A5040286805- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Educational and Social Studies
- Career Development and Diversity
- Family Support in Illness
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Higher Education and Employability
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Italian Literature and Culture
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Online and Blended Learning
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
University of Naples Federico II
2015-2025
Federico II University Hospital
2015-2022
University of Turin
2010-2012
Abstract The present study examined identity formation in Italian emerging adults using an integrative model including commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration depth, breadth, and ruminative exploration. Participants were 1,130 university students, aged 18–30 years. In line previous research, results indicated that, by means of cluster analysis, six statuses could be derived: achievement, foreclosure, moratorium, diffused diffusion, carefree undifferentiated. Each these...
This chapter discusses specifics of identity formation in Italian adolescents and emerging adults. We review consistent evidence illustrating that, Italy, a progressive deferral transition to adulthood strongly impacts youth development by stimulating exploration postponement commitments. also consider the influence ecological contexts specific groups (i.e., immigrant those who drop out school, living disadvantaged areas south adults are unemployed or hold precarious jobs) for which process...
Late adolescence and emerging adulthood are periods in the life cycle when individuals involved anticipating planning for future (futuring). However, last five or six years, as effects of recession have made themselves felt Southern Europe, situation that young people face has deteriorated dramatically. As a consequence, contemporary people's relationship with is strongly marked by these social difficulties, family support becomes essential to their survival. The present study was interested...
Abstract The link between identity and creativity has received surprisingly little attention from developmental psychology researchers, although flexibility the ability to generate multiple solutions problems are key competences for contemporary society based on continuous innovation de‐standardization of development trajectories. These critical formation processes, mainly during late adolescence when young people have explore commit defining themselves. This study was concerned with...
OPINION article Front. Psychol., 04 May 2021Sec. Educational Psychology https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662072
During the COVID-19 pandemic, young adults worldwide showed signs of distress as they were affected in their specific developmental tasks, including construction personal and professional futures.
In the past decade, technological advancements in mental health care have resulted new approaches and techniques. The proliferation of mobile apps smartphones has significantly improved access to psychological self-help resources for individuals. this paper, a narrative review offers comprehensive overview recent developments apps, serving as foundation introduce design development “Safer”. Safer is application that targets transdiagnostic process emotion dysregulation. outlines theoretical...
The 4 P's creativity model (person, process, press, and product) underlines how is strongly connected with the materials employed to conceive realize a creative outcome. As multiform construct, it invites wide variety of approaches study it. One most promising ways address this issue connect cognitive development related educational pathways, as can be enhanced stimulated in every child, leading an improvement both at personal societal level. Even if recognized highly valued, there still...
Flexibility is considered one of the key resources for a successful adaptation to world work. It has also been defined as "the positive side" career reconsideration process in vocational identity theory. However, previous empirical observations conducted Italian context have highlighted negative relationship between flexibility and psychological adolescence. The aim this study was examine dimensions outcomes psychosocial functioning sample high school students. Structural equation modeling...
In the Italian context, parental bonding has great relevance in promoting satisfaction of emerging adults' psychological needs, impacting their wellbeing, also terms interpersonal sensitivity. Aims: to analyse, 497 adults: direct influence maternal and paternal on young sensitivity life satisfaction; indirect influence, mediated by parents–offspring relationship need for relatedness, autonomy, competence.SEM analysis showed that characterized high warmth low over-protection could help all...
Abstract Although several evidences suggested the importance to consider quality of relationships with others as a key element for understanding callous-unemotional traits in youths, date few studies investigated specific role youths’ attachment. The aim present study was explore association between attachment styles and within community sample 786 high school students (41.48% females, M age = 16.90 years, SD 1.45 years). A linear hierarchical regression approach showed that, over above...
Within the framework of positive psychology, this study aims to investigate whether meaning in life, optimism and future orientation have acted together as a psychological resource coping with non-normative challenge such Covid-19 pandemic. 389 respondents participated study. Future time perspective, presence/search for life dimensions well-being (anxiety, depression, stress aggressive behavior) were assessed. A person-centered approach through latent profile analysis (stepwise approach) was...
Defining and consolidating identity in order to acquire fulfilling adult roles may be more difficult than the past for a significant proportion of youth cohorts, especially 'post-industrial' countries. This study was focused on intersection between processes contents both adulthood through narrative approach Italian context. Participants were 105 freshmen aged 18–21, attending first year university. We adopted based autobiographical memories. Findings confirm relationship resolution reaching...