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Social-Emotional Skills, Resilience, and Behavioral Problems in Children

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 May 2025) | Viewed by 18499

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Dr. Stefano Eleuteri

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Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: psychological wellbeing; problem behavior; mental health; resilience; education; sexuality
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Dear Colleagues,

Childhood is a crucial period for the development of social-emotional skills. Optimal development in these areas during early life is associated with enhanced social and cognitive abilities, better academic performance, motivation, and social relationships, a reduced risk of behavioral problems (internalizing or externalizing) and social exclusion, and higher rates of overall well-being. This Special Issue aims to explore the role of protective factors like socio-emotional learning and resilience in promoting prosocial behavior in children. We believe that focusing on the emotional aspect of development is a key challenge for schools in the new millennium. In this Special Issue, we would like to focus on the active promotion of these skills through the implementation of educational programs. Articles that bring forth interesting insights and important contributions on children’s development in the social-emotional domain are welcome. We invite authors to explore what schools can do to contribute to the social and emotional education of children and engage with how schools can develop these aspects. It is also essential for us to know more about how early childhood education, in particular the interaction between teachers and children and peer interactions, contributes to children developing social-emotional skills.

Dr. Stefano Eleuteri
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • behavioral problems
  • emotional education
  • childhood resilience
  • socio-emotional development
  • prevention programs
  • bullying
  • victimization

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The Relations Between Sensory Modulation, Hyper Arousability and Psychopathology in Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders
by Ginan Hammud, Ayelet Avital-Magen, Hiba Jabareen, Reut Adler-Tsafir and Batya Engel-Yeger
Children 2025, 12(2), 187; https://doi.org/10.3390/children12020187 - 5 Feb 2025
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Background: Sensory modulation may play a significant role in psychiatric conditions, including anxiety, and explain arousability levels, behavioral disorders, and functional deficits. Yet, studies about sensory modulation in adolescents with anxiety disorders are scarce. Purpose: To profile the prevalence of sensory modulation difficulties [...] Read more.
Background: Sensory modulation may play a significant role in psychiatric conditions, including anxiety, and explain arousability levels, behavioral disorders, and functional deficits. Yet, studies about sensory modulation in adolescents with anxiety disorders are scarce. Purpose: To profile the prevalence of sensory modulation difficulties (SMDs) in adolescents with anxiety and examine their relations to arousability and psychopathology. The study compared adolescents with anxiety disorders to healthy controls using physiological measures and self-reports that reflect daily life scenarios. Then, the study examined the relationship between SMDs, arousability, and psychopathological severity in the study group. Method: Participants were 106 adolescents, aged 10.5–18 years and their parents. The study group included 44 participants diagnosed with anxiety disorder by psychiatrists. The control group included 62 healthy participants matched by age and gender to the study group. Parents completed the demographic questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The adolescents completed The Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) and underwent the electrodermal activity (EDA) and pulse rate tests while listening to extreme sensory stimuli of auditory startles. Results: Based on AASP, the study group had a higher prevalence of SMDs expressed in lower sensory seeking, difficulties in registering sensory stimuli, and higher sensory sensitivity and avoidance. The study group presented higher arousability while listening to the startles as manifested in higher heart rate and EDA responses. The physiological results correlated with SMD levels measured by the AASP self-reports. SMDs correlated with psychopathological severity. Conclusions: SMDs may characterize adolescents with anxiety disorders and impact their arousability, symptoms severity, and daily functioning. Therefore, sensory modulation should be evaluated using both self-reports (to reflect implications in real life from patients’ own voices) along with objective measures to explain daily behaviors by underlying physiological mechanisms. This may focus intervention towards better health, function, and development. Full article
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Inclusion Goals: What Sex Education for LGBTQIA+ Adolescents?
by Stefano Eleuteri, Marta Girardi, Rossella Spadola and Elisabetta Todaro
Children 2024, 11(8), 966; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080966 - 10 Aug 2024
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According to the World Health Organization and the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Declaration of Sexual Rights, sex education aims to provide children and adolescents with comprehensive knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values, promoting equality and nondiscrimination while upholding freedom of thought and [...] Read more.
According to the World Health Organization and the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Declaration of Sexual Rights, sex education aims to provide children and adolescents with comprehensive knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values, promoting equality and nondiscrimination while upholding freedom of thought and expression. However, current school curricula often focus on dichotomous sexual identity and hetero-cis-normative prevention strategies, neglecting the needs of gender minority (GM) and sexual minority (SM) youths. In family settings, discussions typically revolve around sexual risk reduction and basic contraception, omitting relational aspects and components of sexual identity such as orientations and gender expressions. This discrepancy highlights a gap between the official goals of sex education and its practical implementation, reflecting a cultural deficit in familial sex education. This study reviews the scientific literature on sexual health promotion interventions from 2015 to 2024 to identify inclusive approaches that enhance the participation of all youths, not just hetero-cis-normative individuals. The hypothesis is that most interventions primarily serve heterosexual and cisgender youths, indicating a need for more inclusive strategies to achieve better sexual health and educational outcomes. The study also suggests expanding curricula to align with recognized guidelines and the diverse needs of youth. Full article
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A Systematic Review of Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Approach
by Jonathan Camino-Alarcón, Maria Auxiliadora Robles-Bello, Nieves Valencia-Naranjo and Aziz Sarhani-Robles
Children 2024, 11(10), 1222; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11101222 - 9 Oct 2024
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Background/Objectives: The prevalence of the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing globally, necessitating updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders with respect to ASD diagnosis. It is now recognised that ASD is related to sensory processing disorder, [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: The prevalence of the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing globally, necessitating updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders with respect to ASD diagnosis. It is now recognised that ASD is related to sensory processing disorder, and sensory integration is considered a suitable intervention for treating children diagnosed with ASD. Methods: This paper provides a systematic review on a timeline from 2013 to 2023, based on the PRISMA model. Evidence was sought in the academic search engines Pubmed, Scielo, Eric, Dialnet, Springer, Base Search and Google Scholar, which produced 16 articles according to the inclusion criteria. Results: According to the results of this review, intervention with sensory integration in infants with ASD meets the criteria to be considered an evidence-based practice. The studies reviewed focused mainly on clinical settings and, therefore, we highlight the urgent need for further research to evaluate the effectiveness of sensory integration interventions in naturalistic settings such as homes and schools. Conclusions: This will help to obtain more representative data on how these interventions affect the daily lives of children with ASD. Full article
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