A propósito del hispanismo italiano

The article pretends to give a short view of the history of Spanish and Latin American studies developed in Italy during the last century. From the first chair, won by Giovanni Maria Bertini in the middle of the Thirties, the text looks over the main Italian scholars devoted to the Hispanic studies, offering an outlook of the slow process that take to the current situation. In this sense, it deserves a main attention both the creation of academic chairs as well as the diffusion work carried on with reviews such as the ground-breaking Quaderni Ibero Amiricani, founded by Bertini in 1946, or many others such as Studi Ispanici, Studi di letteratura Ispano-Americana, o Rassegna Iberistica

Estampas de la Independencia en las Tradiciones peruanas de Ricardo Palma

Los relatos de las Tradiciones peruanas que Ricardo Palma dedica a la Independencia están dominados principalmente por las figuras de los dos estrategas supremos de la lucha armada, Bolívar y San Martín. Abundan también las alusiones a otros jefes militares de relieve, así como a religiosos que participaron a favor o en contra del proceso independentista, y a todo un variado repertorio de curiosidades de distinta índole que ahondan en la historia y la psicología del momento. A través de sus evocaciones y narraciones, con ironía y humor, Palma hace partícipe al lector del clima de un período central en la trayectoria del Perú

La narrativa hispanoamericana: un balance hacia el nuevo siglo.

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Miguel Angel Asturias y Quevedo (Documentos inéditos)

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Psychological Flexibility and Mindfulness as Predictors of Individual Outcomes in Hospital Health Workers

Research in organizational psychology emphasizes the idea that wellbeing and productivity outcomes are influenced both by individual differences (traits, values) and work environment characteristics (relationships, climate). Evidence on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for stress is currently unclear. To date, research on psychological flexibility in workplaces has not been systematically conducted in Italy. We investigated its relevance in the context of the Italian health care system. In this study, the relationship between sources of stress at work and its outcomes in terms of psychological and physical health are explored. Furthermore, the moderating effect of psychological flexibility and mindfulness on psychological and physical health are investigated. Four hundred and eleven health workers from a Sicilian hospital, with different job positions were recruited, of which 42.7% were males (N = 169) and 57.3% were females (N = 227). Their ages ranged between 25 and 72 years (M = 49.16; SD = 8.65). Participants answered a questionnaire that assessed psychological flexibility, mindfulness, sources of stress at work and health benefits. In a bivariate analysis, managerial factors (MF), relationships, and intrinsic factors are partially negatively related to psychological and physical health; whereas, multivariate analyses show that psychological flexibility does not moderate the relationship between psychological and physical health. Instead, mindfulness is strongly and consistently correlated to psychological and physical health. Employees who show psychological flexibility, are more likely to show greater openness to the acceptance of setbacks in the working environment and to carry on their valued living and working path. This seems to correlate positively on individual wellbeing. Data show that a flexible and mindful attitude toward difficult psychological events aids responsiveness to changes and the ability to work more effectively