Meet the editors

Massimo Ingrassia, PsyD, is an associate professor of developmental and educational psychology at Messina University, Italy, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in health psychology. Currently, he is the coordinator of the master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology in the Life Cycle. His research interests are teen and emerging-adult risk behaviors, digital technologies in child development, pediatric

palliative care and family resilience, and quality of life in chronic diseases. He is also a scientific advisor in research projects assessing psychological adjustment and therapeutic adherence in chronic illness. With Loredana Benedetto he co-edited the volumes *Parenting - Empirical Advances and Intervention Resources* and *Parenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective* for IntechOpen, respectively in 2018 and 2021.

Loredana Benedetto, Ph.D.**,** is a psychologist and professor of developmental and educational psychology at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of typical and atypical development, parenting, educational psychology, and family-based interventions. Her current research interests are autism and developmental disabilities, caregiver

burden, metacognition and childhood disorders, risk behaviors in adolescents and emerging adults, and digital parenting. She is the author of several research papers. For IntechOpen, she was co-editor (with Massimo Ingrassia) of the volumes *Parenting - Empirical Advances and Intervention Resources* (2018) and P*arenting - Studies by an Ecocultural and Transactional Perspective* (2021)

Contents

*by Marie Hattingh*

*by Jocelyn Lachance*

in Ireland *by Rachel Hoare*

during COVID-19 Pandemic

*and Georgiana Alexandra Lacatusu*

Sample of Teenage Students

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 47**

**Chapter 5 67**

**Chapter 6 75**

**Chapter 7 97**

Adolescences Disrupted in Displacement: The Protective Effect of Friends as Proxy Family for Unaccompanied Adolescent Refugees Resettling

Psychosocial Factors Linked to Severe Mental Disorders in a Convenience

*by Cristina Sánchez Romero and Francisco Crespo Molero*

Adolescents Suspended in the Space-Time: Problematic Use of Smartphone

*by Massimo Ingrassia, Gioele Cedro, Sharon Puccio and Loredana Benedetto*

between Dissociative Symptoms and Flow Experiences

From Connection to Disconnection for Teens

The Dark Side of YouTube: A Systematic Review of Literature

Coping Strategies and Meta-Worry in Adolescents' Adjustment

The HIV Positive Adolescent in a Pandemic Year: A Point of View *by Doina-Carmen Manciuc, Cristina Sapaniuc, Alexandra Largu* 

*by Loredana Benedetto, Ilenia Schipilliti and Massimo Ingrassia*
