Thirty years of scientific psychology in italy: from the mid- 1950s to the 1980s - Thirty years of the history of psychology in Italy, since about the mid 1950s to the 1980s, are reviewed, with a discussion on the major trends, academic schools, and leading figures. This paper originally appeared in the special issue for the 20th anniversary of the journal Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane (1986, 20 [3]: 59-73). Paolo Bozzi, typical expression of a Mittel-European culture, was not only professor of psychology but also violinist, composer, musicologist, and philosopher of physics.
Keywords: Italian psychology, history, cultural trends, research areas, psychology schools