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Supplemental Material—Addressing ethnic prejudice in youth: Developmental trajectories and associations with educational identity
No full textSupplemental Material for Addressing ethnic prejudice in youth: Developmental trajectories and associations with educational identity by Beatrice Bobba, Flavia Albarello, Monica Rubini, and Elisabetta Crocetti in European Journal of Personality</p
Supplemental Material - Developmental trajectories of ethnic and national identities in adolescents from migrant families: The role of social identification with family and classmates
No full textSupplemental Material for Developmental trajectories of ethnic and national identities in adolescents from migrant families: The role of social identification with family and classmates by Savaş Karataş, Elisabetta Crocetti, Seth J Schwartz, and Monica Rubini in European Journal of Personality</p
Us, them and we: How national and human identifications influence adolescents’ ethnic prejudice
Full text linkAlthough there have been numerous studies on the relations between group identification and ethnic prejudice, it is less clear whether their associations reflect stable individual tendencies or rather situational or temporal fluctuations. This longitudinal multilevel study aimed to fill this gap by examining the between- and within-person associations of identification with the national and superordinate human groups and levels of prejudice against multiple ethnic minorities. A total of 883 Italian majority adolescents (Mage = 15.66, SD = 1.15 at T1, 49.7% females) completed questionnaires at four time points over the course of 1 year. Results showed that national identification was related to more prejudice at the between-person level but to decreases in prejudice at the within-person level. Additionally, human identification contributed to lower levels of and steeper decreases in prejudice at both the between- and within-person levels. Common and unique associations also emerged across different ethnic minority targets, but only for between-person effects. Overall, this study highlights the importance of distinguishing stable individual levels and momentary fluctuations of both ingroup identifications and ethnic prejudice in order to orient future interventions aimed at improving the quality of intergroup relationships
Developing identification with humanity and social well-being through identifications with peer groups in adolescence
Full text linkDevelopmental literature highlights that cognitive, moral, and affective development proceeds from concrete operations to more abstract ones. However, it is not known whether this fundamental developmental trajectory also characterizes the development of social identification (i.e., the feelings of belonging, affiliation, and correctness to a group, coupled with the sense of commonality with fellow ingroup members). This longitudinal study aimed (a) to unfold the association between identifications with two proximal groups (i.e., classmates and friends) and identification with humanity, and (b) to examine how these identifications with close and abstract groups affect adolescents’ social well-being (i.e., an indicator of youth adaptation in their societies and communities). Participants were 304 adolescents (61.84% female, Mage = 17.49) involved in a three-wave longitudinal study. Identification with proximal social groups (especially classmates) was positively associated with identification with humanity, and identifications with both proximal and abstract groups were related to social well-being over time. Moreover, identification with humanity and identification with friends mediated the positive longitudinal effects of identification with classmates on social well-being. The implications of these findings for adolescents’ social inclusivity and adjustment are discussed
Rivolti al futuro o immersi nel presente? Il ruolo del sostegno sociale nei processi di costruzione dell’identità degli studenti universitari
No full textLo scopo del presente studio è esplorare se i primi anni di frequenza universitaria corrispondano o meno (Sica, Aleni Sestito, 2010) ad un periodo di apertura e di esplorazione della propria identità, in vista della progettazione del proprio futuro adulto (Grotevant, 1987; Nurmi, 2001). La ricerca si propone, inoltre, di valutare l’impatto che, sulle dimensioni del processo di formazione dell’identità, possano esercitare variabili quali le differenti strategie socio-cognitive che orientano nei processi decisionali (Berzonsky, 1989) e variabili di tipo relazionale, in particolare il supporto percepito nelle relazioni con i genitori e gli amici (Harter, 1998). A tal proposito, si ipotizza che strategie improntate ad uno stile informativo e relazioni supportive con i coetanei (amici) possano influenzare positivamente l’orientamento al futuro e la progettualità (Serafini e Adams, 2002), contribuendo in tal modo a finalizzare i processi di esplorazione dell’identità ed a fornire una direzionalità, nella transizione all’età adulta.
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Brief report: The Identity Style Inventory - Validation in Italian adolescents and college students
No full textThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and convergent validity of an Italian translation of the Identity Style Inventory (ISI). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a clear three-factor structure of identity style and a mono-factor structure of commitment, not only in the overall sample, but also in gender and age subgroups. Convergent validity was demonstrated by theoretically consistent associations between the ISI dimensions and measures of identity processes, self-esteem, and need for cognitive closure. The findings suggest that the Italian version of the ISI is a useful tool for assessing social-cognitive processes relevant to identity formation in Italian adolescents and college student
Personal identity in Italy
Full text linkThis chapter discusses specifics of identity formation in Italian adolescents and emerging adults. We review consistent evidence illustrating that, in Italy, a progressive deferral of transition to adulthood strongly impacts youth identity development by stimulating identity exploration and postponement of identity commitments. We also consider the influence of ecological contexts and specific Italian groups (i.e., immigrant adolescents and those who drop out of school, youth living in disadvantaged areas in the south of Italy, and emerging adults who are unemployed or hold precarious jobs) for which the identity formation process is particularly challenging
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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