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Come affrontare i comportamenti autolesionisti in alunni ed alunne con disabilità. Spunti di riflessione
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No full textGuest editor and membre of the Scientific Committee in THE INC 2020_ Revisiting Value Co-creation
and Co-destruction in
Tourism, Hospitality & Event
A web of relations. Modelling the relations among value orientations, travel motivation, accommodation choice, satisfaction and perceived change in a case study among young travellers in Italy
No full textBeing a booming and influential phenomenon, youth tourism has attracted the interest of both policymakers and academia. However, most studies are either concerned with a particular form of tourism, such as a gap year, or with a specific component of the tourism experience, such as satisfaction. Moreover, when antecedents of a tourism choice are considered, scholars tend either to focus on remote causes of behaviour, such as values or on more immediate ones, such as motivations. Consequently, an overview of the web of relations existing between (remote and immediate) antecedents and the whole range of components of a tourism experience is still lacking. The present study aims at closing this gap by identifying the relations between value orientations and the main travel’s experience components, i.e. motivation, accommodation’s characteristics, satisfaction, and perceived change. This study is part of a larger project aimed at evaluating young travellers’ openness to sustainable tourism offers. The whole project is theoretically grounded on pro-environmental psychology and on the premise that self-transcendence value orientations (such as a biospheric one) increase while self-enhancement value orientations (such as a hedonic one) weaken the chance of sustainable tourism choices. Previous studies in this research line have examined the influence of values on specific components of the travel experience, such as the travel motivation, or have attempted to look at relations among a more limited sets of variables than the present one. The present study aims at closing the circle by considering the impact of opposing value orientations on all main components of the tourism experience simultaneously.
University students - a proxy for young tourists - who travelled independently in the year previous to the survey constitute the research’s sample. Considering remote antecedents of behaviour, the biospheric and hedonic value orientations are chosen because of their opposite impact on sustainable choices. Regarding immediate antecedents of behaviour, the focus is set on two out of the motivations emerging from previous studies by the authors, i.e. ‘Eco-sustainability’ and ‘Fun and Escaping’. Regarding the consumption of the experience itself, accommodation is singled out because of its major (and mostly negative) environmental impact. Satisfaction is considered because of its strategic importance in destination marketing. Finally, perceived change trough travel is also considered. Following previous studies by the authors, change is conceptualized as personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal change.
In a quantitative research design, previously validated scales were used to measure value orientations, motivations, satisfaction and change. Unfortunately, for the accommodation choice, no validated scale existed at the time of data collection (August 2015). Therefore, a scale was developed by the authors. Data was collected at an Italian University using a Computer Assisted Web Interview (c.a.w.i.). The self-selected sample meeting the condition of independent travel consists of 510 respondents aged between 16 and 30 years. Out of the 510 independent travellers, 38 did not answer all relevant questions leaving 472
questionnaires for further analysis. Data analysis has been performed using a structural equations model combining the logic of factor analysis with multiple regressions.
Results confirm that the value orientations influence travel motivations and that travellers experience alongside personal and interpersonal change also change in relation to nature (transpersonal). As expected, a biospheric value orientation influences positively the ‘eco-sustainable motivation’ while a hedonic value orientation influences positively the ‘fun and escaping motivation’ that, interestingly, also positively influences satisfaction. Most interestingly, results indicate the motivation and the degree of satisfaction with the tourism experience influence the type of change perceived. More specifically, personal ad interpersonal change are influenced positively by the ‘eco-sustainable’ motivation and satisfaction. Interpersonal change, moreover, is negatively affected by the ‘fun and escaping motivation’. Transpersonal change is influenced positively only by the ‘eco-sustainable motivation’. In other words, in evaluating the transformational power of travelling one should consider the traveller’s motivation and satisfaction. Finally, values and motivations also influence the accommodation's choice. ‘Fun and escaping’ motivated respondents rate location and feedback higher than other respondents; while respondents with high biospheric values are attracted by the structure’s sustainability policy. The main implication is that accommodations should cater for both type of motivations, by highlighting hedonic experiences at the location for one group and their sustainability stance for the other
On the Origins of the Theory of Ideas. A historical-philosophical Path
No full textThis paper starts from a question of whether it is possible to think there was a theory of Ideas before Plato. To answer this question one must move with great caution by resorting to a web of passages, taken from the writings not only of Plato and Aristotle, but also by Aristotelian commentators, such as Alexander of Aphrodisias and Simplicius, which constitute a network of fairly solid clues in this sense.
The analysis path outlined here is therefore divided into two parts:
1. in the first part we will analyze some Aristotelian and Platonic passages that seem to attest to the circulation of a theory of Ideas that is different and anterior to the Platonic one;
2. in the second part we will focus on the argument of the Third Man, which seems to bear solid witness in favor of the fact that we can talk about a debate around the Ideas that existed prior to the Platonic elaboration, so much so that we have developed a critical argument known in several elaborations
Sustainability and Hospitality in Tourism Experiences
Full text linkConcepts of sustainability have been prominent in international discourse and development policy for at least 35 years. According to the Brundtland Commission: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (1, p. 43).
Sustainability in tourism is a continuous process of making a positive impact on the environment, economy, and society. It is a concept of visiting a place with great respect for the inhabitants of the area and their cultures, customs, and socio-economic systems. At the same time, "Tourism for All" is a concept that addresses a growing segment of travelers with a diverse range of needs and requirements. That is why becoming more inclusive is a more appropriate goal for the tourism industry than focusing just on "accessible tourism".
Sustainability in tourism activities cannot be secured unless researchers and policy-makers pay attention to the different needs of tourists. In particular, such considerations include changes in access to resources when the tourist is a man or a woman, is a young or an old person, or has or does not have a disability. Social equality must logically be extended to old and new generations.
Inclusion and equality are influenced not only by gender and age but also by other factors, including the local and cultural context, that affect incentives and the ability to adopt sustainable provision practices.
This Special Issue intends to cover aspects related to the measurement of tourists’ preferences (case studies, surveys, instruments, etc.) regarding the degree to which they accept (or prefer) experiences in tourism facilities or cultural programmes with sustainable characteristics. We aim to gather papers related to psycho-social and/or environmental sustainability with a particular focus on gender, age, and physical differences in tourists
Che ne è degli adolescenti che abbandonano la scuola? Percorsi identitari e ansia in adolescenti lavoratori e studenti
No full textLo scopo di questo studio consiste nel far luce sulla condizione degli adolescenti che abbandonano precocemente il proprio percorso formativo, prestando particolare attenzione ai processi di formazione dell’identità e al rapporto che hanno con la manifestazione di forme di disagio emotivo. Hanno partecipato alla ricerca 1524 adolescenti (46.9% maschi) di età compresa tra i 14 e i 19 anni. Nello specifico, 435 adolescenti che hanno abbandonato precocemente la scuola e hanno iniziato a lavorare sono stati confrontati con 1089 coetanei iscritti ai vari ordini di scuole. I partecipanti hanno completato un questionario self-report finalizzato a misurare l’identità riferita agli ambiti formativo/lavorativo e relazionale e l’ansia. I risultati hanno mostrato che i partecipanti possono essere classificati in cinque stati dell’identità: acquisizione, chiusura, searchingmoratorium, moratorium e diffusione. È emerso che mentre tra i maschi lo stato di acquisizione è più diffuso tra i lavoratori, tra le femmine accade il contrario.Dall’analisi degli specifici ambiti identitari è risultato che per le ragazze lavoratrici è molto difficile identificarsi con il proprio impegno lavorativo. Inoltre, i lavoratori e le ragazze riportano livelli più alti di ansia. Infine, mentre nel caso degli studenti la percezione di ansia è associata sia all’identità formativa sia a quella relazionale, nel caso dei lavoratori è associata solo all’identità lavorativa
Caring with Humor: How Cognitive Flexibility Enhances Humor and Playfulness in Clown Doctors
No full text5.2. La metafisica e le scienze teoretiche (Aristotele)
No full textIl capitolo fa parte del manuale "Filosofia antica. Una prospettiva multifocale" e presenta il pensiero aristotelico metafisico e fisico assumendo e verificando il paradigma ermeneutico del Multifocal Approach
Aristotele e Platone: un confronto critico intorno all’anima
No full textDal confronto critico tra Platone e Aristotele sembra emergere
che il rapporto tra i due trovi la sua cifra distintiva in un
movimento complesso di vicinanza/lontananza che individua differenze di
fondo, anche se difficilmente può risolversi in un’opposizione netta.
Su ogni questione sollevata nel De anima, è possibile, infatti, registrare un’esigenza di confronto con Platone che, pur facendosi critica e
approdando a una rottura su molti punti, rivela comunque una dipendenza
(più o meno profonda) nella posizione stessa del problema o negli schemi
argomentativi.
In questo senso è possibile ricostruire uno sfondo comune che corre sostanzialmente su due linee: (1) l’approccio alla tematica dell’anima; (2) il problema
legato alla molteplicità delle sue funzioni.
In entrambi gli autori si riscontra, infatti, la coscienza della profonda difficoltà del tema dell’anima e, dunque, la conseguente cautela nella
ricerca che è motivata, però, in maniera profondamente diversa e rivela una
visione dell’anima radicalmente diversa
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