Meet the editors

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, parent-child relationships, educational psychology, and family-based interventions. She has been a scientific consultant for projects supporting fam-

ilies of disabled children and interventions in pediatric palliative care. Her research interests focus on parenting assessment, self-efficacy and parental cognition, digital parenting and problematic use of the Internet in children, metacognition and childhood disorders, early intervention in autism and developmental disabilities, and behavioral parent training. She is the author or editor of several books, including Parenting: Empirical Advances and Intervention Resources (coedited with Massimo Ingrassia).

Massimo Ingrassia, PsyD, is an Associate Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at Messina University, Italy, where he teaches graduate and postgraduate courses in Health Psychology. He is the Director of the postgraduate advanced studies in Palliative Care and Pain Management for Psychologists. His research interests include risk behaviors in adolescence and emerging adulthood, childhood development and digital

technologies, pediatric palliative care and family resilience, and quality of life and chronic diseases. Dr. Ingrassia is also a scientific advisor for research projects assessing psychological adjustment and therapeutic adherence in chronic illness. He is the author or coauthor of several articles and books, including Growing Connected: Web's Resources and Pitfalls.

Contents

to Interparental Conflict

*by Samar M. Alzeer*

*by Caroline Villiger*

of Mental Health

A Report from Iran *by Sayyed Ali Samadi*

Reading Intervention Study

*by Michelle Samantha Brinn*

Traits

*by Olivia Dorn and Tina D. Du Rocher Schudlich*

Partnership Working between Home and School

*by Deepika Srivastav and M.N. Lal Mathur*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 19** Parenting and Sibling Relations in Predicting the Development of Personality

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 91**

**Chapter 7 105**

**Chapter 8 127**

Helicopter Parenting and Adolescent Development: From the Perspective

Parent-Adolescent Relationship and the Impact of Substance Dependency

Parental Coping Styles of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders:

Digital Parenting: Raising and Protecting Children in Media World

within the Trajectory of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder

*by Faith Mathibela and Rebecca Mmamoagi Skhosana*

*by Loredana Benedetto and Massimo Ingrassia*

Benefits and Constraints of Parent Involvement in Children's Reading Promotion: General Research Trends and Evidence from a Swiss Paired

Enduring Effects of Infant Emotional Security on Preschooler Adaptation
