis of micro- and macro-habitat features as a tool to detect weather-driven constraints: A case study with cavity nesters.

The effects of climate change on animal populations may be shaped by habitat characteristics at both micro- and macro-habitat level, however, empirical studies integrating these two scales of observation are lacking. As analyses of the effects of climate change commonly rely on data from a much larger scale than the microhabitat level organisms are affected at, this mismatch risks hampering progress in developing understanding of the details of the ecological and evolutionary responses of organisms and, ultimately, effective actions to preserve their populations. Cavity nesters, often with a conservation status of concern, are an ideal model because the cavity is a microenvironment potentia…

Do not disturb the family: roles of colony size and human disturbance in the genetic structure of lesser kestrel

Dispersal and philopatry are fundamental processes influencing the genetic structure and persistence of populations, and might be affected by isolation and habitat perturbation. Habitat degradation induced by human activities could have detrimental consequences on the genetic structure of populations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the role of human impact in promoting or disrupting the genetic structure. Here, we conducted a genetic analysis using 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers of 70 lesser kestrels Falco naumanni from 10 breeding colonies of two subpopulations in Sicily (southern Italy). Genetic differentiation between the two subpopulations was negligible, and linear dista…

Psychological variables characterizing different types of adolescent gamblers: A discriminant function analysis

Objective: The study examined the effects of attachment attitudes, social support, and psychological and behavioral problems on pathological gambling among adolescents. Method: A total of 268 male adolescents, from 15 to 17 years of age (M = 16.23, SD = .39) completed self-report measures on gambling behaviors, attachment styles, social support, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Results and Conclusions. At-risk and pathological gamblers reported lower level of social support and higher level of fearful attachment and internalizing problems than non problematic-gamblers. Results from a discriminant function analysis, in which two discriminant functions emerged, were consistent wi…