1,720,992 research outputs found
Orientamento sessuale, comportamento prosociale e atteggiamenti verso il cristianesimo in un gruppo di adolescenti italiani
No full textIntroduzione. Diversi studi evidenziano l’influenza di alcune variabili sugli atteggiamenti verso il cristianesimo, come la religiosità dei genitori, il comportamento prosociale (CP) e un orientamento religioso estrinseco-sociale (ES), che consiste nell’uso strumentale della religione come fonte di gratificazione sociale. Riguardo al genere, le femmine mostrano atteggiamenti più positivi dei maschi, mentre solo poche ricerche analizzano il ruolo dell’orientamento sessuale. Il presente lavoro ipotizza (1) che le adolescenti di genere femminile e con un orientamento sessuale eterosessuale mostrino atteggiamenti più positivi verso il cristianesimo rispetto ai maschi e ai partecipanti lesbiche/gay (LG); (2) che un orientamento religioso ES e un CP siano associati a un atteggiamento positivo verso il cristianesimo. Metodo. Il campione è composto da 910 adolescenti (53% femmine, 47 % maschi), che si auto-identificano come eterosessuali (91.6%) e lesbiche/gay (8.4%). L’età varia tra i 14 e i 19 anni (M = 16.64, SD = 1.68). Gli strumenti utilizzati sono la Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity (FSAC; Francis & Stubbs, 1987) per misurare gli atteggiamenti verso il cristianesimo in termini di coinvolgimento religioso profondo; lo Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) per il CP; due item che indagano la percezione degli adolescenti relativa all’importanza che i genitori attribuiscono alla religione; degli item che misurano l’orientamento religioso ES. Risultati. Un’ANOVA 2 (femmine vs. maschi) X 2 (eterosessuali vs. LG) relativa agli atteggiamenti verso il cristianesimo ha evidenziato un effetto principale dell’orientamento sessuale, F(1,905) = 23.58; p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.03, ma non del genere, e nessun effetto interazione. Gli adolescenti eterosessuali (M = 87.91, SD = 23.43) mostrano atteggiamenti più positivi verso il cristianesimo rispetto agli adolescenti LG (M = 74.79, SD = 14.79). La scala FSAC correla positivamente con la religiosità dei genitori, il CP e un orientamento religioso ES. La regressione gerarchica multipla evidenzia che alti punteggi nella FSAC risultano associati con il genere femminile (β = –.07, t = – 2.67, p = .008), l’orientamento sessuale eterosessuale (β = .12, t = 4.53, p < .001), un’elevata religiosità paterna (β =.08, t = 2.63, p = .008), e materna (β = .23, t = 7.36, p < .001); inoltre emerge che alti punteggi nell’orientamento religioso ES (β = .32, t = 11.37, p < .001), e nel CP (β = .21, t = 8.01, p < .001), risultano significativamente associati con atteggiamenti positivi verso il cristianesimo. Conclusioni. L’appartenenza a una minoranza sessuale emerge come un fattore ostacolante in termini di propensione verso il cristianesimo, riflettendo la percepita inaccessibilità alla religione da parte di persone LG. In un’età delicata come quella dell’adolescenza, è importante promuovere interventi di inclusione e riconoscimento delle diverse soggettività nei vari ambiti socio-culturali condivisi
Italian sexual minority older adults in healthcare services: identities, discriminations, and competencies
No full textPurpose This study explores perceptions and experiences related to healthcare utilization in a group of Italian sexual minority
older adults, to understand the unique challenges faced by this population when accessing healthcare services. Older adults
represent one of the subgroups exposed to the highest risk within sexual minorities with regard to physical and mental health.
Method Data collection occurred between October 2018 and April 2019. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 23
participants over 60 years, including questions about participants’: experiences when dealing with physical/mental healthcare
services; tendency to disclose sexual orientation in clinical contexts; preferences and desires when seeking care. Data were
analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), in order to provide qualitative information on participants’
experiences. Results Three interconnected themes were identified: the relevance of clinician and patient’s identities in determining confidence
and satisfaction; expectations and experiences of discrimination; the need for specific competencies on sexualminority concerns.
Conclusion Access and utilization of healthcare services can be considered as a multi-faceted phenomenon which involves
people’s past and current experiences, perceptions, expectations and desires. Participants’ perception of having to deal with
heterosexist healthcare settings influences health behaviors and outcomes.
Policy Implications Interventions directed to healthcare providers are needed, to increase specific competencies and ensure safe
and affirming environments
Capitolo 1. Le parole sono importanti.
No full textChe cosa vuol dire coming out? Come reagiscono i genitori al coming out?
In che modo i genitori possono contribuire alla promozione del benessere
della propria figlia o del proprio figlio? Sono alcune delle domande alle quali
risponde questo libro attraverso le testimonianze di genitori di ragazze
lesbiche e ragazzi gay. Ciò che emerge dalla lettura delle storie di vita è
l’importanza di poter condividere le proprie emozioni ed esperienze. Il
confronto con altri genitori in uno spazio di ascolto non giudicante permette
non solo di superare le proprie paure e difficoltà ma soprattutto di rinascere
come genitori
Capitolo 2- Coming out, famiglia e ricerca scientifica
No full textChe cosa vuol dire coming out? Come reagiscono i genitori al coming out?
In che modo i genitori possono contribuire alla promozione del benessere
della propria figlia o del proprio figlio? Sono alcune delle domande alle quali
risponde questo libro attraverso le testimonianze di genitori di ragazze
lesbiche e ragazzi gay. Ciò che emerge dalla lettura delle storie di vita è
l’importanza di poter condividere le proprie emozioni ed esperienze. Il
confronto con altri genitori in uno spazio di ascolto non giudicante permette
non solo di superare le proprie paure e difficoltà ma soprattutto di rinascere
come genitori
Sexual experiences in chemsex: response, motivations, and sober sex in a group of italian men who have sex with men
No full textRecommended from our members
The cardiovascular conundrum in ethnic and sexual minorities: a potential biomarker of constant coping with discrimination
Get PDFBackground: A paradoxical profile of greater elevated sympathetic vasoconstriction (increased total peripheral resistance, TPR) and increased vagally-mediated heart rate variability (HRV) -the so-called Cardiovascular Conundrum- has been reported in African Americans (AAs) both at rest and in response to orthostasis. Whereas some authors have attributed this pattern to genetic factors, others have pointed to the potential role of coping with repeated racial discrimination.
Objective: To disentangle between these alternative explanations, we have examined the hemodynamic profile of another population that is likely to be exposed to episodes of discrimination, i.e., sexual minorities.
Methods: The first study was conducted on a sample of AAs and European Americans (EAs) with the aim of replicating previous results on the Cardiovascular Conundrum. In the second study, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, matched by age and sex with heterosexual participants, underwent a hemodynamic and autonomic assessment at rest and during an emotional (in the experimental group, both LGB-related and non LGB related), and a cognitive stressor.
Results: The first study confirmed a pattern of higher resting HRV, paired with higher TPR, in AAs compared to EAs. In the second study, compared to heterosexuals, the LGB group showed the Cardiovascular Conundrum pattern, characterized by greater HRV and higher TPR at baseline and a more vascular hemodynamic profile and prominent compensation deficit in response to both tasks, and particularly during the LGB-related emotional task. However, in LGB only, the vascular response was negatively correlated with perceived discrimination.
Conclusion: Present preliminary results are discussed in terms of maladaptive physiological consequences of exposure to chronic stress and the chronic use of dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies such as suppression
Minority stress, resilience, and health in Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people : a cross-cultural comparison
Get PDFThe present study, using a moderated mediational model, explored levels of distal/proximal stressors, rumination, resilience, and health in a group of Italian and Taiwanese LGB+ people. The study also examined the role of internalized sexual stigma (ISS) and rumination as mediators between discrimination and health, and resilience as a moderator of the relationship between discrimination and ISS, rumination, and health, respectively. An online survey was administered to 508 LGB+ participants (270 Italian and 238 Taiwanese) whose age ranged from 18 to 70 years (M = 37.93, SD = 13.53). The moderated mediation model was tested through a series of path analyses stratified by group nationality. Italian participants reported higher discrimination and resilience, but lower ISS, rumination, and health problems compared to their Taiwanese counterparts. The only common path between groups was the direct effect of discrimination on health problems. The mediating role of ISS and rumination in the relationship between discrimination and health, as well as the moderating role of resilience, were partly significant only for the Italian group. Conclusions: The findings suggest that mediators and moderators used to evaluate the effects of minority stress on health may differ between groups; further culturally sensitive research in the field of LGB+ health is needed
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Attitude toward Christianity, sexual orientation, and parental religiosity in a sample of Italian adolescents
No full textLiterature suggests that several demographic variables are linked with religiosity in adolescence, such as gender, age and parental religiosity. The sample consisted of 910 young people (53% female) between 14 and 19 years of age, attending secular secondary schools in Rome, Italy. They self-identified as heterosexual adolescents (91.6%), and lesbian/gay (LG) adolescents (8.4%). High scores of positive attitudes toward God, Jesus, the Bible, prayer and church were associated with female gender, higher father’s religiosity, and higher mother’s religiosity, but not with age of the participants. As expected, heterosexual orientation was associated with a more positive attitude toward Christianity, controlling for sex, age, and parental religiosity
- …
