Claudia Manzi
A5074570763- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Educational and Social Studies
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Legal and Labor Studies
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Family Business Performance and Succession
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2014-2024
University of Milan
2015-2024
Utrecht University
2013
Diverse theories suggest that people are motivated to maintain or enhance feelings of self-esteem, continuity, distinctiveness, belonging, efficacy, and meaning in their identities. Four studies tested the influence these motives on identity construction, by using a multilevel regression design. Participants perceived as more central those elements provided greater sense meaning; this was found for individual, relational, group levels identity, among various populations, prospective Motives...
Cultural models of selfhood 2Markus and Kitayama's (1991) theory independent interdependent self-construals had a major influence on social, personality developmental psychology by highlighting the role culture in psychological processes.However, research has relied excessively contrasts between North American East Asian samples, commonly-used self-report measures independence interdependence frequently fail to show predicted cultural differences.We revisited conceptualization measurement...
Significance Biologists and social scientists have long tried to understand why some societies more fluid open interpersonal relationships—differences in relational mobility—and how those differences influence individual behaviors. We measure mobility 39 find that relationships are stable hard form east Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, while they West Latin America. Results show relationally mobile cultures tend higher trust intimacy. Exploring potential causes, we greater environmental...
We examined the nature and implications of family differentiation among adolescents facing a life transition in 2 European countries with differing cultures. One hundred twenty‐four Italian 109 U.K. completed measures (cohesion enmeshment), identity threat (perception to self associated finishing school), satisfaction, depressive symptoms, anxiety. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that cohesion enmeshment were distinguishable both countries, orthogonal but positively correlated Italy....
The motive to attain a distinctive identity is sometimes thought be stronger in, or even specific to, those socialized into individualistic cultures. Using data from 4,751 participants in 21 cultural groups (18 nations and 3 regions), we tested this prediction against our alternative view that culture would moderate the ways which people achieve feelings of distinctiveness, rather than influence strength their motivation do so. We measured distinctiveness using an indirect technique avoid...
Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one’s surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and differ about whether individuals must personally endorse involved. We compared influence four bases self-evaluation (controlling life, doing duty, benefitting others, achieving social status) among 4,852 adolescents across 20 cultural samples, using an implicit, within-person measurement...
Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard earn, easy lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on brief measure of precarious (the Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies country-level indices equality human development. Using from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions ( N = 33,417), demonstrate: (1) the psychometric...
Desired and feared possible future selves are important motivators of behavior provide a temporal context for self-evaluation. Yet little research has examined why people desire some fear others. In two studies, we tested the reflection identity motives self-esteem, efficacy, meaning, continuity, belonging, distinctiveness in people's desired their structures. As predicted, participants especially those futures which continuity would be satisfied, they same four and, marginally, motive...
Beliefs about personhood are understood to be a defining feature of individualism-collectivism (I-C), but they have been insufficiently explored, given the emphasis research on values and self-construals. We propose construct contextualism, referring beliefs importance context in understanding people, as facet cultural collectivism. A brief measure was developed refined across 19 nations (Study 1: N = 5,241), showing good psychometric properties for cross-cultural use correlating well at...
Abstract We examined the role of desired, feared, and expected possible future identity structures in restructuring after two life transitions. A longitudinal study was conducted on 86 young adults during transition from school to university 143 parenthood. In both samples, pre‐transition desires expectations about predicted post‐transition actual structures. Post‐transition emotional well‐being higher among those whose more closely matched their initial less fears, who reported a greater...
A number of studies have focused on Bicultural Identity Integration (BII) to explore whether and how migrants ethnic minorities, who experience multiple cultural belongings, perceive their two backgrounds as compatible (vs. conflictual) study the impact these differences psychosocial well-being. Nevertheless, there is a lack research BII among transracial adoptees, also unique conditions dual belonging. Relying sample 170 adopted adolescents born in Latin American countries subsequently...
ABSTRACTIs identity an important predictor of social behavior? The present longitudinal study is focused on in order to understand why people continue volunteer over extended period time. theory planned behavior and the role model volunteering are used as theoretical framework. Two hundred thirty Italian volunteers were sampled followed for 3 years. We analyzed functions a volunteer. Results showed significant impact predicting performance after years, mediated through behavioral intentions....
Variations in acquiescence and extremity pose substantial threats to the validity of cross-cultural research that relies on survey methods. Individual cultural correlates response styles when using 2 contrasting types mode were investigated, drawing data from 55 groups across 33 nations. Using 7 dimensions self-other relatedness have often been confounded within broader distinction between independence interdependence, our analysis yields more specific understandings both individual-...
Based on motivated identity construction theory (MICT; Vignoles, 2011), we offer an integrative approach examining the combined roles of six motives (self-esteem, distinctiveness, belonging, meaning, continuity, and efficacy) instantiated at three different motivational levels (personal, social, collective identity) as predictors group identification. These processes were investigated among 369 members 45 sports teams from England Italy in a longitudinal study over 6 months with four time...
The ethnic identity development plays a crucial role in adolescence and emerging adulthood may be more complex for adoptees who do not share their with adoptive families. Evidence from the studies was mixed, strong always found to indicative of improved psychological adjustment. Recently research carried out on minorities has highlighted that relation between well-being could influenced by Bicultural Identity Integration (BII) (Benet-Martínez et al., 2002): It reflects how individuals...
Self-continuity – the sense that one's past, present, and future are meaningfully connected is considered a defining feature of personal identity. However, bases self-continuity may depend on cultural beliefs about personhood. In multilevel analyses data from 7287 adults 55 groups in 33 nations, we tested new tripartite theoretical model self-continuity. As expected, perceptions stability, narrative, associative links to past each contributed predicting extent which people derived different...
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary self-construal theorists suggest the greater autonomy support flexible self-construction processes present countries. Using data from 62 countries ( N = 28,640), we examine agentic communal self-views as a function of country-level objective equality (the Global Gender Gap Index)...
Abstract Sustainable human resource management is gaining importance in organizations due to its role developing a sustainable work environment and well‐being. This paper discusses the relationship between employee perceptions of job satisfaction 54 countries. We propose that HRM positively associated with but this moderated by employees' identification organization country‐level individualism–collectivism. Thus, we suggest national culture functions as second‐level moderator organizational...
Abstract Previous studies have shown that the presence of age‐based stereotypes in workplace is often associated with lower levels work engagement and adjustment among older employees. This study examines possible mediators moderators this relationship using data from a sample 2,348 (age > 50) employees at Italian national rail company. We test model which effects stereotype threat on organizational involvement, future time perspective, psychological well‐being are mediated by work–age...