SEARCH RESULTS

Scopo di questo lavoro è analizzare se e come varia nel tempo l’atteggiamento della popolazione nei confronti della violenza che si esprime nelle guerre, negli atti terroristici, negli omicidi, nei sequestri di persona, ecc. È stata fatta un’indagine in tre steps nel periodo che va dal 1983 al 2019 attraverso la misura degli atteggiamenti valutati con la tecnica del differenziale semantico di Osgood. I risultati di tutte e tre le ricerche hanno evidenziato un atteggiamento negativo dei nostri campioni nei confronti dei fatti violenti, ma col passare degli anni i punteggi tendevano ad attenuarsi indicando un calo progressivo del rifiuto della violenza e dimostrando una certa assuefazione alla violenza stessa, come se a poco a poco la gente si fosse abituata ad essa.

To achieve the objectives in the Agenda 2030, the active participation of young people is crucial, as they will be the protagonists of the scenario that will emerge at the local and global levels. In order to support young people’s active participation in these issues, it is necessary to understand what dimensions can influence their decision to start and continue participation and also to increase the level of participation. The research presented here is part of the EU project Mindchangers: Regions and Youth for Planet and People and is aimed to define guidelines to support the involvement of young people in these issues. To this aim, we analyzed some good practices implemented at regional level and interviewed some youth engaged people in Pied-mont (IT) and in Dolj County (ROM). Our article highlights the results obtained in this cross-regional analysis and puts forward a set of recommendations for all actors involved in youth engagement.

One of the most urgent challenges affecting our world and its inhabitants is dealing with climate change. Community Psychology can have a significant role in encouraging environ-mentally responsible behaviors and a global sense of community. As several authors maintain to enhance eco-friendly behaviors it’s pivotal to understand emotional reactions to climate change and build a planetary sense of community (Francescato, 2020). When emotions and feelings are unacknowledged or unprocessed this can contribute to inhibit climate change en-gagement (Hamilton, 2022). Our pilot research involved 25 high school students that partici-pated in a Psychological Environmental Intervention Program facilitated by environmental sci-entists and community psychologists expert in affective education. Through emotional reflex-ivity on climate change, we wanted to investigate which positive and negative emotions and feelings climate change evoked in students and how these emotions were related to negative unhealthy behaviors such as wanting to drink or smoke and positive prosocial behaviors such as participating to environmental movements.

Las redes universitarias para la sostenibilidad desempeñan un papel fundamental como comunidades epistémicas en las que coexisten políticas globales y prácticas locales. El pre¬sente estudio se centra en la red UAGAIS (Universidades Argentinas para la Gestión Ambiental y la Inclusión Social) con el objetivo de explorar las representaciones de la sostnibilidad que circulan en ella y sus anclajes. Los resultados de cinco entrevistas narrativas realizadas a miembros de la red, y sometidas a análisis del discurso, muestran que la sosteibilidad se reinterpreta a través del concepto de Extensión y se ancla en cuestiones socio-ecológicas concretas. La propia red es un dispositivo retórico a través del cual trabajar por la transformación de las universidades y el territorio, construyendo comunidades inclusivas y sostenibles. Palabras clave: sustentabilidad, universidad, extensión, discursos, comunidades, represen-taciones.

Climate and ecological emergencies are already adversely affecting individuals and com-munities globally. In this UK based study, both academics and young people contributed ex-amples of environmental and wider social challenges. The final lists capture many varied ex-amples reflecting both climate change (e.g., changing weather patterns) and wider ecological emergencies (e.g., biodiversity loss; pollution). The wider social challenges list captures other important issues (e.g., poverty, inequality). The paper reminds us both that the climate and ecological emergencies contain more than just climate change alone and that individuals and communities face pressing wider social challenges that may limit their ability to focus on cli-mate change. The discussion highlights the potential role of critical consciousness and the im-portance of focusing at macro levels of change.

Introduction. This study analyses the economic and management trends of the company Ferrovie Elettriche Abruzzesi SA (FEA), the owner of the concession granted to build and use the Tavo railway from Penne to Pescara, and the tramway service in the city of Pescara from 1925 to 1956. Aim of the work. This study highlights how the management of concessionary companies of secondary railway lines is interconnected with the more general Italian problems of passenger and freight railway traffic management. Methodological approach. An analysis of the company’s financial statements, the content of the reports by the technical bodies and the Internal Works Committee, and the company’s correspondence with stakeholders facilitated the reconstruction of all the internal and external causes of the crisis. Main findings. The common denominator of the crisis was the associated and growing competition from road traffic and bus services, which led to increas- ingly poor operating results for FEA. The Penne-Pescara line had a low volume of traffic, which was part of the more general ‘rail problem’ that characterised Italy. Originality. Delving into the interface of accounting and the history of local public transport, this study provides a case study of ‘bad practice’, which is rarely available in the scientific literature on corporate crises.

Introduction. The focus of this work is the Inchiesta Innocenziana (Enquiry by Pope Innocenzo the 10th) upon the monasteries of the Italian States in the mid-17th century. Aim of the work. This study intends to demonstrate that in the Church, in the mid- 17th century - around one century later than in the European States - economics is introduced in the art of government as the correct manner of managing individ- uals, goods, and wealth in action at a distance. Methodological approach. The study is based on the investigation of primary and secondary sources related to the Inchiesta Innocenziana. The study analyses the various aspects and specially chosen techniques which, in a period of crisis, led the Catholic Church to run one of the first large-scale ‘auditing’ upon its ‘branches’ (monasteries) located within the Italian States. Main findings. It is shown, through an interpretative approach, how the Church worked inspired, not by the Law of God (human, natural, and divine), but by the art of governing people, as described by Foucault, giving techniques and practices for a concrete form of political rationality. Originality. The paper considers the relevant emergence of accounting and accountability practices, in a power/knowledge scheme, in decisions regarding a reconstruction after a crisis, by a complex interacting organisation such as the Catholic Church of the mid-17th century.

Introduction. The history of the Banca Italiana di Sconto (BIS), established in Italy at the end of 1914 and extinguished in 1922, represents an intriguing case in which socio-political forces and personal interests played a crucial role in determining the setup and fall of a financial institution over a very short period in a peculiar historical frame. Aim of the work. This study aims to give meaning to the events leading to the establishment, development, and unexpected liquidation of the BIS. Methodological approach: The study relies on Gramsci’s ‘theory of hegemony’ with a special focus on the concept of the élite. Main findings. This study shows how the initial convergence of interests was a crucial factor in the decision to set up the BIS and use it as an instrument of war. At the end of the conflict, some actors sought to maintain their dominant positions and sacrificing the bank was a necessary side effect. Originality. Although the BIS has already been studied under various historical profiles, the present study offers a new key to understanding the final events of the bank through the adoption of a neo-Gramscian approach

Il presente studio ha indagato i pensieri futuri episodici durante il primo lockdown della pandemia da Covid-19. Hanno partecipato alla ricerca due gruppi di studenti universitari: il primo (n = 29) era formato da persone che avevano vissuto una o più esperienze traumatiche associate alla pandemia; il secondo (n = 56) includeva invece persone senza traumi di questo tipo. La ricerca è stata condotta sul web tramite un questionario self-report diviso in due sezio-ni: la prima sezione indagava l’esposizione ad eventi traumatici causati dall’emergenza pandemica e le caratteristiche specifiche di questi ultimi; nella seconda sezione, invece, è stato chiesto ai partecipanti di raccontare un episodio personale riferito ad un ipotetico scenario futuro di post-lockdown. I risultati hanno mostrato che le narrazioni di episodi futuri fornite dai due gruppi presentavano delle somiglianze sostanziali. Queste riguardavano le previsioni sulla fine del periodo di lockdown, la lunghezza dei racconti, i temi affrontati al loro interno, il linguaggio emozionale e il grado di coerenza narrativa. Nelle conclusioni, gli autori interpretano i risultati facendo riferimento sia alle ricerche che sono oggi disponibili sulle reazioni psicologiche alla pandemia sia alla letteratura teorica ed empirica sul pensiero futuro episodico.

Women with bleeding disorders have rarely been studied. Recently, thanks to the advancement in treatment options and the recognition that women can also suffer from haemo-philia, new research lines have been developed. This study investigated the experiences of women affected by bleeding disorders (patients, healthy or symptomatic carriers), specifically focussing on disease diagnosis and management in daily life, relational issues, and reproductive options. Age, family history, educational qualification and religiosity were also considered. Thirty-two women were interviewed, and their narratives were analysed with lexical-metric and qualitative content analysis. The results showed some key themes, which refer to cognitive, affective and behavioural responses to the disease. They included both sex-neutral and female-specific contents, offering a new reading of the phenomenon. Although the aware-ness of female bleeding disorders has increased in recent years, sick women stressed late di-agnosis paths and symptom underestimations, while female carriers discussed psychosexual issues and motherhood choices, with related implications on physical and psychological well-being, and relational life. Alongside commonalities, some differences emerged depending on women’s socio-cultural situations. Overall, they suggested the importance of developing early patient-centred psycho-educational paths in order to tailor interventions to specific women’s needs, promote disease and self-acceptance, and enhance effective management.

L’emergenza sanitaria derivante dalla pandemia Mondiale da COVID-19 ha comportato una riorganizzazione delle consuete attività scolastiche in presenza ad una modalità di didattica a distanza attraverso piattaforme online. Tale cambiamento ha riguardato anche i tutor dell’apprendimento specializzati nel supporto scolastico a studenti con diagnosi di Disturbo Specifico dell’Apprendimento (DSA). Alla luce di questo nuovo assetto è stata realizzata un’indagine esplorativa, che si è servita di un questionario costruito ad hoc e distribuito online ai Tutor DSA che si occupano di studenti provenienti da scuole di diverso ordine e grado. Il questionario dal titolo "Tutoraggio DSA e Covid-19: cosa è cambiato?", ha indagato: le nuove modalità di lavoro dei tutor durante e dopo il lockdown; le differenze con il tutoraggio in pre-senza; i fattori che si sono mantenuti stabili nella nuova modalità di lavoro; le risorse che si sono sviluppate e le eventuali criticità incontrate. Tra le principali criticità del tutoraggio a di-stanza sono emerse difficoltà nella gestione della relazione a distanza (sia da un punto di vista didattico che comunicativo-affettivo) e difficoltà organizzative nella gestione del lavoro, legate soprattutto all’utilizzo del computer ed a difficoltà personali. Tuttavia, risorse come la creatività e la capacità di adattamento al contesto, hanno consentito ai tutor di riorganizzare al meglio il proprio lavoro nella modalità online, favorendo per alcuni di essi un incremento delle compe-tenze tecnologiche ed informatiche, un incremento di competenze nella gestione di aspetti psi-cologici, emotivi e relazionali.

Le noncommunicable diseases (malattie polmonari, malattie cardiovascolari, diabete, can-cro) sono patologie croniche per le quali si rende necessaria una gestione a lungo termine. Tra le variabili psicologiche che maggiormente contribuiscono alla qualità di vita nelle persone con queste malattie, vi sono la rappresentazione di malattia e le strategie di coping. Questo studio ha l’obiettivo di testare, in un campione di 107 pazienti italiani (53% F; 47% M; età: 59.9 ± 10.57) affetti da una o più noncommunicable diseases, due modelli di media-zione analoghi, uno con variabile dipendente la componente mentale e uno con variabile dipen-dente la componente fisica della qualità della vita, secondo i quali la rappresentazione di malat-tia incide sulla qualità della vita sia direttamente che attraverso la mediazione delle strategie di coping. I dati sono stati raccolti attraverso un questionario on-line e sono state effettuate analisi statistiche descrittive, un T-test di Studenti, e analisi per testare la validità dei due modelli, con covariate genere ed età. I risultati evidenziano che la rappresentazione di malattia incide sulla componente mentale della qualità della vita sia direttamente che attraverso la mediazione del coping di evitamento, mentre incide sulla componente fisica solo direttamente; l’età incide sul maggiore utilizzo di strategie evitanti e su una peggiore qualità della vita fisica. È interessante che l’effetto positivo delle strategie d’approccio sia minore rispetto all’effetto negativo dell’utilizzo di strategie evitanti. Sarebbe importante promuovere interventi psicologici che supportino le persone a sviluppare una rappresentazione della malattia meno minacciosa che potrebbe associarsi al minore utilizzo di strategie evitanti.

Motivation in the workplace has been a central topic in regard to both theoretical and or-ganisational issues. The aim of this study was to examine the association between affect regu-lation capabilities levels and different motivational dimensions according to the self-determination theory in military students. Following questionnaires were administered to 198 Italian military finance students (183 male): a sociodemographic questionnaire, the 20-itemToronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS). Data analysis showed that the high affect regulation capabilities group scored sig-nificantly higher in autonomous motivation compared to the intermediate and low affect capa-bilities groups and significantly lower in external motivation. Meanwhile, the low affect regu-lation capabilities group scored significant higher in amotivation compared to the intermediate and high affect regulation capabilities groups. The results confirmed the association between abilities in emotional regulation and motivational dimension scores. Further studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results, which could orientate the selection and training of future military students.

This paper presents an application of Emotional Text Mining (ETM) to blood donation culture. We collected all the articles from two important Italian newspapers published from January 2016 to March 2021, regarding blood donation. The ETM analysis of the collected corpus identified a great variety of keywords characterizing the Italian culture of blood dona-tion, organized in 7 clusters and positioned in a 6-dimensional factorial space, that allowed us to formulate a series of considerations regarding: the dimension of emergency and related de-fense mechanisms, the issues brought by COVID-19, the cultural importance of the organizational dimension, the perceived role of the common citizen, and the role of volunteering in healthcare. The results obtained via ETM can be used to better understand culture-specific blood donation representations, and to consequently act on donor motivation in a more fo-cused way. The approach is of general validity and can be applied to other national contexts.