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Direct linkMatilde Brunetti; Stefania Sette; Emiddia Longobardi; Fiorenzo Laghi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
The main aim of this study was to investigate a conceptual model linking subtypes of social withdrawal, social/asocial dissatisfaction, and internalizing problems in late childhood and early adolescence. Participants were N = 459 students (n = 247 girls) aged 8-14 years (M = 11.24, SD = 1.66), who completed self-reports assessments of social…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Children, Early Adolescents, Shyness
Sette, Stefania; Zava, Federica; Baumgartner, Emma; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Coplan, Robert J. – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
The study aimed to explore links between social withdrawal subtypes and internalizing problems among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were N = 748 children (387 girls) aged 7-11 years (M = 8.91, SD = 1.07) attending primary schools in Italy. Children completed an online questionnaire assessing subtypes of social withdrawal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Stefania Sette; Matilde Brunetti; Giulia Pecora; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi; Robert J. Coplan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
This study investigated links between motivations for social withdrawal, time spent alone, and indices of internalizing difficulties. Participants were 169 (n = 96 girls) children and early adolescents aged 8-14 years (M[subscript age] = 10.82, SD = 1.78). Children completed self-report measures of motivations for social withdrawal (shyness,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Social Isolation
Fusco, Luca; Sica, Luigia Simona; Parola, Anna; Aleni Sestito, Laura – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
Flexibility is considered one of the key resources for a successful adaptation to the world of work. It has also been defined as "the positive side" of career reconsideration process in vocational identity theory. However, previous empirical observations conducted in the Italian context have highlighted the negative relationship between…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Well Being, Personal Autonomy, Late Adolescents
Parola, Anna; Marcionetti, Jenny – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2022
The extent to which young people think about the future, called time perspective, and their affective view (positive/negative) was related to their current socioeconomic situation. Specifically, we assessed the relationship between the NEET condition and self-perception of adulthood and health and aimed to verify the moderating role of future-time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Unemployment, Out of School Youth
Giacomo Angelini; Irvin Sam Schonfeld; Renzo Bianchi; Caterina Fiorilli – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2025
Teachers constitute a vulnerable professional group in terms of the impact of work-related stress on depression. The present study examined flourishing and occupational depression in general education teachers (GETs) and special education teachers (SETs). A sample of 448 Italian teachers (69.6% of SETs), mostly women (85.5%), aged 26-67 (M =…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables, Work Environment
Massimiliano Vaira; Michele Rostan; Flavio A. Ceravolo; Giacomo Balduzzi – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
The collaboration between university and industry under the institutional arrangement of the University Third Mission has been widely investigated by scholars and, more recently, with an increasing focus on the importance of trust. In this line of research, based on the study of six cases of collaboration in one of the more economically developed…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), School Business Relationship, Institutional Mission, Universities
Sacchi, Alessandra; Molino, Monica; Dansero, Egidio; Rossi, Alessia Antonella; Ghislieri, Chiara – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Higher education (HE) institutions can play a fundamental role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, universities often face various obstacles to sustainability management, leading to a lack of strategies for implementing governance for sustainability (GFS). The purpose of this paper is to propose a model, based on work…
Descriptors: Governance, Sustainability, Higher Education, Sustainable Development
Bonaiuto, Flavia; Fantinelli, Stefania; Milani, Alessandro; Cortini, Michela; Vitiello, Marco Cristian; Bonaiuto, Marino – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to test the role that organizational sociopsychological variables may play in influencing job stress and work engagement in an organizational identity change scenario. Design/methodology/approach: On a sample of 118 employees of an Italian company in the personnel training services sector, multivariate statistical analysis…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Stress Variables, Employees, Job Training
Carla Zappulla; Ugo Pace; Melina Aparici Aznar; Olga Soler Vilageliu; Riccardo Crispo; Giulio D'Urso; Alessia Passanisi; Marinella Muscarà – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2024
We aimed to investigate the relationship between ethnic prejudice and the perception of inclusion of immigrant children among primary and middle school teachers, focusing on the mediating role of resilience. Participants were 261 teachers, 233 women and 28 men, ages 34 to 66 (M = 51.67; SD = 8.27), recruited in primary and middle schools in Sicily…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Social Bias, Inclusion, Immigrants
Noemi Papotti; Simona C. S. Caravita – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study aimed to explore the association between prestige norms of moral disengagement and ethnic bullying among Italian early adolescents. Prestige norms of moral disengagement were also examined as possible moderator of the association between individual prejudice and ethnic bullying. Participants were 742 sixth to eighth graders attending…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Bullying
Platania, Silvia; Morando, Martina; Magnano, Paola; Santisi, Giuseppe – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2023
The instability resulting from major changes in recent decades has fostered a climate of uncertainty and risk that has had repercussions in terms of unemployment, social inequality, and precariousness. To cope with this phenomenon, especially in the context of career transitions, individuals have had to activate multiple psychological resources.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Psychology, Personality Traits
Rotem Maor; Tesler Riki; Giladi Ariela; Ben-Meir Lilach; Jerassi Meital; Adilson Marques; Harel-Fisch Yossi – Journal of School Violence, 2024
School bullying and cyberbullying are serious public health problems that negatively affect the lives of school-aged children. We examined the correlation between risk behaviors and lack of resiliency factors with bullying and cyberbullying across seven Mediterranean countries. The sample consisted of 33,399 adolescents (51.1% girls) aged 11, 13,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Aggression, Correlation
Winkens, Ann-Kristin; Leicht-Scholten, Carmen – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Climate change increases the risk of natural disasters, which requires the design of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. This implies a need to enable engineering students to deal with highly complex problems and uncertainty. These competencies refer to the concept of resilience, describing the ability of a system to adapt to threatening…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Resilience (Psychology), Outcomes of Education, Competence
Bowker, Julie C.; Sette, Stefania; Ooi, Laura L.; Bayram-Ozdemir, Sevgi; Braathu, Nora; Bølstad, Evalill; Castillo, Karen Noel; Dogan, Aysun; Greco, Carolina; Kamble, Shanmukh; Kim, Hyoun K.; Kim, Yunhee; Liu, Junsheng; Oh, Wonjung; Rapee, Ronald M.; Wong, Quincy J. J.; Xiao, Bowen; Zuffianò, Antonio; Coplan, Robert J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
The goal of this study was to evaluate the measurement invariance of an adapted assessment of motivations for social withdrawal ("Social Preference Scale--Revised"; SPS-R) across cultural contexts and explore associations with loneliness. Participants were a large sample of university students (N = 4,397; M[subscript age] = 20.08 years,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Withdrawal (Psychology), Motivation, Foreign Countries
