Mirella Dragone
University of Naples Federico II
17 Papers
8 Citations
Mirella Dragone is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Longitudinal study & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Prevalence of engagement and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury behaviors in adolescence: an investigation of the longitudinal course and the role of temperamental effortful control.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the growth curves of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) across four years during adolescence, analyzing simultaneously the probability of engagement in NSSI at least once (i.e., prevalence) and the frequency of engagement once initiated (e.g., severity).
Effortful Control and Community Violence Exposure as Predictors of Developmental Trajectories of Self-serving Cognitive Distortions in Adolescence: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach
TL;DR: Both low effortful control and high exposure to community violence were significant predictors for moderately high and stable trajectory of cognitive distortions, highlighting the need to further explore how dispositional and environmental factors might undermine developmental processes of morality.
The Relationships between Compulsive Internet Use, Alexithymia, and Dissociation: Gender Differences among Italian Adolescents
Alessandro Germani,Antonella Lopez,Elvira Martini,Sara Cicchella,Angelo Maria De Fortuna,Mirella Dragone,Barbara Pizzini,Gina Troisi,Raffaele De Luca Picione +8 more
TL;DR: The study found that females reported higher compulsive internet use than males and exhibited greater levels of alexithymia and dissociation.
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Equipping Youth to Think and Act Responsibly: The Effectiveness of the “EQUIP for Educators” Program on Youths’ Self-Serving Cognitive Distortions and School Bullying Perpetration
TL;DR: In this paper , a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test with a control group design involved 354 Italian middle and high school adolescents (51.7% males; Mage = 14.86, SD = 2.54).