Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy.

Silvia Donato is Assistant Professor/Researcher in Social Psychology at Catholic University of Milan . Since 2003 she is a collaborator of the Family Studies and Research University Centre. Her principal research topic is the study of how couples manage positive and negative events together (i.e, dyadic coping, capitalization), preventive interventions, and interpersonal perceptions.