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  1. The Secure Base in the Storm: How Parent-Child Bonds Shape Coping in Pediatric Cancer Caregiving

    Article • December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  2. Assessing perinatal psychiatric morbidity: Implications for maternal mental health care in Italy

    Article • Clinical Psychology in Europe, August 2025, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  3. Psychometric Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Italian Version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy Amongst Postnatal Women

    Article • Healthcare, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  4. Validation of the City Birth Trauma Scale in Italian: addressing childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  5. Preventing Premature Family Maladjustment: Protocol for a Multidisciplinary eHealth Study on Preterm Parents’ Well-Being

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, March 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  6. Perinatal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Maternal Parenting Behavior During the First Three Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review

    Article • Depression and Anxiety, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  7. The Association between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 5HTTLPR, and the Role of Ethnicity: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Genes, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  8. Assessing mother’s childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder during the first year postpartum: a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  9. Preventing Premature Family Maladjustment: Protocol for a Multidisciplinary eHealth Study on Preterm Parents’ Well-Being (Preprint)

    Article • June 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  10. Postpartum-Specific Anxiety and Maternal–Infant Bonding: A Predictive Validity Study amongst Italian Women

    Article • European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  11. Preterm Birth and Maternal Mood States: What Is the Impact on Bonding?

    Article • Pediatric Reports, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  12. Language Outcomes of Children Born Very Preterm in Relation to Early Maternal Depression and Anxiety

    Article • Brain Sciences, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  13. Exploring the Effects of Cancer as a Traumatic Event on Italian Adolescents and Young Adults: Investigating Psychological Well-Being, Identity Construction and Coping Strategies

    Article • Pediatric Reports, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  14. Impact of maternal emotional experiences at birth and self-regulation in preterm children: The role of early interactions

    Article • Journal of Neonatal Nursing, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  15. Linguistic features of postpartum depression using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count text analysis

    Article • Journal of Neonatal Nursing, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  16. Running Away from the War in Ukraine: The Impact on Mental Health of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Refugees in Transit in Poland

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  17. Adolescents in the Covid Net: What Impact on their Mental Health?

    Article • Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  18. The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian women during pregnancy

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  19. Managing Children’s Fears during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategies Adopted by Italian Caregivers

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  20. Correction: Using the Transformative Storytelling Technique to Generate Empowering Narratives for Informal Caregivers: Semistructured Interviews, Thematic Analysis, and Method Demonstration

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, September 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  21. Using the Transformative Storytelling Technique to Generate Empowering Narratives for Informal Caregivers: Semistructured Interviews, Thematic Analysis, and Method Demonstration

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, August 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  22. Parenting and the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5HTTLPR), Is There an Association? A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  23. Cognitive, Behavioral and Socioemotional Development in a Cohort of Preterm Infants at School Age: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Pediatric Reports, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  24. Monochorionic Twins and the Early Mother-Infant Relationship: An Exploratory Observational Study of Mother-Infant Interaction in the Post-Partum Period

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  25. Parenting and the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5HTTLPR), Which Association? A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Article • January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  26. Healing with Stories: Designing empowering narratives for informal caregivers. A Method Demonstration (Preprint)

    Article • January 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  27. Vulnerability and informal caregiver: a scoping review

    Article • September 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  28. Becoming a mother during the COVID‐19 national lockdown in Italy: Issues linked to the wellbeing of pregnant women

    Article • International Journal of Psychology, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  29. COVID-19: what about pregnant women during first lockdown in Italy?

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  30. Parent–Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Stress Regulation: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  31. Psychological well-being and graphic representations of self in child victims of violence

    Article • The Arts in Psychotherapy, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  32. What is the role played by pregnancy in the construction of a woman’s identity and her association with her child-to-be?

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  33. Video games use in childhood and adolescence: Social phobia and differential susceptibility to media effects

    Article • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  34. Exploring differences in psychological aspects during pregnancy between cancer survivors and women without a history of cancer

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  35. Stress and feelings in mothers and fathers in NICU: identifying risk factors for early interventions

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, January 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  36. The efficacy of interventions aimed at improving post-partum bonding: A review of interventions addressing parent-infant bonding in healthy and at risk populations

    Article • Journal of Neonatal Nursing, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  37. The impact of paternal feelings and stress on mother–child interactions and on the development of the preterm newborn

    Article • Early Child Development and Care, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio, Dr Maria Giulia MG Olivari, ANNA MARIA BANFI

  38. The Centrality of Events Scale for Italian adolescents: Integrating traumatic experience into one’s identity and its relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology

    Article • Europe’s Journal of Psychology, June 2018, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  39. Psychometric properties of the Centrality of Event Scale in Italian adolescents

    Article • MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL INFANZIA, March 2018, Franco Angeli

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  40. Premature birth: complexities and difficulties in building the mother–child relationship

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  41. Facing Death in Adolescence: What Leads to Internalization and Externalization Problems?

    Article • Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  42. Post-partum depressive symptoms and child behavior: The mediational role of maternal mind-mindedness

    Article • Children s Health Care, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  43. Does Maternal Parenting Stress Mediate the Association Between Postpartum PTS Symptoms and Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Problems? A Longitudinal Perspective

    Article • Child & Youth Care Forum, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  44. Mothers and fathers facing their children’s phenylketonuria

    Article • Children s Health Care, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  45. Mothers and fathers in NICU: The impact of preterm birth on parental distress

    Article • Europe’s Journal of Psychology, November 2016, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  46. Child abuse potential inventory in Italy: A comparative study of abusive and nonabusive parents

    Article • Journal of Child Custody, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  47. Paths of cognitive and language development in healthy preterm infants

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  48. THE EFFECTS OF EXPRESSIVE WRITING ON POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS1

    Article • Psychological Reports, December 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  49. Violent Video Games and Children’s Aggressive Behaviors

    Article • SAGE Open, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  50. Female Adolescent Attitudes and Decision-Making Towards a Hypothetical Unplanned Pregnancy: An Exploratory Research

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  51. “I Like My Body; Therefore, I Like Myself”: How Body Image Influences Self-Esteem—A Cross-Sectional Study on Italian Adolescents

    Article • Europe’s Journal of Psychology, May 2014, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  52. Post-traumatic stress symptoms after childbirth and early mother–child interactions: an exploratory study

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  53. Eventi traumatici in adolescenza: Risposte psicologiche e comportamentali

    Article • MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL INFANZIA, August 2013, Franco Angeli

    Dr Chiara Ionio

  54. Italian psychologists’ and midwives’ perceptions of the pregnant teen: a qualitative study

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Chiara Ionio